Marquette used 23 points from Markus Howard and 20 from Jajuan Johnson to pull off a home win to start Big East conference play Wednesday night, defeating Georgetown by a 76-66 margin.
Marquette started strong, going up 11-0 in the first three minutes of the game, powered by Howard’s (hey that rhymed, neat.) two 3’s and a three and a basket from Jajuan Johnson before Jonathan Mulmore put Georgetown on the board.
Georgetown managed to battle back to tie the game at 26-26 with 7:17 left in the first half, but Marquette found another gear to get to 42-35 at halftime, including a straight up monster of a posterizing dunk by Johnson.