Stevie Mitchell scored 10 of his career-high 22 points during a key five-minute stretch in the second half as No. 9 Marquette overcame Kam Jones’ foul trouble to rally past Butler 78-69.

INDIANAPOLIS – There was a vocal contingent of Marquette men's basketball team fans that stuck around Hinkle Fieldhouse while Stevie Mitchell did an interview with the TV broadcasters, just so they could shower the senior guard with cheers as he left the court.

Stevie Mitchell had 21 points and Chase Ross added 18 as No. 10 Marquette clamped down on the nation's top scorer en route to an 87-74 Big East victory over Villanova on Friday night in Milwaukee.