Coming off its first road win of the season, Marquette returns home to host rival DePaul in Big East Conference play Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee.

The Golden Eagles (10-18, 5-12 Big East) avoided a season with zero victories away from home, including both true road and neutral-site battles, with a 76-60 win at Georgetown on Tuesday.

Nigel James Jr. led the way once again with 20 points and six assists for Marquette, which was without starting forward Royce Parham (back tightness). Adrian Stevens added 16, Chase Ross scored 14 and Ben Gold had 10 points and 12 rebounds.

“We’re a team that relies pretty heavily on Royce’s scoring, we go to Royce quite a bit. I thought NJ and Chase did a great job with the ball, making plays, making decisions,” Marquette coach Shaka Smart said. “Adrian’s aggressiveness got better as the game went on.”

Ross exited the game in the final minutes after what appeared to be a shoulder injury. Ross should be good to go Sunday after he had his shoulder popped back into place after the game, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

DePaul (15-13, 7-10) has won consecutive games away from home: 69-57 at Seton Hall on Feb. 18 and 72-71 at Creighton on Wednesday.

Brandon Maclin scored 21 points on an efficient 8-of-12 shooting from the floor to lead the way. NJ Benson added 14 points with nine rebounds while CJ Gunn scored 11.

“Both games, our guys found a way late,” DePaul coach Chris Holtmann said. “We very easily could have lost both games, but our guys found a way to win this one and B-Mac (Maclin) played a huge role in that.”

Marquette nearly picked up its first road win in the first meeting between these teams in Chicago on Jan. 16.

The Golden Eagles held a 44-36 advantage at the halftime break. The Blue Demons then almost literally flipped the score, outscoring Marquette 44-31 in the second to win 80-75.

Gunn shined for DePaul with a career-high 31 points on 7-of-13 shooting from beyond the arc. James led Marquette with 18.

–Field Level Media

Immanuel Quickley had 27 points and 11 assists on Saturday to propel the visiting Toronto Raptors to a 134-125 victory over the Washington Wizards.

Brandon Ingram added 24 points and RJ Barrett chipped in 21 points for Toronto, which snapped a two-game skid. Jakob Poeltl totaled 18 points and 10 rebounds and Scottie Barnes scored 18 for the Raptors, who shot a sizzling 71.4% in the second half while scoring 73 points. Toronto shot 60% from the field for the game.

Will Riley’s 19 points led Washington, followed by Bilal Coulibaly and Keyonte George’s 14 points apiece. Tristan Vukcevic added 13, while Carlton Carrington and Justin Champagnie finished with 12 apiece. The Wizards made 16 of their 34 3-point attempts, but dropped their fourth straight, shooting 47.9% overall.

After trailing by 13 in the first half, Toronto grabbed its first lead since the opening minutes, as Barrett’s layup gave the Raptors a 75-74 advantage with 7:53 left in the third.

Ingram’s 3-pointer extended the lead to six at the 4:23 mark.

Poeltl capped the quarter’s scoring with a layup to give the Raptors a 98-92 lead entering the fourth.

Toronto took its first double-digit lead on baskets by Barnes and Quickley to open the final quarter. The lead grew to 13 on Barrett’s 3-pointer.

Jamal Shead sealed the convincing victory with a triple at the 3:40 mark, putting Toronto ahead 129-116.

Washington built a 33-20 lead as Anthony Gill’s hook shot stamped a 7-0 run with 1:40 left in the first quarter. Ja’Kobe Walter’s 3-pointer cut the Raptors’ deficit to eight entering the second quarter.

The Wizards connected on their ninth 3-pointer less than two minutes into the second quarter as Jamir Watkins’ trey extended the lead to 41-29.

Toronto battled back as Sandro Mamukelashvili’s three-point play cut the deficit to 54-50, before George’s 3-pointer and Gill’s layup made it a nine-point cushion with 3:09 left before halftime.

Coulibaly’s mid-range jumper gave Washington a 64-61 lead at the break. Ingram led all scorers with 13, while Coulibaly scored 11 for the Wizards.

–Field Level Media

Young players Aiden Hezarkhani and Ariath Piol scored and veteran goalkeeper Rafael Cabral made eight saves, as Real Salt Lake won its home opener 2-1 over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night in Sandy, Utah.

Cabral’s last save was perhaps his biggest, as he stopped Snyder Brunell’s volley from about 8 yards out in the ninth of ten minutes of second-half stoppage time.

Real Salt Lake improved to 14-1-4 all-time at home against Seattle, with the lone loss coming in 2011.

Cristian Roldan scored for the Sounders (1-1-0, 3 points) in the opener of a five-game trip.

After a couple of close misses by the Sounders in the opening minutes, RSL (1-1-0, 3 points) opened the scoring in the 23rd.

Zavier Gozo dribbled between three Seattle defenders then attempted a pass to the top of the 18-yard box. That was knocked away by Hassani Dotson, but the ball fell to Luca Moisa, who sent a pass toward the top left of the penalty area to Juan Manuel Sanabria, making his MLS debut. Sanabria sent a cross back across to Hezarkhani on the right wing and his left-footed half-volley rocketed into the near upper corner of the net, leaving leaping goalkeeper Andrew Thomas no chance.

RSL doubled its advantage in the 47th minute as Philip Quinton sent a long ball down the right wing for Gozo. He dribbled into the penalty area before sending a low pass to Piol for a tap-in from 5 yards out.

The Sounders pulled within 2-1 in the 62nd minute as Rusnak’s corner kick from the left wing was sent to the near post, where Roldan put a glancing header into the far side of the net.

It appeared Seattle tied the score in the 77th minute when substitute Danny Musovski volleyed home a cross from Paul Rothrock, but it was ruled Rothrock was offside when he accepted a pass.

Cabral made a leaping save to punch a header from Yeimar Gomez Andrade off the goal line in the 8th minute following a Seattle free kick from the left wing.

In the 14th, Cabral leaped to tip a 35-yard free kick by Rusnak slotted for the upper left corner of the net out of bounds. Cabral crashed into the post and needed medical attention but was able to continue.

And in the 20th, Cabral came off his line to get a hand on a Rusnak header on a broken play after a deflected cross.

Cabral again thwarted Rusnak, a former RSL standout, in the 61st minute, tipping a free kick over the crossbar.

–Field Level Media