Markus Howard proved again that it's hard to keep a good man down.
The Marquette senior guard, who left his team's double-overtime win at Xavier on Jan. 29 with a bloody nose, came back on Feb. 1 and scored a game-high 31 points to fuel a come-from-behind, 76-72 victory over DePaul.
With eight days to regroup and fully heal, Howard and the Golden Eagles shoot for their sixth win in seven games Sunday as Marquette welcomes No. 19 Butler to Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee for a Big East Conference clash.
At 16-6 overall and 6-4 in the conference, Marquette is moving toward lock territory in regards to making the NCAA Tournament.