MILWAUKEE - Victory No. 800 reminded Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun of something his father once told him as a boy: You're always going to be judged by the company you keep.

And with the second-ranked Huskies'

93-82 victory over No. 8 Marquette Wednesday night, Calhoun joined Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Jim Phelan, Mike Krzyzewski and Eddie Sutton as the only coaches to win 800 games in Division I history.

Senior guard A.J. Price scored a career-high 36 points for the Huskies (26-2, 14-2 Big East), who broke Marquette's 17-game home winning streak.

And the Golden Eagles (23-5, 12-3) paid a heavy price in the loss, as senior guard Dominic James broke a bone in his left foot early in the first half. Golden Eagles coach Buzz Williams announced after the game that James' college career is over.

"I hugged him before I came in here," Williams said, his voice cracking.

James played only 4 minutes in the first half, and the school announced after halftime that he broke the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. James, one of the Golden Eagles' trio of standout senior guards, has 1,749 career points and is one of the team's top defensive players.

Maurice Acker picked up the majority of James' minutes running the offense, and the Golden Eagles kept rallying after Connecticut squandered several chances to pull away.

After yet another Marquette rally, Price finally clinched the game by hitting a

3-pointer to put the Huskies ahead by eight points with 1:10 left.

Stanley Robinson added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Huskies, who had a pronounced size advantage going into the game but ended up getting the best of Marquette on the perimeter, too.

Calhoun said this Huskies team might not have the big-name players they have in years past, but they're showing signs that they could make a run in the postseason.

Jerel McNeal scored 26 points for the Golden Eagles, who managed to stay in contention until the final few minutes despite losing James. Williams acknowledged that Marquette is a "different team" with James at the point, but said he wouldn't allow the players to use his injury as an excuse.

"We'll be accountable, win or lose," he said. "We'll be grown in how we handle it, because that's part of life. I tell our guys all the time, life is fragile. The success that we've had up until this point, it's fragile."

Marquette led by one point with 7:15 remaining after a jumper by McNeal, but Connecticut regained control with an 11-0 run that included three three-point plays - one by Kemba Walker and two by Robinson on consecutive possessions that put the Huskies up 82-74 with 4:28 remaining.

Marquette rallied again to cut the lead to three on a pull-up jumper by McNeal with 2:28 left. And the Golden Eagles appeared to come up with a defensive stop when Price missed a driving layup, but McNeal was called for a loose ball foul and Jeff Adrien hit two free throws to extend the lead to five.

Price then hit the big 3-pointer from the left wing with 1:10 remaining and added two free throws to put Connecticut ahead 91-81 with 45.5 seconds left.