It’s a final here in Milwaukee, as No. 8 Marquette beat No. 25 Georgetown 94-82. The game was probably a bit closer than the final score would indicate, but Marquette really outplayed the Hoyas in the second half.

The Golden Eagles got 26 points from Jerel McNeal, 23 points from Lazar Hayward and 23 points from Wesley Matthews to pull away after ending the first half at 42-42. McNeal had one of his better games at Marquette, adding 11 assists, five steals and three blocks to his stat line.

Still the biggest difference in this one might have been the emergence of Matthews (19 points after the break) and Marquette’s ability to limit Georgetown’s DaJuan Summers in the second half (nine points, three rebounds). Marquette improved to 8-0 in Big East play, while Georgetown lost its fourth consecutive conference game.