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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marquette guards Deonte Burton and John Dawson will transfer at the conclusion of the fall semester, the school announced Tuesday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Burton and Dawson, both sophomores, were recruited by former Marquette coach Buzz Williams, who left prior to this season to take over the head coaching role at Virginia Tech.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"We appreciate all that Deonte and John have contributed to the program since our staff arrived in April,\" Marquette coach Steve&amp;nbsp;Wojciechowski said in a statement. \"We will do everything we can to help them make the next step in their respective careers and wish them nothing but the best in the future.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Watch: St. John's' Chris Obekpa stuffs Syracuse\u2019s Michael Gbinije\u200B&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Burton had played in each of Marquette's first eight games this season, averaging 6.4 points in 16.1 minutes per game. Dawson played four minutes in the Golden Eagles' season-opening win over Tennessee-Martin but did not see action in the other seven games.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Though center Luke Fischer, a transfer from Indiana, will become eligible at the start of the new season, Marquette will only have nine scholarship players available.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Dan Gartland&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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