Farr grabbed a career-high 19 boards in strong defensive showing
Marquette looked dominant in the paint to kick off the game against No. 7 Xavier, finding Luke Fischer alone on the first three buckets thanks to solid ball movement. At the first timeout, the Golden Eagles were up seven, and everything seemed to be going right.
Then, the team started settling for outside shots. The ball movement went away, the room in the paint went away once Xavier brought in James Farr and, most importantly, the points went away.