I went in to Tuesday night’s Marquette basketball game thinking, “I dunno, maybe if they get their heads right after Saturday’s awful double overtime loss to Creighton, maybe they can make this interesting against #16 Providence.”
Well, I was right. Marquette made it interesting.
Powered by a game high 23 points from Justin Lewis, YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles stomped out the #16 ranked Friars and won, 88-56. That is not a typo, they defeated a team ranked in the Associated Press top 25 by 32 points. It is the largest margin of victory against a ranked opponent in program history, topping 29 points against #22 Santa Clara in 1995 and #9 Michigan in 1972.