It was a tighter game than expected against the last place St. John’s Red Storm, but for Marquette, a win is a win.
Despite looking nothing like the team that took down No. 8 Providence in the first half against the Red Storm, Marquette was able to get room inside for big men Henry Ellenson and Luke Fischer and heat up from three-point range in the second half for an 81-75 comeback win against the Johnnies.
“There isn’t one way that you’re going to draw it up,” Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “If you look on the floor, we’ve got a lot of young kids that are learning.