Photo by Andrew Himmerlberg
Late in the first half against Creighton Saturday night, it looked like Marquette’s season was over. Sophomore guard Markus Howard had to be carried off the floor with a right hip injury and the Golden Eagles’ offense was on life support, missing five of its final seven field goals of the first.
Then head coach Steve Wojciechowski gambled with a zone defense in the second half, a tactic Marquette has not successfully deployed for much of the season. That halftime adjustment helped Marquette overcome a 16-point deficit to upset the Creighton Bluejays, 90-86, at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.