SOTG

[mileskishnish72]

This game would have been over at halftime without Markus.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Jayce

[Dr. Blackheart]

Jayce. Reed, Butz and Weems had their hands full and were in foul trouble most of the day.

[PGsHeroes32]

Jayce. Reed, Butz and Weems had their hands full and were in foul trouble most of the day.

I feel like Koby and Markus drew a lot of those as well.

[Herman Cain]

Markus Howard

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Jayce

Until his late offensive rebound, Theo had two rebounds for the entire game.  They were both  on missed free throws. His inability to rebound the basketball is killing us.  Completely different defensively when Jayce is in, typically one n done for the opponent. Hopefully, todays minutes distribution is a sign of things to come

[Dr. Blackheart]

I feel like Koby and Markus drew a lot of those as well.

They did but DU had to pay attention to Jayce versus hedging up to double. Both Markus and Koby were able to penetrate the seams. On offense, Reed was pretty much a non-factor. Coming into the game, Pudner's value-add had Reed as BE POY.

Jayce's impact can be more on spacing than on stats.

[brewcity77]

Howard kept us in it in the first and sealed it at the end. Johnson & McEwen were huge helps, but if you use the "if any other player ever did what Markus did today would be SOTG?" the answer is a resounding yes.

So Markus.

[dgies9156]

Jayce.

Markus' 26 would not have mattered if Jayce did not step up big time.

We need a strong middle if we intend to go deep in the tournament.

[MuMark]

Howard

[PGsHeroes32]

Jayce.

Markus' 26 would not have mattered if Jayce did not step up big time.

We need a strong middle if we intend to go deep in the tournament.

Markus had 31.

21 of our 34 in the 1st half. And like 8 of our final 10 lol.

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[Johnny B]

Jayce.

Markus' 26 would not have mattered if Jayce did not step up big time.

We need a strong middle if we intend to go deep in the tournament.

Jayces 11 and 6 would have not remotely mattered if not for markus 31

[f/k/a humanlung]

Jayce.

[Its DJOver]

Really, really want to say Jayce, but those 8 points down the stretch sealed it for Markus.  Had he split those with Koby or Sacar maybe, but it's gotta be M2N.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

MH

[MU82]

While appreciating Jayce's contribution ...

Markus.

Easily.

[HutchwasClutch]

Jayce. Case could be made any game Markus plays because even in off games, he scores so much.  But he went first 14 minutes without a point in the 2nd half.  That's too big of chunk of game to give it to him this time. 

Jayce was really solid on both ends, rebounded well as always; needed all of his performance to come out with W today.

[MU82]

Markus played all 40 minutes while wearing a mask that had to be a little disconcerting.

He was the only guy we had who could hit a shot, had 4 assists, helped seal it late, only 2 TOs, even had 1 more blocked shot than Jayce.

It's not close.

[WhoaJoe2020]

31 pts 4 assists 2 rebounds and kept Marquette close in the first half and sealed it at the end...........

All with a busted face and playing the full 40 minutes.

Markus Howard SOTG

[lawdog77]

Jayce. Case could be made any game Markus plays because even in off games, he scores so much.  But he went first 14 minutes without a point in the 2nd half.  That's too big of chunk of game to give it to him this time. 

Jayce was really solid on both ends, rebounded well as always; needed all of his performance to come out with W today.

markus did have 4 assists in that period. He was getting others involved

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Markus played all 40 minutes while wearing a mask that had to be a little disconcerting.

He was the only guy we had who could hit a shot, had 4 assists, helped seal it late, only 2 TOs, even had 1 more blocked shot than Jayce.

It's not close.

It shouldn't be. That's how accustomed we've become to him putting up numbers. Jayce was outstanding but it's clearly Markus.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Another vote for Eke.  That picture needs to be up for at least half the one week lay-off. 

[Marcus92]

Markus. Especially liked the way he was getting teammates involved more in the second half -- all 4 of his assists came after the break, and he could have had more if the team wasn't shooting so poorly. Let's get ready to beat Butler!

[Markusquette]

It shouldn't be. That's how accustomed we've become to him putting up numbers. Jayce was outstanding but it's clearly Markus.

Exactly. People get too caught up in a player's performance relative to their expected output. Jayce was very good even relative to what he normally adds. Markus was ultimately the player who provided the most throughout the game. MU was struggling overall when he was not scoring in the second half.

[Daniel]

The Lone Ranger.... I mean Markus!