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BASELINE: Defensive pressure pushes No. 3 Golden Eagles to 93-56 win

No. 3 Marquette men’s basketball, playing in front of its home crowd for the first time in over two weeks, grabbed a win over the Southern Jaguars 93-56 Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum.

Here’s what you need to know about the win:

  • 10 players on the Marquette roster scored five or more points during the game with 15 players seeing court time.
  • Southern first-year guard Jordan Johnson led both teams in 3-point scoring, hitting six shots from deep on the night.
  • Marquette committed only to six turnovers and achieved 10 steals while Southern had 22 and five respectively.