Stevie Mitchell scored 14 of his career-high 22 points in the second half to fuel No. 9 Marquette to a 78-69 victory over host Butler on Tuesday in Indianapolis.

Myricks 0-1 2-2 2, Jenkins 6-11 4-4 16, Hession 3-8 0-0 7, Ransom 9-21 6-6 25, Rivera 2-16 1-2 5, Araujo-Dagba 0-0 0-0 0, Ajobiewe 0-1 0-0 0, McBride 0-2 0-0 0, McConnell 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan 0-2 0-0 0 ...

Marquette has promoted Mike Broeker to take over as athletic director from the retiring Bill Scholl. University president ...

Forbes 7-11 7-7 23, Mason 6-16 1-2 14, Porter 1-4 2-2 5, Vice 6-13 0-0 13, Volker 3-7 0-0 6, Bediako 0-1 0-0 0, Cracknell 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 2-3 0-0 4, Stevens 0-0 0-0 0, Perkins 1-3 0-0 2, Totals ...

Marquette has the defense to neutralize Xavier's 87th-ranked offense. Marquette is 56th in the nation, allowing just 67.4 ...

No. 10 Marquette was knocked off its perch atop the Big East standings when Xavier ended the Golden Eagles' six-game winning ...

Golden Eagles -12; over/under is 137 BOTTOM LINE: Kameron Jones and No. 10 Marquette visit Isaiah Coleman and Seton Hall in Big East action. The Pirates are 4-5 on their home court. Seton Hall is 4-8 ...

Marquette men's basketball senior guard Stevie Mitchell always seems to have a little extra juice when he plays against Villanova. The native of Reading, Pennsylvania, is running out of games ...