If the goal is to make the first half go so well that the second half basically does not matter, mission accomplished for Marquette men’s basketball on Tuesday night. They didn’t miss a shot against North Carolina Central for nearly nine minutes, running up a 16 point lead. After that happened, Marquette went on a separate 16-2 run that left them up 21 with 3:25 left in the first half.
The margin at the half was 23 points, 52-29, and mostly speaking, the second half didn’t really matter as Marquette wrapped up a 90-78 victory against NC Central in the final home game of the non-conference schedule this season.