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Howard leads Marquette past DePaul

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Markus Howard poured in 36 points and Sam Hauser added 17 to lead 10th ranked Marquette to a 92-73 win over the DePaul Blue Demons in Chicago.

Howard hit 12 of 21 from the field and 8 of 10 from the free throw line, scoring at least 30 points in four of his last five games.

Marquette (21-4, 10-2 Big East) won its second straight game since a 1-point loss to St. John’s.

Femi Olujobi scored 19 points for DePaul (13-10, 5-7), and Max Strus had 16.

After DePaul got to within one point late in the first half, the Golden Eagles went on a 11-0 run to pull away for good.

Marquette is now off for a week before hosting Butler on Feb. 20.  The Golden Eagles beat the Bulldogs 76-58 in their first meeting of the season on Jan. 30.

 

Marquette pushes win streak to six

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In a game that lacked energy at times, sophomore Theo John gave Marquette a spark, scoring a collegiate high 16 points in the Golden Eagles 79-69 victory over DePaul on Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum.

John added 10 rebounds and six blocked shots for Marquette (17-3, 6-1 Big East), which won for the sixth straight time.

Markus Howard led the way for the Golden Eagles, scoring 23 points.  Sam Hauser added 19.  Howard was just 4 for 10 from the field but made all 15 of his free throw attempts.  He added nine assists but committed eight turnovers.

Paul Reed led DePaul (11-7, 3-4) with 18 points.