====== March 2, 1997 - Houston vs. Marquette======
{{men_s_basketball:teams_uh.gif|}} ** Houston 67 {{men_s_basketball:teams_marquette.gif|}} Marquette 76**
===== Marquette Grabs 18th Win; Seniors Say Farewell =====
In their last home game of their careers, seniors [[Faisal Abraham]], [[Chris Crawford]], and [[Anthony Pieper]] carried Marquette to their 18th win of the season over the University of Houston, 67-67. Each of the seniors finished in double figures in scoring as they led a comeback charge late in the second half to defeat the Cougars.
Wearing the 1977 replica Marquette uniforms, MU stormed out to an early 10 point lead at 11:47 left in the first half. Houston cut the lead to 7 at halftime, Marquette leading 33-26.
At halftime, the 1977 NCAA championship team was honored on the 20th anniversary of their victory over North Carolina. A retrospective video was played and then the team was introduced individually along with coaches [[Hank Raymonds]] and [[Al McGuire]]. Coach McGuire briefly remarked on each of his players before the second half began. The crowd of 13,929 were brought to its feet for the special ceremony.
As the Golden Eagles returned from the extended halftime period, they seemed to come out flat to open the second period. Houston quickly narrowed Marquette's lead to two points with 14:23 remaining. A minute later, the Cougars had captured the lead and extended it to 47-43 with 12:51 left in the contest.
[[Chris Crawford]] got MU back on track with a 3 pointer to cut the lead to one. After a Houston basket, [[Anthony Pieper]] would tie the game on an old fashioned three point play with 9:23 remainining. Marquette would then take the lead for good on a transition basket from [[Chris Crawford]].
The seniors each made big baskets in the last 5 minutes to seal the victory. The victory was accentuated by a great left handed dunk by [[Chris Crawford]] with 16.4 seconds left on the clock.
The win pushes MU's record to 18-8, and 9-5 in Conference USA. Marquette will enter the C-USA tournament as the 5th seed and will play [[DePaul]] in the first round in St. Louis at 8:30pm. If Marquette should win, they would play #4 Memphis at 8:30pm on Thursday.
===== Box Score =====
1st 2nd TOTAL
Houston 26 41 67
Marquette 33 43 76
HOUSTON
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Capers 34 4-11 0-0 3-10 2 2 10
Robinson 26 8-12 0-2 1-3 1 4 16
Knox 27 2-7 3-5 3-5 2 3 7
Mcbride 35 2-7 0-0 0-1 4 1 4
Jones 38 3-6 0-0 0-7 7 5 9
Braxton 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Taylor 13 1-2 2-2 0-3 0 3 4
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TOTALS 200 27-55 6-10 9-36 16 19 67
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Percentages: FG-.491, FT-.600. 3-Point Goals:
7-15, .467 (Capers 2-4, Mcbride 0-3, Jones 3-5,
(Robinson 2). Turnovers: 22 (Jones 10, Mcbride 3,
Robinson 3, Byrd 2, Capers 2, Knox, Taylor).
Steals: 3 (Capers 2, Mcbride).
MARQUETTE
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Crawford 31 7-15 2-2 3-7 2 1 19
Abraham 30 5-6 3-4 1-4 0 1 13
Lovette 24 4-11 3-3 2-5 3 4 11
Pieper 36 5-10 2-4 0-4 4 1 14
Hutchins 16 1-9 0-0 0-0 1 0 2
Cliff 5 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 3
West 27 1-5 3-4 0-0 7 2 6
Joseph 10 0-2 2-2 2-2 0 0 2
Bargen 14 1-6 0-0 3-3 1 0 2
Shaw 7 1-2 2-2 0-2 0 1 4
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TOTALS 200 26-68 17-21 12-28 18 10 76
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Percentages: FG-.382, FT-.810. 3-Point Goals:
7-28, .250 (Crawford 3-8, Pieper 2-6, Hutchins
0-7, Cliff 1-2, West 1-2, Bargen 0-3). Team
rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 7 (Abraham 4, Joseph
2, Crawford). Turnovers: 9 (Crawford 2, West 2,
Hutchins, Joseph, Lovette, Pieper, Shaw). Steals:
12 (Abraham 4, Crawford 3, Hutchins, Joseph,
Lovette, Pieper, West).
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Houston 26 41 - 67
Marquette 33 43 - 76
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Technical fouls: None. A: 13,929. Officials:
Larry Lembo, David Bair, Jag.