#MUBB Falls 103-98 At Providence In 2OT

The No. 24/25 Marquette University men's basketball team (9-4, 1-1 BIG EAST) dropped a tough 103-98 double overtime matchup against Providence (10-3, 2-0 BIG EAST) Tuesday night in league action on the road.

Guard Tyler Kolek led the team in scoring with 29 points and guard Kam Jones chipped in 24 points. Kolek's point total marked a collegiate high, surpassing a 19-point effort while at George Mason against UMass on Dec. 30, 2020.

Marquette trailed 88-80 midway through the first overtime, but closed on a 9-1 run to force the second extra session.

The Golden Eagles shot 63.6 percent from the floor in the second half and led by as many as nine points midway through the stanza, but saw the Friars close the half on a 13-3 run to force overtime. Freshman Sean Jones had a shot to win the game in regulation, but his 3-pointer from the top of the key came up short.

Marquette trailed by as many as 11 points in the first half, but closed the deficit to just one point, 39-38, at the intermission. MU shot 47.1 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes and Kolek and Kam Jones led the way with 10 points each.

Notables:

Two of MU's four losses (Wisconsin) have been in overtime
Rhode Island native Tyler Kolek finished with 29 points before fouling out, his fourth double-figure game of the year and second in the last three outings.
30 of Marquette 33 first-half points from the field came in the paint and it finished with 62 points for the game
Kam Jones finished with double figures in points for the 11^th time this season, after just seven occasions all of 2021-22
David Joplin's 15 points were his most since scoring 19 points against Baylor on Nov. 29

UP NEXT:
Marquette returns to action on Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. CT when the team hosts Seton Hall at Fiserv Forum.

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