Jones finished with just 11 points on 5-of-13 shooting but got going late with a flurry of drives to the rim in the final minutes of regulation. David Joplin led Marquette with 18 and guard Stevie Mitchell was huge down the stretch, scoring seven straight to cut Xavier's lead to 53-49 at the final media timeout.

The Marquette men's basketball team faces Xavier for the second time this season at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Fiserv Forum. The seventh-ranked Golden Eagles (15-2, 6-0 Big East) beat the Musketeers (11-7,

In a potentially precedent-setting confrontation, a college football player is transferring even though his former school declined to enter his name into the portal.

Former Wisconsin defensive back Xavier Lucas left the school for Miami on Wednesday, according to Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger. Lucas signed a