Marquette started fast and made the game competitive early on, but Wisconsin used a huge second half to propel themselves to victory, 93-84.
The first half was defined by the ebb and flow, with the teams trading leads and neither side being able to find a groove to pull away with. Star forward Ethan Happ of Wisconsin picked up two fouls in less than two minutes, and the crowd at the Bradley Center could feel that something special could happen. And happen it did. Marquette rode a streak of 4/4 from the 3-point arc, including a 3/3 display from Katin Reinhardt, who had notoriously been struggling as of late.