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DePaul leads early but No. 18 Marquette rallied for 89-76 win

DePaul coach Oliver Purnell found how difficult it is to try and keep up with No. 18 Marquette with his star point guard almost being nonexistent.Darius Johnson-Odom scored 23 points and Jamil Wilson added 18 points and nine rebounds to lead Marquette to an 89-76 victory over the Blue Demons on Monday night.Marquette held Blue Demons starting point guard Brandon Young to two points, well below his 15.5 average.DePaul played long spans with Young on the bench and Purnell was visibly upset with him at times."We have to get better play out of our point guard position. He didn't play well, there is no way to get around it," Purnell said.DePaul had a 12-point lead in the first half, despite getting little production from Young, but the Golden Eagles cut into the lead late in the opening 20 minutes.Trailing 41-29, Johnson-Odom scored nine points during an 11-2 run by the Golden Eagles (20-5, 9-3 Big East) to close the half. He opened the second half by hitting a 3 that tied the game at 43, a...

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