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 ===== Recap ===== ===== Recap =====
 +[[Steve Novak]] wasted no time introducing himself to the [[Big East]].
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 +The 6-foot-10 senior had career highs of 41 points and 16 rebounds, and Marquette won its first [[Big East]] game with a 94-79 upset of No. 2 [[Connecticut]] on Tuesday night.
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 +Novak set a record for the most points by a player in his [[Big East]] debut, bettering the 30 shared by [[Notre Dame]]'s Troy Murphy in 1998 and [[Georgetown]]'s Allen Iverson in 1994.
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 +"It's great company to be in. Tonight, just a lot of things were clicking," Novak said. "It's our first game in our [[Big East]]. It's our first game playing those guys, so it was hard to know exactly what to expect."
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 +The higher-ranked teams should expect the best from Novak.
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 +His previous career high of 30 points came in a road victory at No. 4 [[Louisville]] in 2004, and he scored 16 as a freshman to beat No. 1 [[Kentucky]] in the NCAA Tournament, a win that sent the Golden Eagles to the Final Four in 2003.
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 +"Players have to step up when you're playing against great teams," Novak said. "Now is no different."
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 +The victory, Marquette's first in the regular season over a team ranked higher than No. 3, spoiled the return of Huskies junior guard Marcus Williams, who was suspended for the first semester over the theft of laptops from a dormitory.
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 +[[Jerel McNeal]] added 19 points and 12 rebounds for Marquette (11-3, 1-0), one of five schools that joined the now 16-team [[Big East]] in the offseason from [[Conference USA]].
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 +"This is an unbelievable conference win," Marquette coach [[Tom Crean]] said. "We just beat a premiere college basketball program in our first game in a new conference, and that is just a special thing."
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 +[[Connecticut]] (11-1, 0-1) looked out of sync after playing its past seven games at home against opponents such as Morehead State, Stony Brook and Quinnipiac.
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 +"We weren't prepared," Huskies coach Jim Calhoun said. "We were living on an 11-0 season that meant absolutely nothing because you have to play the next one."
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 +The Golden Eagles went on a 7-0 run early in the second half to take their first double-digit lead, and [[Dominic James]] hit a 3-pointer to make it 55-41 with 15:01 left.
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 +Novak then refused to let the Huskies get close, hitting three straight free throws to make it 64-47. His 3-pointer, one of six, with 6:17 left gave Marquette an 80-57 lead. He finished 12-for-20 from the field and 11-for-11 from the free throw line.
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 +"He hit fallaways, he hit a 38-footer, you name it," Calhoun said. "He was wonderful."
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 +Rashad Anderson scored 25 points for the Huskies, while Josh Boone had 13 and Hilton Armstrong 12.
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 +Marquette took [[Connecticut]] out of its rhythm by refusing to run with the Huskies, who averaged 87.8 points and scored 111 or more in three of their past six games.
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 +The Huskies were 8-of-24 on 3s and 17-of-34 from the free throw line, never threatening after Marquette's early second-half run.
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 +"We got completely taken out of our offense and we came down and did nothing but cast up prayers," Calhoun said. "I'm just stunned by the way we played."
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 +Marquette wasn't expected to do much with five freshmen and only three players -- including Novak -- returning from its Final Four team.
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 +But this team looked dangerous with freshmen McNeal and James slashing to the basket and Novak hitting clutch shots each time [[Connecticut]] threatened.
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 +"We all know on the team what Steve is capable of doing, especially when he's feeling it," McNeal said. "After we started penetrating, we starting looking for him a whole lot."
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 +The Golden Eagles' dominant play made Williams' return a non-issue. The crowd chanted "Where's my laptop?" when Williams first entered the game at the 17:21 mark. He finished with four points, seven assists and three turnovers.
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 +"The No. 2 team just lost by [25] points," Williams said. "That just goes to show that anything can happen at any point."
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 +Williams had said he expected the hostile reaction after doing community service both on campus and in the legal system.
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 +Williams, the [[Big East]] assists leader last season, took it in stride and smiled after a media timeout as someone shouted, "Can you get a printer, too?"
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 +The Golden Eagles are 3-17 against teams ranked No. 1 or No. 2, beating [[Kentucky]] twice (1955, 2003) in the [[NCAA Tournament]].
  
 ===== Box Score ===== ===== Box Score =====
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