Team Results | Leadeboard

OKATIE, S.C. – Marquette is the team leader after the second round of the BIG EAST Men’s Golf Championship presented by JEEP. UConn’s Alex Heard took over the individual lead after firing the low round of the day, a 6-under 66.

The BIG EAST Championship is being played at Callawassie Golf Club. The final round will be played Monday, beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET. The winning team and the individual medalist will earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship.
Marquette notched the best team score of the day, collectively shooting a 280. The Golden Eagles own a two-day total of 11-under 565. Xavier is in second place, five strokes behind Marquette at 570 (-6). Butler, the co-leader with Marquette after the first round, is in third place, 10 strokes behind Marquette at 575 (-1).

The middle of the team leaderboard is tight. Fourth-place Creighton (579, +3) is one stroke ahead of fifth-place UConn (580, +4) and two strokes ahead of sixth-place Georgetown (581, +5). Villanova is in seventh (583, +7). Seton Hall (585, +9) is eighth, two strokes behind Villanova followed by DePaul (589, +13) and St. John’s (592, +16).

UConn’s Heard shot a 32 on the front nine, which included five birdies, en route to his 66. He began the day in 10^th place. Heard enters the final round with a seven-under 137. He is two strokes ahead of Georgetown’s Barnes Blake, who shot a 1-under 71 and stands at 5-under 139. Johan Widal is Marquette’s top performer after two rounds. He is in third place at 140 (-4), three shots off the pace. A three-way tie for fourth place at 141 (-3) includes Seton Hall’s George Fricker, Creighton’s Grant Feldman and Xavier’s Carson Bellish.
 
GameKast Live, a golf streaming service, will continue to provide coverage in the third round. Every hole will be covered in addition to live commentary from the 18th green. Player and coach interviews will be included.  The broadcast is entirely free.
  
Top Individual Scores – Second Round
1. Alex Heard, UConn                            71-66—137 (-7)
2. Barnes Blake, Georgetown             68-71 --139 (-5)
3. Johan Widal, Marquette                   71-69--140 (-4)
T4. Grant Feldman, Creighton           70-71—141 (-3)             
T4. George Fricker, Seton Hall            70-71—141 (-3)                          
T4. Carson Bellish, Xavier                    72-69—141 (-3)               
T7. Ray Filter, Xavier                                71-71—142 (-2)
T7. Gavin Gerch, Creighton                 73-69—142 (-2)        
T9. Mason Schmidtke, Marquette    67-76—143 (-1)                 
T9.Derek Tabor, Butler                           68-75—143 (-1)
T9.Zach Burton, Xavier                          70-73—143 (-1)                   


Team Scores – Second Round
1.   Marquette               285-280—565 (-11)
2.   Xavier                        287-283—570 (-6)
3.   Butler                        285-290—575 (-1)
4.   Creighton                288-291—579 (+3)
5.   UConn                     289-291—580 (+4)
6.   Georgetown           290-291—581 (+5)
7.   Villanova                  294-289—583 (+7)
8.    Seton Hall              292-293—585 (+9)
9.  DePaul                       297-292—589 (+13)
10. St. John’s                301-291—592 (+16)