One of these teams has a pair of guards who can really shoot the basketball. I mean, give them a clean look at the basket from behind the arc and you know it’s going down. I refer of course to noted snipers Quentin Goodin and Paul Scruggs, who came out white hot in the first half, combining for 21 points on 8-11/4-5/1-1 shooting.
Markus Howard had 24 first-half points all by his onesie, but Xavier went into the interval up 51-33 and looking for all the world like they were going to run Marquette off the floor.