Marquette flew to New York City full of optimism after a solid first week. The positive mojo has been dashed after two losses at the 2k Classic, and although Saturday’s outing was a closer outcome, it hurt quite a bit more.
The Golden Eagles blew a 15 point lead, falling 78-75 to Pittsburgh in the tournament’s 3rd place game. Guard Andrew Rowsey, by far Marquette’s best player of the night, had a chance to tie the game with a final 3-point shot, but it came up just short.
Rowsey gave the Golden Eagles plenty of energy in the game, scoring 2o points on 5 of 12 shooting.