DePaul Blue Demons vs Marquette Golden Eagles Box Score on Jan 23, 2021

Charlie Moore scored 21 points to help DePaul record its first Big East win of the season with a 68-61 victory over Marquette on Saturday in Milwaukee.

Moore made all 10 of his foul shots and Javon Freeman-Liberty finished with 19 points for the Blue Demons (3-5 overall, 1-5 Big East), who rebounded after squandering a 13-point lead in the second half.

DePaul snapped a 14-game road losing skid within the conference and won in Milwaukee for the first time since posting a 57-56 victory on Jan. 20, 2016.

D.J. Carton scored 23 points for the Golden Eagles (8-7, 4-5), who committed 10 of their 14 turnovers in the first half to see their modest two-game winning streak come to a halt.

Three-time Big East Freshman of the Week Dawson Garcia was limited to three points for Marquette. He entered play on Saturday averaging a team-leading 13.4 per game this season.

Darious Hall's layup gave DePaul a 45-32 lead with 11:18 remaining before Marquette trimmed its deficit to one after Jamal Cain drained a 3-pointer with 5:26 to play. Cain didn't stop there, sinking another 3-pointer from the corner to give the Golden Eagles a 56-54 lead with 3:48 remaining.

Undaunted, Freeman-Liberty and Moore each responded with a basket and a pair of free throws to push DePaul's advantage to 62-56. Carton answered with two free throws and a high-arching 3-pointer to bring Marquette to within 64-61, but Moore made four more from the charity stripe to seal the win.

Marquette committed more turnovers (10) than field goals (eight) to find itself trailing 30-24 at intermission.

Garcia, Koby McEwen and Carton each made a 3-pointer to stake the Golden Eagles to an early 9-5 lead before the Blue Demons answered by scoring the next 10 points of the game. Hall capped the surge by making a layup while being fouled, but he missed the ensuing free throw.

Carton made three straight free throws to give Marquette a 24-22 lead with 3:17 remaining, but Freeman-Liberty's 3-pointer highlighted an 8-0 spurt to end the half.

--Field Level Media