Marquette Golden Eagles needed a win badly. They lost four straight games with three of them at home, and Seton Hall posed a challenge in their next game. Golden Eagles beat up the Pirates at home a month ago, and Seton Hall sought out revenge in this game. Pirates star player Angel Delgado told the media before tip that ‘They (Marquette) would see the real Seton Hall tonight.’ Well that wasn’t good enough as Marquette found a way to beat Seton Hall and score a much needed win for their resume. It’s a good way to start a three-game road trip.

Offense breaks out of their funk
After seeing the offense struggle for five of the last six games, they seemed to put together against the Hall. They scored 88 points with going 48 percent from the field with 12-for-19 from three. They also made nearly all their free throws. Offense got their shit together in this one, and that’s an encouraging sign. It was weird to see one of the better offenses go on ice, and they appear to have steered the ship in the right direction. Markus Howard led the way with 30 points and four made threes.

Amin and Heldt do the little things
When Marquette is at its best, Sacar Amin and one of the big men are contributing in a variety of ways. Amin scored 11 points in the first half, and he finished with 15 including a huge layup at the end of the game. Matt Heldt aka The Milkman did some great things down the stretch as well. He came up with some huge rebounds in the final minutes and put the game on ice with two huge free throws. Heldt is such an underrated asset to Marquette. He might not be as athletic as Froling but feels like he fits the offense more.

Bench provides no support
Marquette’s bench scored a total of zero points. ZERO. Not a good look for the bench squad which hasn’t happened often this season. That said, the bench only shot the ball three times, so, maybe it makes more sense they scored no points. Also, they were playing shorthanded with Theo John being out with an illness. We’ll see if John can go on Saturday afternoon.

Next up
Marquette plays St. John on Saturday afternoon. Johnnies are prime for a letdown after somehow beating Duke and Villanova in back-to-back games. It’s HUGE for the Golden Eagles that they are not playing at The Garden either as they’ve struggled there in the last couple years.

Charlie.