After beating Xavier handily on Wednesday, Marquette traveled to the nation’s capital Saturday and picked up a big in-conference 84-80 victory against the Georgetown Hoyas.
It was a high scoring battle throughout, as the teams went into halftime at a score of 42-36. Georgetown’s 7-foot center Omer Yurtseven was huge for the Hoyas, and the Golden Eagles had multiple players step up and put points on the board.
Markus Howard got a lot up shots up early, going 5-for-13 in the first half with 14 points. Sacar Anim joined Howard in double figures with less shots, as he was 5-for-7 from the field with 13 points.