Stevie Mitchell scored 10 of his career-high 22 points during a key five-minute stretch in the second half, helping No. 9 Marquette overcome Kam Jones' foul trouble to beat Butler 78-69 on Tuesday night.

Stevie Mitchell scored 14 of his career-high 22 points in the second half to fuel No. 9 Marquette to a 78-69 victory over host Butler on Tuesday in Indianapolis.

Myricks 0-1 2-2 2, Jenkins 6-11 4-4 16, Hession 3-8 0-0 7, Ransom 9-21 6-6 25, Rivera 2-16 1-2 5, Araujo-Dagba 0-0 0-0 0, Ajobiewe 0-1 0-0 0, McBride 0-2 0-0 0, McConnell 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan 0-2 0-0 0 ...

No. 9 Marquette began a stretch of eight victories in nine games with a double-digit win over Butler. The visiting Golden Eagles will look to complete a season sweep of

Marquette has promoted Mike Broeker to take over as athletic director from the retiring Bill Scholl. University president Kimo Ah Yun announced the move Tuesday and said Broeker would take

Marquette has the defense to neutralize Xavier's 87th-ranked offense. Marquette is 56th in the nation, allowing just 67.4 points per game. The one area where Marquette will have to be careful is with Xavier's three-point shooting, but the Golden Eagles have been above-average this season with a 31.7% three-point efficiency allowed.

Last Saturday, not only did No. 10 Marquette men’s basketball (16-3, 7-1 Big East) lose at Fiserv Forum for the first time this season in a 59-57 loss to

Villanova visits Marquette on Friday! Let's continue our College Basketball odds series with a Villanova-Marquette prediction and pick.