For the second time this week, Marquette won in the final minutes of action, defeating Seton Hall 70-66 Saturday afternoon. This time, it didn’t require a historic performance from junior guard Markus Howard.
“It may not have been as artistic as our last game, but it was beautiful all the same,” Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “It was an old-fashioned fistfight.”
Three days after winning an overtime thriller over Creighton, Marquette had another nail-biting finish, holding a one-point lead with a minute left.
Marquette had a 10-point lead at halftime and a 13-point lead earlier in the first half, but a flurry of turnovers curbed Marquette’s usually-potent offense in the second half and allowed for a Seton Hall comeback.