Coming into Tuesday night’s road matchup ranked No. 18 in the country, the team’s highest ranking all season, the Marquette men’s basketball team fell to No. 24 UConn 80-72 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Tuesday night’s battle at the XL Center was for sole possession of third place in the BIG EAST Standings, which saw the Huskies come out on top for the season sweep over the Golden Eagles.
Redshirt first-year forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper came out firing for Marquette, scoring the team’s first 10 out of 18 points in the game.
Prosper’s perfect first half (4-for-4 from the field) was overshadowed by the offensive play of the Huskies however, as UConn shot 59% from the field and 63% from deep in the opening 20 minutes.