CHICAGO — Tensions ran high in Lincoln Park on Sunday as pro-Palestinian student protestors from DePaul faced a line of counter-protestors on campus. The atmosphere was calm on campus on Sunday afternoon, but it was a much different scene hours earlier when tensions escalated between demonstrators, leading to some altercations. No arrests were made, but […]
Marquette didn’t need Tyler Kolek down the stretch to breeze to its third straight blowout victory Wednesday night. Now the fifth-ranked Golden Eagles must hope they won’t be without the reigning Big East player of the year much longer. Kam Jones had 17 points to lead a balanced scoring attack as Marquette rolled to a 91-69 triumph over Providence despite playing most of the second half without Kolek, who left the game with an oblique injury.
The only suspenseful part of Marquette’s blowout victory over slumping DePaul was whether Tyler Kolek would remain on the floor long enough to break the Golden Eagles’ 29-year-old game assists record. Kolek got it with plenty of time to spare. The reigning Big East player of the year had 18 assists, Kam Jones scored a career-high 34 points and No. 7 Marquette bounced back from its most-lopsided loss with a 105-71 runaway triumph Wednesday night.
UConn is the No.1 team in the nation and the defending national champions, yet the Huskies went into Saturday's matchup with No. 4 Marquette coveting something the Golden Eagles won a year ago: a Big East championship. Donovan Clingan had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help the Huskies to an 81-53 rout of Marquette and control of the conference race. “We were just trying to prove who we are, and we're just trying to win,” Clingan said.
No. 1 UConn knows what's on the horizon. It didn't distract the Huskies from the task at hand. Alex Karaban scored 21 points, and UConn rolled to its 13th straight win, beating DePaul 101-65 on Wednesday night.