Marquette came back from an 11-point deficit with 14 minutes remaining to take an 87-82 decision at Xavier Saturday afternoon at a sold-out Cintas Center. The win extended the Marquette winning streak to seven games as the Golden Eagles improved to 18-3 overall and 7-1 in league play.
Marquette got 72 points from the trio of Markus Howard (31 points), Joey Hauser (21) and Sam Hauser (20). Xavier, which fell to 11-10 overall and 3-5 in the league, was led by 21-point efforts from Tyrique Jones and Paul Scruggs. Jones also grabbed 11 rebounds to produce his sixth double-double of the season.