Box Score MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Jae Crowder scored 25 points and Darius Johnson-Odom had 24 as host Marquette downed Norfolk State, 99-68, in the Spartans' season-opener on Monday night at the Bradley Center.

Crowder was 10-of-15 from the floor and also had a game-high 10 rebounds for the Golden Eagles (2-0), who shot 53 percent from the floor. Marquette also scored 22 points off 25 NSU (0-1) turnovers.

Chris McEachin tied his career high with 19 points, leading three Spartans in double figures.

NSU never led, and shot just 35 percent (8-of-23) from the floor in the first half as Marquette took a 40-29 lead into the break.

Marquette led by double digits the entire second half. The Golden Eagles extended their lead to 20 points for the first time on a Crowder layup just more than six minutes into the half. NSU was dealt another blow when center Kyle O'Quinn, the MEAC's Preseason Player of the Year, fouled out of the game with 12:25 remaining in the game. He finished with just four points and two rebounds.

Despite O'Quinn's absence, NSU later reeled off a 15-3 run get within 12, 74-62, with 7:06 remaining. McEachin hit two 3-pointers and Pendarvis Williams had one in the spurt. But Marquette scored the next 19 points to pull away.

Vander Blue added 14 points and Todd Mayo had 12 for Marquette, which advanced to last year's NCAA Sweet 16.

Marcos Tamares scored  a career-high 17 for NSU and Williams added 13. McEachin hit five 3-pointers and Tamares canned four for NSU, which shot 11-of-24 (46 percent) from behind the arc but just 12-of-31 (39 percent) from inside the arc.

Tamares and McEachin tied for team-high honors with five rebounds apiece. Williams matched his career high with six assists, and Jamel Fuentes added four.

The Spartans host Randolph College in their 2011-12 home opener at 8 p.m. on Wednesday night at Echols Hall.