COL BKB: Marquette 79, Connecticut 64 HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Jae Crowder scored 29 points and grabbed a dozen rebounds in 13th-ranked Marquette's 79-64 road win at Connecticut Saturday. Crowder's 29 tied his career high and was complimented by 24 points from Darius Johnson-Odom. The win was the 10th in the last 11 games for Marquette (22-5, 11-3 Big East). Connecticut (16-10, 6-8) continued to slump, losing for the seventh time in the last nine games and playing once again with longtime head coach Jim Calhoun sidelined with a bad back. Jeremy Lamb led the Huskies with 19 points. UConn trailed by 14 points at halftime but rallied to cut Marquette's lead to 48-44 in the early stages of the second half. The Warriors responded with a pair of free throws by Johnson-Odom and a 3-point bucket by Crowder that snuffed out the comeback. Marquette made 7-of-13 shots from 3-point range in the first half.