3-0: Marquette 102, Fraser Valley 65

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The 2026 summer tour of Canada is over for Marquette men’s basketball, and I can happily report that the Golden Eagles went 3-0 on their three game set in Vancouver. They wrapped up the series with a 102-65 victory over Fraser Valley on Saturday afternoon.

Of interest to the proceedings: Marquette did this shorthanded, as they were without Adrien Stevens due to illness. If you were watching the live stats and missed the update on Twitter, and thus wondered what was up: No reason to worry long term.

Marquette G Adrien Stevens (illness) will not play today against Fraser Valley. #MUBB | #WeAreMarquette

— Marquette Men’s Basketball (@MarquetteMBB) August 1, 2026

And now, 2:40 of highlights from the game:

As was the case with the first two games, there was no streaming broadcast of this contest. Everything you’re about to read comes at you by way of the live stats and the box score .

Quarter-By-Quarter Scores

For the third game in a row, this was contested with four 10 minutes quarters.

Quarter 1: Marquette 30, Fraser Valley 14 Quarter 2: Fraser Valley 28, Marquette 27 Quarter 3: Marquette 27, Fraser Valley 15 Quarter 4: Marquette 18, Fraser Valley 8

Yes, that is a quarter lost for Marquette, their one and only 10 minute loss of the tour. That 28 points is also the most that Marquette gave up in any of the 12 quarters that they played in Canada. Why do I have a feeling that fact had an impact on MU winning the second half 45-23?

In any case, that’s Marquette up 16 at the end of the first quarter, up 15 at halftime, up 27 after 30 minutes and then ultimately up 37 at the final horn. The largest lead was 40 points, which came at 97-57, off a Nolan Minessale and-1 with 4:21 left to go.

Starting Lineup

G: Nigel James G: Damarius Owens G: Nolan Minessale F: Royce Parham C: Sananda Fru

Order of Substitutions

As always, this is the order they checked in for the first time in the game.

Ethan Johnston: 8:54, first quarter Caedin Hamilton: 6:42, first quarter Alex Egbuonu: 6:07, first quarter Michael Phillips: 5:24, first quarter Josh Clark: 4:09, first quarter Ian Miletic: 2:42, first quarter Colton Crowdis: 2:34, fourth quarter Braeden Brenn: 1:58, fourth quarter

Did Not Play: The only two are Adrien Stevens, who was out with illness, and Nash Walker, who was not 100% cleared from labrum surgery a month ago and so we are not surprised that he was not active for the entire trip.

That is the first action of the entire trip for Colton Crowdis and Braeden Brenn. We know Brenn as a walk-on for the past few years. I’m feeling pretty confident about my idea to just skip writing a player preview for Crowdis in October.

Four Factors

Effective Field Goal Percentage

Marquette: 56.5% Fraser Valley: 36.0%

Turnover Rate

Marquette: 18.8% Fraser Valley: 25.9%

Offensive Rebounding Rate

Marquette: 45.9% Fraser Valley: 32.0%

Free Throw Rate

Marquette: 53.6% Fraser Valley: 35.3%

Points Per Possession

Marquette: 1.20 Fraser Valley: 0.76

Leading Scorer: Michael Phillips, with 15 points on 5-for-6 shooting in 17 minutes Leading Rebounder: Sananda Fru, with nine rebounds in 20 minutes Leading Passer: Nigel James, with seven assists in 22 minutes Leading Thief: Nigel James, Royce Parham (22 minutes), and Alex Egbuonu (18 minutes), each with three steals Leading Swatter: Josh Clark, with three blocks in 15 minutes Foul Merchants: Nolan Minessale played just 14 minutes here because he had four personal fouls. He had two in the first 1:06 of the game and three by midway through the second quarter. I gotta point out that Minessale had four fouls in 23 minutes in the Calgary game, too. He had two in 20 minutes against Trinity Western, so no reason for full fledged panic here, although his fouls-per-40 numbers against top 100 opponents last season for St. Thomas were not good.

Unanswered Run Of The Game

16-0, from 1:06 left in the third to 3:52 left in the fourth

I believe that’s the only double-digit run of the game for the Golden Eagles, although they had several runs of 7 or 8 or 9 points in a row up til that point. It’s not like MU was in danger before the run started, as the score was 81-57 with 70 seconds left in the third quarter.

The Josh Clark Of It All

10 points, six rebounds, three blocks, an assist, a steal, all in 15 minutes. Pretty good.

5-for-8 shooting when he’s really not supposed to be shooting from further than four feet away from the rim and a pair of turnovers? Not great for 15 minutes. But perhaps I’m nitpicking.

The good news is that Clark was on the floor as Marquette expanded their lead from seven points to 14 points in a three-plus minute stretch in the first quarter, making him a +7 in that part of the game. The eh news is that Clark was a +1 for his remaining 12ish minutes of action. The last six of that was the last six minutes of the game, and MU only expanded their lead by two points there, so Clark was a -1 for the other six. Marquette was firmly in control at that point and the first quarter minutes were actually important, so I don’t want to go too far overboard…. but the fact of the matter is that there remain signs that Clark’s not impacting the game.

The Ian Miletic Of It All

With an 0-for-3 here, two of which were inside the arc attempts, Miletic is coming home from this trip after shooting 1-for-9 in 31 minutes. He went 0-for-4 from behind the three-point line across all three games.

The Transfers

One last time, let’s check in on Sananda Fru and Nolan Minessale, both of whom appear to be ticketed for spots in the starting lineup on opening night.

Fru: 10 points on 3-for-9 shooting, 0-for-1 behind the three-point line, 4-for-6 from the free throw line, a team high nine rebounds, plus two fouls and three turnovers in 20 minutes.

Minessale: 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting, 1-for-2 behind the three-point line, 2-for-3 from the free throw l...

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