In the second half of a tight game between Marquette and Creighton in January 2015 the Golden Eagles offense went dry. Steve Wojciechowski’s young squad turned to its two unlikely leaders, graduate transfer Matt Carlino and redshirt freshman Duane Wilson.
The offensive odd couple scored every single one of Marquette’s 25 second half points en route to a dramatic 53-52 victory. Wilson scored 14 of his 17 during the final 20 minutes as he continued to establish himself as Carlino’s scoring sidekick.
In his first two seasons at Marquette Wilson proved to be a reliable scorer, averaging 11.