The Marquette men’s basketball team secured its highest ranked win in the Shaka Smart Era Tuesday night behind a familiar ingredient, defense.
Smart’s squad forced a season-high 20 turnovers as it took down No. 6 Baylor by a score of 96-70 at Fiserv Forum in the Big 12-Big East Battle.
It is the largest margin deficit for the Bears in program history as an AP Top 10 team.
“Really happy for everybody involved in Marquette basketball, our players, our staff, our fans and our students,” Marquette head coach Shaka Smart said. “Thought our guys in the first half set a great tone just getting our hands on the basketball.