The Marquette Golden Eagles mens’ basketball team will travel to the UCLA Bruins for the first time in 56 years on Friday night. The last time these two programs faced each other was when future Hall of Fame coaches John Wooden of UCLA and Al McGuire of Marquette. The game that took place 56 years ago was won by Wooden’s Bruins, 61-52. Each team is 4-1 entering the matchup, Marquette has a more impressive resume after winning over the fourth ranked Badgers. Koby McEwen leads Marquette in scoring this season with a 16.6 points per game average while senior Theo John is just shy of averaging nine rebounds per game to lead the team. The first whistle sounds at 8:30pm.
