For a half, the matchup between No. 18 Marquette and No. 25 West Virginia (11-4, 1-2) looked more like rugby than basketball.

At one point, two Golden Eagles players ended up on the floor tangled in a scrum with a couple of Mountaineers as three-on-three play continued down the court without a whistle.

But after going into halftime bruised, beaten up and trailing by two, the Golden Eagles' high-octane offense recovered to take control down the stretch for a 75-53 victory yesterday at Bradley Center in Milwaukee.

"It was the most physical game I can remember," said Jerel McNeal, who led Marquette with 26 points.

Dominic James added 17 points and Wesley Matthews scored all 13 of his points in the second half for the Golden Eagles (15-2, 4-0).

Da'Sean Butler led West Virginia (11-4, 1-2) with 16 points.

• Louisville 61, Villanova 60: Terrence Williams scored on a drive with 7.4 seconds left to give No. 23 Louisville (11-3, 2-0) the lead, and host No. 18 Villanova (13-3, 1-2) missed two tips in the final seconds as the Cardinals held on for the win. Earl Clark had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Louisville.

• Connecticut 81, Cincinnati 72: A.J. Price made 5 of 8 3-pointers and scored 22 points, and No. 5 Connecticut (14-1, 3-1) remained unbeaten on the road (7-0) with a victory at Cincinnati (10-6, 0-3).

• Syracuse 82, Rutgers 66: Paul Harris scored 26 points and Jonny Flynn had 15 points and nine assists to lead No. 11 Syracuse (16-1, 4-0) past host Rutgers (9-8, 0-4).

• Georgetown 82, Providence 75: Austin Freeman scored 18 points, Greg Monroe nearly had a triple-double, and No. 9 Georgetown (11-3, 2-2) held visiting Providence (11-5, 3-1) scoreless for more than six minutes to rally for a victory that ended its two-game Big East losing streak.

• Notre Dame 88, Seton Hall 79: Luke Harangody scored 30 points to lead No. 13 Notre Dame as the Irish tied a conference record with their 20th consecutive league win at home. The Irish (12-3, 3-1) have won 45 consecutive overall at home. The Pirates (9-7, 0-4) have lost four in a row .

• South Florida 80, DePaul 58: Dominique Jones scored 22 points and had eight rebounds and Jesus Verdejo added 18 points and eight rebounds to lead South Florida (6-9, 1-2) to its first Big East win of the season, beating host DePaul (8-9, 0-4).