Marquette Basketball: 2018-19 player reviews for the Golden Eagles
By Brian Foley
F Ed Morrow (RS JR)
5.6 ppg – 4.5 rpg – 0.6 bpg – 59/0/62 percent shooting
Season’s Successes
Offensive Rebounding: Morrow was a rebounding and shot-blocking beast for two years in Lincoln before transferring, two skills that translated to the Big East in 2018-19 as well. Morrow absolutely tore up the offensive glass and finished in the top five nationally in offensive rebounding rate. And though Marquette slipped down the stretch, the 6-foot-7 wrecking ball was still guzzling boards, grabbing 5.8 offensive rebounds per game over MU’s final four contests. Morrow, along with four other players, led the country in games with six or more offensive rebounds as a reserve.
Areas to Improve
Passing: Now, the best part about an offensive rebound is that it so often leads to wide-open, kick-out three-pointers. Morrow racked up plenty of putbacks this year, but a few more looks to open shooters – of which Marquette has several – will pay dividends.
Morrow has shown some burgeoning passing skills already:
Marquette ran this plan with Howard and Chartouny often throughout the season, and Morrow hit the latter for a couple of layups in the game at St. John’s. But Morrow – and John for that matter – should pull the trigger more often on this pass. Wojo has leveraged the defense’s desperation to stick to MU’s shooters and created wide-open looks that result in easy points and further confuse the defense. Now it’s simply a matter of putting it all together and completing the play.