Chase Ross scored 23 points with six boards and six assists to lead Marquette to a 100-82 victory over the visiting Southern on Wednesday night.

Zaide Lowery, Caedin Hamilton and Sean Jones each added 12 for Marquette. Ben Gold poured in 10, along with a team-high nine rebounds.

Michael Jacobs led Southern with 21 points on 7-for-13 shooting, along with 10 rebounds. AJ Barnes added 17, and DaMariee Jones scored 15.

Similar to Marquette's season opener against Albany, it was a slow start on the offensive end and a tight first half.

Southern outshot Marquette 47 percent to 39 percent, though the Golden Eagles scored 12 points off of nine Jaguar turnovers. They also made six 3-pointers compared to just two for Southern and went into halftime up 43-37.

Marquette then came out firing in th

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