GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Marquette 73, Seton Hall 63
By MATT SUGAM
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. - Justin Lewis scored a career-high 33 points to go along with nine rebounds and six assists, and No. 22 Marquette beat Seton Hall 73-63.
Lewis, a redshirt freshman coming off Big East Player of the Week honors, was averaging 15.8 points coming into the game for the Golden Eagles (15-6, 7-3 Big East), who have now won seven straight.
Jamir Harris scored 16 points and Jared Rhoden had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Pirates (12-7, 3-6).
Marquette shot 50%, including 6 of 10 from 3-point range, in the first half and led 38-21 at the break. The Golden Eagles held Seton Hall to 24% shooting in the first half.
Lewis' emphatic dunk on a pass from Stevie Mitchell made it 61-40 with 9:35 to play. Seton Hall made it closer after that, going on a 16-4 run to cut Marquette's lead to single digits, and the Pirates got within six points twice in the final minute.
Olivier-Maxence Prosper, another freshman, was the only other Marquette player in double figures with 10 points.
| Marquette | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Lewis | F | 35 | 11-19 | 7-10 | 4-7 | 2-9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| K. Kuath | F | 25 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| O. Prosper | F | 24 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| T. Kolek | G | 30 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Morsell | G | 25 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Jones | 18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| G. Elliott | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| O. Ighodaro | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| S. Mitchell | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Joplin | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-58 (.466) |
9-13 (.692) |
10-22 (.455) |
10-38 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 73 | |
| Seton Hall | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Rhoden | F | 31 | 5-17 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 6-9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| A. Yetna | F | 19 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Obiagu | C | 33 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Richmond | G | 39 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Cale | G | 28 | 2-12 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Harris | 22 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | |
| T. Jackson | 19 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| T. Samuel | 8 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| T. Powell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 20-59 (.339) |
16-21 (.762) |
7-20 (.350) |
14-38 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 63 | |
