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| ====== Poor Shooting Dooms Marquette - Pitt Wins ====== | ====== Poor Shooting Dooms Marquette - Pitt Wins ====== | ||
| - | NEW YORK (AP) -- It's Madison Square Garden in March so Pittsburgh must be in the Big East tournament championship game. | + | NEW YORK (AP) -- It's Madison Square Garden in March so [[Pittsburgh]] must be in the Big East tournament championship game. |
| The Panthers reached the title game for the seventh time in eight years with a 68-61 victory over No. 25 Marquette on Friday night. | The Panthers reached the title game for the seventh time in eight years with a 68-61 victory over No. 25 Marquette on Friday night. | ||
| - | As great as that run sounds, there is a lot more for them to do since they have won the tournament just once, beating Connecticut in 2003. | + | As great as that run sounds, there is a lot more for them to do since they have won the tournament just once, beating |
| This time, just like last year, the opponent in the championship game will be top-seeded and ninth-ranked Georgetown, which beat West Virginia 72-55 in the semifinals. The Hoyas won 65-42 last March, but the Panthers prevailed in the only meeting this season, 69-60 on Jan. 14. | This time, just like last year, the opponent in the championship game will be top-seeded and ninth-ranked Georgetown, which beat West Virginia 72-55 in the semifinals. The Hoyas won 65-42 last March, but the Panthers prevailed in the only meeting this season, 69-60 on Jan. 14. | ||
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| Pittsburgh wasn't exactly lighting it up offensively during that stretch, but the Panthers closed the first half on a 9-2 run and scored five of the first seven points of the second half to take a 40-24 lead with 18:09 to play. | Pittsburgh wasn't exactly lighting it up offensively during that stretch, but the Panthers closed the first half on a 9-2 run and scored five of the first seven points of the second half to take a 40-24 lead with 18:09 to play. | ||
| - | "We felt like we were going to be in it in the second half. We were a little surprised they chose to play as fast as they did in the first half and we thought that was in our favor and it turned out to be in our favor," | + | "We felt like we were going to be in it in the second half. We were a little surprised they chose to play as fast as they did in the first half and we thought that was in our favor and it turned out to be in our favor," |
| - | The Golden Eagles got within 56-52 with 7:03 left as Dominic James finally started to score. | + | The Golden Eagles got within 56-52 with 7:03 left as [[Dominic James]] finally started to score. |
| Fields had an assist and two free throws as Pittsburgh scored six points for a 62-52 lead with 4:33 left. The Golden Eagles had one more run left in them and James scored the first and last points of a 7-0 spurt that made it 62-59 with 1:20 to go. | Fields had an assist and two free throws as Pittsburgh scored six points for a 62-52 lead with 4:33 left. The Golden Eagles had one more run left in them and James scored the first and last points of a 7-0 spurt that made it 62-59 with 1:20 to go. | ||
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| "A lot of guys' families are out there because we have so many New York guys," Young said. "When you look at the crowd and you see your family, your crowd and your friends, it gives you a lot of extra energy to take the extra step, take the initiative you need to win the game." | "A lot of guys' families are out there because we have so many New York guys," Young said. "When you look at the crowd and you see your family, your crowd and your friends, it gives you a lot of extra energy to take the extra step, take the initiative you need to win the game." | ||
| - | Jerel McNeal had 17 points for Marquette while Wesley Matthews had 10 and James eight, all over the final 7:40. | + | [[Jerel McNeal]] had 17 points for Marquette while [[Wesley Matthews]] had 10 and James eight, all over the final 7:40. |
| The Golden Eagles missed 16 shots and committed four turnovers during their scoring drought. Their last field goal of the first half came with 9:30 to play. | The Golden Eagles missed 16 shots and committed four turnovers during their scoring drought. Their last field goal of the first half came with 9:30 to play. | ||
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| "It was not a great offensive performance," | "It was not a great offensive performance," | ||
| - | Marquette reached the semifinals for the first time with wins over Seton Hall and third-seeded Notre Dame. | + | Marquette reached the semifinals for the first time with wins over [[Seton Hall]] and third-seeded |
| ====== Box Score ====== | ====== Box Score ====== | ||
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