A late scoring drought resulted in the Marquette men’s basketball team from securing a road victory Tuesday night as it fell to Purdue in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, 75-70 at Macky Arena.
Marquette got out to a fast start in the first half with sophomore guard Kam Jones opening the game on a personal 5-0 run with a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws. The Golden Eagles kept up the pace holding a 13-7 lead at the under-16 media timeout.
Out of the timeout Purdue went on a 7-0 run to take a 14-13 lead. The Golden Eagles responded quickly with back-to-back 3-pointers from Jones and sophomore guard Stevie Mitchell.