As Murray State star Ja Morant posterized Marquette redshirt freshman Joey Hauser, there wasn’t much Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski could do aside from shake his head in frustration.
His team couldn’t do much more on the floor either, losing 83-64 after being outscored 41-29 in the second half.
Marquette remained within 10 points for the entire first half, but then the Racers started the second half on a 22-9 run.
“They got a lot of momentum on offense,” junior guard Markus Howard said. “They had some big plays that they made, and it kind of gave them some juice.