Junior guard Markus Howard didn’t exactly have the first nine minutes he was expecting. He was without a shot attempt and missed portions of the game with an apparent leg injury.
Fortunately for the Golden Eagles, that didn’t last long. Howard went off for 26 points to fuel Marquette’s 92-66 win over North Dakota.
Howard scored all 14 of Marquette’s points for a three-minute stretch in the first half. He had 19 points by halftime.
“Markus is a guy that is obviously very explosive, so he can have a stretch where he’s making the right basketball plays but isn’t getting many shots,” head coach Steve Wojciechowski said.