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.

Really a well played game at the Bradley Center today as No. 8 Marquette is tied 42-42 with No. 23 Georgetown. The Hoyas started out strong and led by 10 just seven minutes into the game but Marquette got timely shooting from Lazar Hayward (14 points, 5-of-7 field goals) and Jerel McNeal (14 points, 3-of-5 3-pointers). The Golden Eagles used a late 16-6 run to control the end of the half.

Marquette had absolutely no answer for DaJuan Summers in the first half, as he scored 11 of his team’s first 14 points. He finished the half with 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting. Austin Freeman (10 points) and Greg Monroe (eight points) also led Georgetown.

This one’s too close to call, both teams shot lights-out in the first half. Georgetown was 17-of-26 (65.4 percent) from the floor and Marquette was 13-of-23 (56.5 percent). Related fact from the Georgetown media guide: Of the last 90 teams to play Georgetown, 77 shot below 45 percent. So…there’s that.

We’ll have more when this one wraps up.