Marquette Beats St. John’s 85-73

Marquette went on a 17-1 run in the middle of the game while claiming an 85-73 win over St. John’s Wednesday night.  Sam Hauser connected on five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 24 points.  The Golden Eagles were hot from beyond the arc, hitting 13-of-24.  Andrew Rousey had four of the long bombs while scoring 19 points.  The loss ends a four-game winning streak for the Red Storm.  Bryan Trimble Junior and Shamorie Ponds had 19 points each for St. John’s.  The Golden Eagles travel to DePaul Saturday for an 11:00 A-M game at the United Center.  Marquette has won three of its last four games, improving its record to 16-11, 7-8 in the Big East Conference.