Nobody loves National Marquette Day more than Markus Howard. The freshman scored a career-high and team season-high 34 points in Marquette’s 83-61 win against Xavier.
“He put on quite the shooting display,” head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “It was terrific. It was one of the better shooting performances I’ve ever seen.”
With 2:32 remaining in the game Howard hit his ninth 3-pointer of the night, tying the Marquette single game record held by Mark Anglavar. Howard missed his next and final attempt to finish 9-of-12 from deep.
“I didn’t even think about it (the record),” Howard said.