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Ighodaro’s late-game floater the dagger in Marquette’s 71-65 overtime win over Villanova

Oso Ighodaro scores past Eric Dixon in Marquette’s 71-65 win over Villanova in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals. (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

NEW YORK — Shaka Smart didn’t care Oso Ighodaro hadn’t scored a field goal.

He didn’t care his senior forward was 0-for-4 from the field, or that his two points up to that point had come with three minutes left in the second half from the charity stripe.

He didn’t care he had David Joplin — who scored the Golden Eagles’ first five overtime points — and Kam Jones — whose efficiency goes without saying — as options to hit a game-determining bucket.