In Marquette’s 66-63 overtime win over then-No. 21 ranked Cincinnati on Jan. 23, 1998, there are plenty of noteworthy statistics.
Five players fouled out in the game (three for Marquette, two for the Cincinnati). Both teams combined for 50 turnovers (26 for the Bearcats, 24 for the Golden Eagles), and the game lasted 2 hours and 47 minutes.
Oh, and then-Bearcats coach Bob Huggins got his usual technical foul in the second half.
A typically feisty encounter between two of Conference-USA’s best, Marquette was led by senior guard Aaron Hutchins, who scored 32 of his team’s 66 points. Hutchins did have eight turnovers, but he also dished out four assists, swiped three steals and made four 3-pointers on the night. Freshman guard Brian Wardle was the only other Golden Eagle in double-figures, with 12 points.
Hutchins is one of Marquette’s more underrated players, playing in a period where the Golden Eagles didn’t make much noise nationally under coach Mike Deane.
The guard from Lima, Ohio, and the 1994 Mr. Basketball in his home state, ranks 17th in points in program history and, more impressively, fourth in assists and ninth in steals.