Markus Howard made more history Wednesday night at Creighton, scoring 53 points to fuel a thrilling 106-104 overtime win over the Bluejays. His performance broke the Marquette and BIG EAST records for single-game scoring, which he set last season against Providence.
The win was hardly a guarantee. With two seconds left in regulation, Marquette was down five points. Graduate senior Joseph Chartouny hit a layup with 0.8 seconds left to cut the Bluejays’ lead to 85-82.
Then after an errant inbound pass from Creighton senior Connor Cashaw, Marquette had an inbound opportunity behind its own basket. Creighton head coach Greg McDermott repeatedly took responsibility for the poor inbound play in his postgame press conference.