The Marquette Golden Eagles might be down in Greenville, South Carolina, for their tournament action, but that doesn’t mean Milwaukee was underrepresented at the BMO Harris Bradley Center for Thursday’s first round of tournament games.
A trio of Milwaukee natives, Darrell Bowie, Donavan Jackson and former Marquette guard Deonte Burton, scored a combined 47 of Iowa State’s 84 points as the Cyclones staved off the upset hungry Nevada Wolfpack during the fourth and final game of a 12-hour March Madness marathon.
“That’s how you put on for your city,” Bowie said after the game. “That’s what you call a home-court advantage.