[Cracked Sidewalks] Golden Eagles throttle St. Johns

[CrackedSidewalksSays]

Golden Eagles throttle St. Johns

Marquette extended its Big East win streak to three games with a convincing 73-64 win over the hapless St. John's Red Storm in Madison Square Garden tonight.  With the win MU improves to 19-6 on the season and 9-5 in the Big East.

Jerel McNeal led the charge with 20 points and keyed a defense that forced more than 20 Red Storm turnovers including 16 in the first half.  Dominic James added 17 points and turned in a terrific floor game as well.  Trevor Mbakwe also turned in a noteworthy performance, grabbing six rebounds and scoring five points while demonstrating an impressive nose for the ball on the offensive glass.

MU led by as many as 22 points in the second half before the Johnnies launched a spirited 14-2 run to cut the lead to 61-50 with 6:31 remaining.    From that point, the game was a grinder though MU settled down enough to earn its second Big East conference road win of the year.

Next up for Marquette is a home game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Saturday afternoon.

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2008/02/golden-eagles-throttle-st-johns.html

[Norm]

Isn't it the 3rd road win in the Big East?

[Sir Lawrence]

Isn't it the 3rd road win in the Big East?

Yup.  Cincy, Seton Hall, and tonight.