Dec. 28, 2025, 5:34 p.m. CT
Zaide Lowery is officially done with the Marquette men’s basketball team.
The junior guard will not return to the team, the school announced in a release on Dec. 28.
It had been a tumultuous two months for the 6-foot-5 Lowery. He started the first nine games, but struggled to find consistency. He lost his starting spot to freshman Adrien Stevens against Wisconsin on Dec. 6, then played only 12 minutes in a loss at Purdue.
Lowery didn’t come off the bench at all in the Big East opener against Georgetown on Dec. 17, then didn’t make the trip for a game at Creighton on Dec. 20 for what MU called personal reasons.
The sides have now decided to part ways.
Lowery wasn’t highly recruited out of Kickapoo High School in Missouri. But MU coaches were intrigued by his athletic gifts on the AAU circuit with the Missouri Flight. Lowery committed to the Golden Eagles in April 2022, and then spent his senior season at prep powerhouse La Lumiere.
Lowery appeared sparingly as a freshman in the 2023-24 season. As a sophomore he had a breakout game at Villanova on Feb. 21, scoring 25 points while going 5-for-5 on 3-pointers.
That performance prompted some to think he had a big leap in production coming this season, but it never did.
Now Lowery will be looking for a new team.
