Forbes 6-13 0-0 15, Mason 3-5 0-0 6, Porter 1-3 0-0 2, Vice 5-11 2-2 13, Volker 8-11 0-0 20, Akot 0-1 0-0 0, Bediako 0-0 0-0 0, Cracknell 1-2 0-0 2, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Stevens 0-0 0-0 0, Perkins 2-6 0-0 5, Utberg 2-3 0-0 4, Totals 28-55 2-2 67
Auburn and Iowa State extended their winning streaks this week to nine and 12 games, respectively, further entrenching themselves at the top of the men's college basketball power rankings as both handled top-15 opponents at home with ease -- Auburn against No.
Assists_Georgetown 9 (Rivera 5), Marquette 21 (Volker 6). Fouled Out_Georgetown Jenkins. Rebounds_Georgetown 33 (Jenkins 10), Marquette 34 (Vice 8). Total Fouls_Georgetown 19, Marquette 15.
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.
No. 25 UConn (14-6) vs. DePaul (10-11), 8 p.m. No. 16 Oregon (16-4) at UCLA (15-6), 10:30 p.m. No. 18 Illinois (14-6) at Nebraska (12-8), 8:30 p.m. No. 19 Memphis (16-4) at Tulane (11-9), 9 p.m.
Marquette men's basketball senior guard Stevie Mitchell always seems to have a little extra juice when he plays against Villanova. The native of Reading, Pennsylvania, is running out of games ...
There was change at the top of this week's USA TODAY Sports Bracketology with Alabama rising to a No. 1 seed at the expense of SEC rival Tennessee.
Michigan State moved up one spot to No. 7 and was followed by the Vols, who balanced out their close loss to Auburn by beating No. 14 Mississippi State. Marquette and Purdue — which beat then-No. 21 Michigan — rounded out the top 10.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette has promoted Mike Broeker to take over as athletic director from the retiring Bill Scholl.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kam Jones scored 19 points and No. 10 Marquette forced 24 turnovers in a 76-59 victory over struggling Seton Hall on Tuesday night. David Joplin added 12 points and Ben Gold had 11 as the Golden Eagles (16-3, 7-1 Big East) bounced back from a 59-57 loss to Xavier at home Saturday. Chase Ross made five of their 18 steals.
The Texas A&M men’s basketball team fell remained No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25, but fell two spots to No. 15 in the USA Today coaches poll.
The top five spots in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll remain unchanged, with Auburn still the unanimous No. 1 selection, while St. John's and Memphis made the biggest