MILWAUKEE (AP) Stevie Mitchell matched a career high with 21 points and No. 10 Marquette continued its recent domination of Villanova by beating the Wildcats 87-74 on Friday night.
Chase Ross added 18 points and Kam Jones had 16 to help Marquette (17-3, 8-1 Big East) beat Villanova for an eighth consecutive time and tie No. 20 St. John’s (17-3, 8-1) for first place in the Big East.
The Golden Eagles haven’t lost to Villanova since Shaka Smart took over as Marquette’s coach in 2021.
Jordan Longino had a career-high 27 points to go along with seven assists for Villanova (12-9, 5-5). Eric Dixon, who entered the night with a Division I-leading 24.9 points per game, scored 15 of his 18 points after halftime.
Villanova: The good news for Villanova was that Tyler Perkins made his first 3-point basket since Dec. 17. Perkins had gone 0 for 25 from 3-point range over his last eight games, and he missed his first three attempts Friday before finally connecting. Before the slump, Perkins had made 45.3% of his 3-point shots (24 of 53).
Marquette: The Golden Eagles pulled ahead for good less than four minutes in and had their second straight double-digit win since losing 59-57 at home to Xavier last weekend. Marquette won 76-59 at Seton Hall on Tuesday.
Villanova trailed 57-51 when Longino stole the ball from Jones, but Marquette’s David Joplin blocked Longino’s layup attempt. On Marquette’s ensuing possession, Zaide Lowery got an offensive rebound and made a 3-pointer to extend the lead to 60-51 with 8:33 left.
Marquette committed just six turnovers and had a 16-2 edge in points off turnovers.
Villanova doesn’t play again until a Feb. 1 home game with Creighton. Marquette is at Butler on Tuesday night.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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15
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J. Longino G | 27PTS | 3REB | 7AST | |
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4
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S. Mitchell G | 21PTS | 4REB | 3AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Longino | 27 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| E. Dixon | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Brickus | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| T. Perkins | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Boakye | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| W. Poplar | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Moseley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. O’Toole | – | – | – | – |
| M. Thomas | – | – | – | – |
| A. Gavalyugov | – | – | – | – |
| W. Chiddick | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 74 | 34 | 17 | 20 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| S. Mitchell | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| C. Ross | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Jones | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| D. Joplin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| B. Gold | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| R. Parham | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Lowery | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Norman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Brown | – | – | – | – |
| J. Lucas | – | – | – | – |
| J. Ciardo | – | – | – | – |
| C. Hamilton | – | – | – | – |
| C. O’Malley | – | – | – | – |
| J. Anderson | – | – | – | – |
| L. Jacobson | – | – | – | – |
| J. Clark | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 87 | 33 | 13 | 15 |