Wisconsin's Ethan Happ (left) and Zak Showalter (right) defend Haanif Cheatham during the second half.
Offense stalls coming out of halftime
The Golden Eagles led 40 to 35 heading into the break behind a four 3-pointers from Katin Reinhardt. However, the offense hit a wall after the break. Wisconsin held Marquette to just 10 points over a 12-minute span and went on a 32 to 5 run. The blue and gold coughed the ball up five times and shot an abysmal 4 of 15 from the field during the dry spell.
“We’re not good enough defensively to let our offense hurt our defense,” Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski said.