Marquette’s Markus Howard played only three scoreless minutes because of back tightness, but Sam Hauser picked up the scoring slack and helped propel the Golden Eagles to a 74-71 road win over Georgetown on Tuesday. Hauser notched a career-high 31 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Theo John added 14 points, six boards and blocked a shot with four seconds left to help preserve the win. Mac McClung led the Hoyas (12-6, 2-3) with 24 points. Marquette (15-3, 4-1) has won four straight BIG EAST games for the first time since 2012-13.
Providence played a strong second half and defeated visiting Seton Hall 72-63 for its first BIG EAST win.