The story of this one so far has to be the play of DePaul’s Will Walker, who had 19 first-half points as the Blue Demons managed to stay within five of Marquette at 42-37. Walker is 6-of-10 from the floor (including 4-of-4 from three) and for a period there, the kid simply couldn’t miss. Mac Koshwal has been pretty quiet with six points, three rebounds and two fouls. So…mission accomplished there.

Also, Dar Tucker hasn’t played in this one. I’m not sure why, maybe there is an obvious reason but I’m just not up enough on DePaul hoops. Updates to come I’m sure.

I’ll be honest, I thought this was going to be a laugher from the start when Marquette went up 22-7 and 27-9. Jerel McNeal led Marquette with 17 points and four rebounds while Wesley Matthews had 10 points. DePaul’s late run to catch up is a bit disconcerting for Marquette, considering the Blue Demons outplayed the Golden Eagles down the stretch in Milwaukee.

We’ll have more from this one as we go.