Top 25 roundup: David Joplin’s career day propels No. 15 Marquette past Georgia

David Joplin made six 3-pointers to highlight his career-high 29-point performance, lifting No. 15 Marquette to an 80-69 win over Georgia on Saturday in Nassau, Bahamas.Chase Ross and Ben Gold chipped in 14 points apiece and Kam Jones added 10 points and seven assists for the Golden Eagles (6-0), who scored nine straight points after the Bulldogs closed within 69-66 with just under five minutes remaining.Blue Cain led Georgia (5-1) with 17 points on 5-for-10 shooting from 3-point range. Tyrin Lawrence had 15 points and Dakota Leffew added 11 off the bench. Silas Demary Jr. tallied 10 points and seven boards.After Joplin’s fifth triple extended Marquette’s advantage to 60-46 with 10:30 left, Leffew knocked down consecutive 3-pointers to jump start an 11-0 Bulldogs run. A 3-pointer by Cain trimmed the Golden Eagles’ lead to three again with 4:58 to go, but Georgia went scoreless over the next 4:09 as Marquette pulled away.No. 6 Purdue 80, Marshall 45Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a game-high 18 points as the Boilermakers blasted the Thundering Herd in West Lafayette, Ind.Purdue (5-1) tweaked its lineup with starting center Daniel Jacobsen out with a leg injury. Camden Heide and Myles Colvin each scored 13 points in their first career starts. The Boilermakers shot 50 percent from the field (24-for-48) and 6-of-16 (37.5 percent) from 3-point range.Nate Martin scored nine points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead Marshall (3-2), which was held to 30.2 percent shooting and missed 28 of its 32 3-point attempts.No. 18 Cincinnati 81, Georgia Tech 58Dillon Mitchell scored 14 points and had 11 rebounds to lead the Bearcats to a win over the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta.

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