MU beats GTown 78-72 for 12th BEast Win

Marquette comes back to win 78-72 at Georgetown before a national TV audience on ESPN. MU was led by 23 points from Wesley Matthews, while teammates Jerel McNeal and Lazar Hayward added 22 and 17, respectively. The victory for the 10th-ranked Golden Eagles was the record 12th win in Big East play which broke of the old record of 11 set last yr.

It is MU's highest number of wins since joining BEast Conference in 2005-06.

The Golden Eagles are now(23-4, BE 12-2) while Georgetown falls to(14-11, BE 5-9).