Marquette stuns No. 4 Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — Justin Lewis scored 18 points and converted a putback off a missed free throw at the buzzer as Marquette knocked off No. 4 Wisconsin 67-65 on Friday night.
Marquette’s D.J. Carton was just inside the 3-point arc when he drew a foul from Wisconsin’s D’Mitrik Trice with nine-tenths of a second left. Carton made the first free throw and his second attempt bounced off the rim.
Lewis got into the paint and tapped the ball with his right hand. The freshman’s shot hit the front of the rim and went off the backboard before falling through the basket as his teammates mobbed him.
Marquette (3-1) earned its first victory over a top-5 team since beating No. 1 Villanova 74-72 on Jan. 24, 2017. The Golden Eagles also snapped Wisconsin’s 11-game winning streak, which began late last season.
The lead changed hands six times in the final 70 seconds, and neither team led by more than six points.
NO. 6 DUKE 76, BELLARMINE 54
DURHAM, N.C. — Matthew Hurt scored 24 points and made six of Duke’s 13 3-pointers, and the Blue Devils used a 19-2 run in the second half to cruise past Bellarmine.
Bellarmine (0-1) overcame a 1-of9 shooting start to get within 28-25 late in the first half before Duke (2-1) closed with a 7-0 run, retaking a double-digit lead it never lost.
The Knights, making their Division I debut, got 14 points from Nick Thelen and 13 from Ethan Claycomb.
Jaemyn Brakefield scored 12 points for Duke.
NO. 8 MICHIGAN STATE 83, DETROIT MERCY 76
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Rocket Watts scored a career-high 23 points and Michigan State started out flat against Detroit Mercy but avoided a huge upset. The Spartans (4-0) were coming off a road win over No. 6 Duke earlier this week.
The Titans (0-1) led by five points midway through the second half of a closely contested game with 10 lead changes and nine ties. Detroit Mercy’s last win over a Top 10 team on the road was in 1979 at Marquette.
Detroit Mercy was led by Antoine Davis, who scored 24 points on 10-of26 shooting. Matt Johnson scored a career-high 20 points.