====== Marquette 75 - Auburn 60 (OT) ====== Freshman [[Brian Wardle]] nailed a 3-pointer with four seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime. Marquette scored all 15 points in the extra period to take a 75-60 win over [[Auburn]] in the second round of the NIT before 8,692 at the Bradley Center. [[Auburn]] led 60-55 with 24 seconds to play. Marquette's [[Aaron Hutchins]] drove the length of the court for a layup with 19 seconds to play to trim the lead to 60-57. Bryant Smith was then fouled with 11 seconds to play and missed the front end of a one-and-one to set up Marquette's heroics. The Golden Eagles scored the final 20 points of the game. Marquette led by as much as 20-11 with 8 minutes left in the first half before the Tigers went on a 24-10 run to close the half at 35-30. Scott Pohlman, who led Auburn with 19 points, made a trey to open the second half and give the Tigers a 38-30 lead. Marquette then scored 10 straight points to go out in front 40-38. [[Jarrod Lovette]] led Marquette with 18 points while Wardle added 12. ===== Boxscore ===== Auburn FG 3FG FT R F TP M A T B S Bryant Smith, F 3-5 1-3 3-5 3 0 10 41 3 3 0 3 Adrian Chilliest,F 1-2 0-0 1-2 7 4 3 20 0 3 0 0 Mamadou N'diaye, C 2-5 0-0 3-5 5 4 7 28 0 2 4 0 Scott Pohlman, G 7-14 3-9 2-2 4 2 19 37 0 1 0 1 Daymeon Fishback,G 3-12 0-4 0-0 4 3 6 37 5 0 1 2 Clifton Robinson 2-3 1-1 2-2 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 Kendell Mack 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 Franklin Williams 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 3 2 19 1 2 0 0 Doc Robinson 3-13 0-5 0-0 2 3 6 34 4 4 0 0 Team 2 Totals 22-57 5-24 11-16 30 19 60 225 14 16 5 6 FG%: 1st Half 15-30 .500, 2nd Half 7-27 .259, Game 22-57 .386; 3FG%: 1st Half 2-6 .333, 2nd Half 3-18 .167, Game 5-24 .208; FT%: 1st Half 3-4 .750, 2nd Half 8-12 .667, Game 11-16 .688; Deadball Rebounds: 8. Marquette FG 3FG FT R F TP M A T B S Mike Bargen, F 3-7 1-4 3-4 6 5 10 34 0 2 1 0 Richard Shaw, F 2-5 0-0 3-4 8 1 7 30 0 2 1 0 Jarrod Lovette, C 7-12 1-3 3-4 5 1 18 36 0 2 0 2 Aaron Hutchins,G 3-11 1-6 1-2 5 3 8 38 8 3 0 0 Brian Wardle, G 3-11 2-3 4-5 5 2 12 32 4 1 1 1 John Cliff 2-3 1-2 2-3 2 1 7 15 0 1 0 0 Marcus West 1-2 0-1 4-4 2 0 6 23 2 1 0 1 Abel Joseph 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 1 4 10 1 0 1 0 John Mueller 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Greg Clausen 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 Team 1 Totals 23-54 6-19 23-30 36 14 75 225 15 12 4 4 FG%: 1st Half 10-21 .476, 2nd Half 13-33 .394, Game 23-54 .426; 3FG%: 1st Half 3-6 .500, 2nd Half 3-13 .231, Game 6-19 .316; FT%: 1st Half 7-11 .636, 2nd Half 16-19 .842, Game 23-30 .767; Deadball Rebounds: 4. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 OT F Auburn 35 25 0 -- 62 Marquette 30 30 15 -- 77 OFFICIALS--Steve Skiles, Tom Grzynski, Norm Nelson TECHNICAL FOULS--None ATTENDANCE--8,692 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------