No. 1 for a reason
The reigning national champions and No. 1 team in the country (for now) bounced back from their first loss of the season in style. Villanova turned an 11-point halftime lead into a 30-point advantage inside of the last ten minutes. The Wildcats posted an astounding 79.59 effective field goal percentage despite cooling off significantly after the game was out of reach. Kris Jenkins led all scorers with 23 points.
Howard carries the load
Freshman Markus Howard did all he could offensively to keep the Golden Eagles in it, scoring 15 of Marquette’s 33 first half-points.