Seton Hall held Markus Howard, the Big East's top scorer, to 12 points. The rest of the Golden Eagles, especially Rowsey, who made 10 of 18 shots and four 3-pointers, made up for it as Marquette beat a ranked foe for the first time in five tries this season.

Sam Hauser finished with 14 points for the Golden Eagles (12-5, 3-2 Big East).

Ismael Sanogo scored 14 points, Angel Delgado had 12 and Desi Rodriguez added 11 for the Pirates (14-3, 3-1).

Rowsey scored Marquette's first 11 points while his teammates combined to go 0-for-8 from the floor. Howard knocked down a jumper with 11:50 to play in the half as the Golden Eagles used an 11-0 run to take a 15-9 lead.

Rodriguez finally snapped the Pirates' drought when Carrington fed him for a dunk with 10:26 left. Seton Hall got within a bucket after Carrington's jumper with 8:30 left, but the Golden Eagles used an 8-0 run to go up 25-15. Marquette led by as many as 13 before taking a 40-32 lead into halftime.

Seven consecutive points to open the second half allowed Seton Hall to cut the deficit to one

Rowsey took over again, draining a fadeaway to give Marquette its first points of the half. He used a head fake to draw a foul on Delgado, sinking all three free throws, then forced Carrington into a turnover and scored, stretching the lead back to six with 15:54 to play.

Hauser's 3-pointer with 14:30 left made it a 10-0 run for Marquette. A turnover by Delgado led to Rowsey going to the line for two more free throws, putting the Golden Eagles up 54-41 with 14:14 to go.

Marquette scored 16 unanswered before Carrington sank a pair of free throws with 12:16 to play. The Pirates missed eight consecutive field-goal attempts to that point, finally getting a basket when Sanogo connected on a top-of-the-key 3-pointer.

The Pirates cut their deficit to nine with eight minutes to play, only to watch Marquette go on a 14-2 run to make it a 20-point game with just under five minutes remaining.

--Field Level Media