Ranked co-favorite in the Big East, second straight game without Allazia Blockton due to an ankle injury, nationally televised game on FS1....
There was a lot of stuff floating around in the air as #20 Marquette tipped off against #24 DePaul on Friday night, and I don’t just mean the echoes of the longest ever slow to fast Ring Out Ahoya thanks to the TV production dragging things out a while.
In the end, it didn’t matter. Heck, in the beginning, it didn’t matter.
After DePaul opened the game up with a three-pointer from Mart’e Grays, Marquette went on an 18-2 run to bust this contest wide open in the first seven minutes and the Golden Eagles never looked back on their way to a 96-63 victory.