Marquette couldn’t wait to respond to last week’s loss, even if that wait included an extra 80 minutes following a lightning delay.

After they took the field Friday, the Crusaders built a 22-point lead fueled by two Dwight fumbles on the Cru’s way to a 50-19 conference win.

“Coming off last week, this whole week, we were worried about how we were going to respond after a tough loss like last week,” Crusaders running back Jaxson Higgins said of the 9-6 loss to Wisconsin small-school state champion Edgar.

“It was just right off the bat. We knew we had to come out perfect and do everything perfectly.”

The Crusaders (2-2, 1-0) defense forced a three-and-out, then Marquette’s offense drove 65 yards on seven plays, highlighted by a 62-yard pass from Anthony Couch to Lucas Craig and capped

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