Markus Howard has been virtually unstoppable and helped put Marquette into the Orlando Invitational championship game. Howard scored 51 points as Marquette beat Southern California 101-79 on Friday and advanced to play No. Trailing 11-6 early on, Marquette (5-1) put together a nearly half-long surge behind Howard’s 26 points to go up 57-36 at the break. Big pictureUSC: After the Trojans held Fairfield to 27% shooting in a 54-47 win Thursday, Marquette shot 48.5% (32-66) against USC. Marquette: Broke the invitational mark for team points held by Oklahoma State, which had 97 against Purdue in 2013.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 30, 2019 00:36 UTC