I hate when I have to start recaps off like this, but it’s the quickest and easiest way to explain what happened:
The lesson as always? Don’t fall behind by 14 in the first place.
That’s what happened in the first half to YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles, as the #18 team in the country lost, 80-72, to #18 Connecticut on Tuesday night. The loss drops MU to 16-8 on the year and 8-5 in the Big East. UConn advances to 16-6 and 7-4 in the league.
For the first 11 minutes of the game, this was just a college basketball game.