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Marquette Rebounds From 16 Point Deficit At Halftime To Win

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Jamal Cain – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Jamal Cain poured in a career-high 25 points to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 64-60 come-from-behind win over the Georgetown Hoyas in Big East Conference action on Saturday in Washington, D.C.

The Golden Eagles (6-5, 2-3 Big East) ended the game on a 22-6 run to beat the Hoyas (3-6, 1-4).  Marquette trailed by 16 points at halftime.

Dawson Garcia had nine points and 13 rebounds and Justin Lewis added 10 points.

Jahvon Blair had 20 points to lead the Hoyas who dropped their third straight game.

Marquette ended a three game losing streak and will host UConn on  Tuesday.

 

Marquette’s Big East Losing Streak Reaches Three

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Collin Gillespie scored 22 points and sank six 3-pointers to lead No. 5 Villanova (8-1, 3-0 Big East) to a 85-68 win over the Marquette Golden Eagles on Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum.

Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and Justin Moore added 13 points each and Caleb Daniels added 10 to help the Wildcats win their sixth straight and send the Golden Eagles to their third straight loss.

Villanova led 36-30 at halftime, but Marquette’s (5-5, 1-3 Big East) Jamal Cain opened the second half with a 3-pointer that cut the Wildcats lead to 36-33.  But Villanova went on a 10-1 run and was never threatened from there.  The Wildcats led by as much as 23 points.

Cain scored 15 points and D.J. Carton and Theo John added 10 points each in the loss.

Marquette hit 26-51 (51%) from the field and 9-18 (50%) from three point range, but they made just 7 of 16 (43.8%) from the free throw line and committed 17 turnovers for the game.

The Golden Eagles get a week off and return to action January 2 at Georgetown.

Marquette rolls in season opener

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The Marquette Golden Eagles jumped out to a big lead early and rolled to a 99-57 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in their season opener at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday  night.

The Golden Eagles shot 56.5% from the field for the game.

Freshman forward Dawson Garcia led Marquette in scoring in his first collegiate game with 19 points.  Senior big man Theo John notched a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds to go along with five blocks and Jamal Cain added 16 points.

Six Marquette players in all scored in double figures in the win.

Defensively, the Golden Eagles held the Golden Lions to just 18.9% shooting in the first half and 27.3% for the game.  Shaun Doss Jr. scored 27 to lead UAPB.

Marquette returns to action Friday night at Fiserv Forum against Eastern Illinois.  Tip time is set for 6:30 p.m. on FS1.