#MUBB Heads To Kansas State Saturday At 8 p.m. CT

The Marquette University men's basketball team (6-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) wraps up the road portion of its non-conference schedule on Saturday, Dec. 7 when the team travels to Kansas State (5-2, 0-0 Big 12) for an 8 p.m. CT matchup in Bramlage Coliseum. ESPN2 will feature the national television broadcast, with Kevin Brown (play-by-play) and Sean Farnham (analyst) calling the action.

BIG EAST Big 12 Battle Makes Debut

The BIG EAST and Big 12 Conferences created a non-conference scheduling series for four seasons, beginning in 2019-20 and continuing through 2022-23. Ten games between the two leagues will be played each season during the month of December.

The series is played in the local markets of the home teams. An equal number of games shall be played in each conference's home market each year -- five for the BIG EAST and five for the Big 12.

Kansas State Series Dates Back To 1953

The all-time series with the Wildcats consists of just 11 games (Kansas State leads 7-4), but it does span back almost 70 years.

The two programs first met during the 1952-53 campaign, when Marquette dropped an 88-72 decision on the road to the then top-ranked Wildcats. The series is highlighted by a narrow 67-66 victory in the second round of the NCAA tournament in 1977 in Omaha, Nebraska. MU would claim the national title that season, downing North Carolina, 67-59 in the championship game.

In last year's 83-71 MU win over KSU at Fiserv Forum on Dec. 1, guard Markus Howard poured in 45 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the floor.

Hall of Fame coach Fred "Tex" Winter, who passed away in October of 2018, spent time as a head coach at both Marquette and Kansas State. He was the youngest coach in the country while at MU (1951-53) and led the program to the 1952 National Catholic Tournament title in 1952. He led the Wildcats to two Final Fours and eight Big Seven/Eight titles as head coach from 1954-68.

Cain Stuffs Stat Sheet In Jacksonville Win

Junior forward Jamal Cain has been a consistent performer off the bench early in 2019-20 and in the team's win over Jacksonville, he collected one of his best performances in a Marquette uniform.

In 27 minutes of action, Cain finished with eight points, 12 rebounds, three assists, two steals and a blocked shot. He shot 4-of-6 from the floor and his caroms total marked a career high and the most by a Marquette player since Sam Hauser grabbed 13 boards against Providence on Feb. 23, 2019.

Cain, who is 13-of-29 (.448) from the floor in eight games, scored just 21 baskets for Marquette in all of 2018-19.

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Jamal Cain

Sam Hauser

Markus Howard