The Golden Eagles earned an 83-76 victory on Friday afternoon against the No. 12-seed Team Brotherly Love in the quarterfinal of The Basketball Tournament, which advances them to the semifinal for the third year in a row.
Dwight Buycks, Darius Johnson-Odom, and Jamil Wilson led the way for the Golden Eagles. The trio combined for 52 of Marquette’s 83 points. This was the second straight game in which all three players found themselves in double figures.
Elgin Cook also flirted with a double-double, totaling eight points and eight rebounds.
Despite the loss, the best stat line of the day came from Team Brotherly Love’s Samme Givens.