No. 7 Marquette men’s basketball was never comfortable.
The Golden Eagles’ largest lead of their non-conference finale against St. Thomas was only 13 points and the Tommies (6-5) always looked in striking distance.
But Marquette (9-2) did just enough down the stretch to etch out an 84-79 win Thursday night at Fiserv Forum.
“That sure was an exciting game. Really grateful for the way our guys came together down the stretch,” Marquette head coach Shaka Smart said. “A combination of factors kind of created a little bit of tension within our team, but our guys did a really good job coming together, focusing on the play at hand — there’s certainly a lot of plays, where we need to be better.