Marquette has had to fight against the perception that they aren’t a legit contender for the Big East despite sharing or holding the conference lead for good chunks of the season. Now this won’t help their cause, either:
cottie Reynolds scored 27 points, Corey Fisher had 21 and No. 13 Villanova continued its dominant Big East run in a 102-84 win over No. 10 Marquette on Tuesday night.
Dante Cunningham had 15 points for the Wildcats (20-4, 8-3) and Shane Clark had 16. The Wildcats knocked off their third Top 25 team in their six-game winning streak and won their 26th straight game at the Pavilion.
They reached the 100-point mark in consecutive Big East games for the first time in team history.
Marquette (20-4, 9-2) was unranked when it came away with a home victory against Villanova in the conference opener, a win that sparked the Golden Eagles to a 9-0 start in the Big East. Now, they’ve lost two straight on the road.
Two straight road losses isn’t as perilous as sports writers want to make it seem, but Marquette isn’t doing itself any favors here.
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