Marquette picked a bad time for its most anemic performance of the year.
Needing a win to rebound from back-to-back losses to Xavier and Villanova, a frustrated, anxious Golden Eagle team (13-9, 4-6 BIG EAST) instead got blown out by the Butler Bulldogs (16-7, 6-4 BIG EAST), 92-72, in a game that sent most of the student section scurrying for the exits midway through the second half. It was Marquette’s worst home loss since Dec. 30, 2015
A 19-4 Butler run that spanned approximately six minutes of the first half reduced the rest of the game to a mere formality.