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Haanif Cheatham leaving Marquette for “personal reasons”

Marquette Golden Eagles junior guard Haanif Cheatham is leaving the program immediately for “personal reasons”, according to a release from the university.

#mubb Junior guard Haanif Cheatham leaving program for personal reasons, effective immediately. Had started all 5 games, averaging 8.2 pts. & 2.8 reb. in 26.2 minutes per night.

— MarquetteMBB (@MarquetteMBB) November 27, 2017

As noted in the tweet, Cheatham started all five games for the Golden Eagles this season, and started 63 of the 70 games in his Marquette career.

Cheatham averaged 10.