WASHINGTON (AP) Earlier in the season Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski claimed that 6-foot-8 junior Sam Hauser didn't really have a position. On Tuesday he got to test his theory out on the road in Big East play.

Hauser had a career-high 31 points and eight rebounds to go along with being the primary ball hander as No. 15 Marquette earned a 74-71 last minute victory over Georgetown as Markus Howard - the nation's fourth leading scorer at 25.8 points per game - played just three scoreless minutes due to lower back tightness.

"Sam doesn't have a position," Wojciechowski said about Hauser who is listed in the Marquette game notes as a guard-forward. "If there was a position for him it would be titled winner. He's a winner and I didn't think Sam was going to let us lose tonight."