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-====== February 21, 2010 - Marquette vs. Cincinnati======
-{{men_s_basketball:teams_marquette.gif|}} **Marquette 79 {{men_s_basketball:teams_cin.gif|}} Cincinnati 76**
-===== Hayward Finds Touch In Time To Save Marquette  =====
-Cincinnati — [[Lazar Hayward]] found his shooting stroke, and just in the nick of time for the Marquette Golden Eagles.
-He shrugged off a 1-for-11 start to knock down a three-pointer with 27.5 seconds remaining that ultimately sent the game into overtime, then scored five more points in the extra session as MU outlasted the Cincinnati Bearcats, 79-76, on Sunday at Fifth Third Arena.
-It was the sixth victory in the last seven outings for the Golden Eagles (17-9, 8-6 Big East), who won despite surrendering what could have been a game-clinching 21-2 run over the final 7 minutes 45 seconds of the first half to a Bearcats team playing for its postseason life.
-Fellow seniors [[David Cubillan]] and [[Maurice Acker]] also came up with some crucial plays late, but without Hayward's long bomb knotting things up, MU likely would have kicked off its crucial three-games-in-eight-days trip with its 10th loss.
-"I want the ball in (Hayward's) hands because I have complete trust in him, and our team has complete trust in him," said coach [[Buzz Williams]], sporting a freshly shaved head for the first time in nearly a month. "Lazar's been a constant."
-[[Jimmy Butler]] and [[Darius Johnson-Odom]] scored 20 points apiece to tie for the game high, while Hayward finished with 13 points on 4-for-13 shooting and 11 rebounds as the Golden Eagles overcame a second straight uneven performance with 11 three-pointers and a 16-for-17 day at the free-throw line (season-best 94.1%).
-Joe Fulce also turned in a career performance, tying his high with 13 points to go with five rebounds in 15 energetic minutes off the bench.
-That MU was even in a position to send the game into overtime was a testament to its fortitude.
-After outscoring Cincinnati (15-11, 6-8), 17-0, to take a 31-18 lead with 7:46 left in the first half, the Golden Eagles completely collapsed, allowing the Bearcats to close on a 21-2 run during which they hit 9 of 10 shots, held MU without a basket of its own and energized a previously dead crowd of 10,192 en route to a 39-33 halftime lead.
-"They just kept coming, kept coming," Hayward said. "They did a great job of adjusting to little things that we were doing, getting open layups and threes. Credit goes to them, but we stopped looking for each other a little bit."
-Cincinnati stretched its lead to 46-38 - extending its success from the field to 12 for 13 - before MU finally dug in and began its comeback.
-A quick 7-0 run got the Golden Eagles within 46-45 at the 15:35 mark, and after failing to capitalize on five chances to regain the lead finally did on an Acker three from the left wing that made it 57-56 with 9:40 remaining.
-The lead exchanged hands three times over the next 4½ minutes, with Cubillan hitting a three to pull MU even at 64-64 before a Larry Davis put-back put Cincinnati in front, 66-64, with 1:15 left.
-The Golden Eagles weren't able to cash in on their ensuing possession and fouled Bearcats big man Ibrahima Thomas with 43.0 seconds remaining. Following the example set by his teammates - Cincinnati finished the day 8 for 16 from the line - Thomas made the first and missed the second to give Cincinnati a 67-64 lead.
-Hayward rebounded and MU got the ball up-court, looking for a good shot. Acker found Hayward deep on the left wing. He used a hard pump-fake to get defender Rashad Bishop to sail past him, then calmly set his feet and drained the shot to make it 67-67 with 27.5 seconds left.
-Cincinnati got a shot off at the other end, but Bishop's three came up short.
-"At that moment in time I wasn't thinking about anything but trying to make that shot," said a smiling Hayward, who tied [[Jerel McNeal]] for MU's all-time games played mark with 130.
-"I was just like, 'Man, I'm just glad it went in.'"
-Hayward picked up in overtime where he left off in regulation, hitting a layup off the tip to open the scoring; canning a three a little more than 2 minutes later to put MU up, 73-70; and throwing a perfect baseball pass on an inbounds play to Butler, who slammed it home for a 77-73 lead with 15.6 seconds left.
-A Bishop three with 7.9 seconds left got the Bearcats within 77-76, and Cincinnati fouled Acker on the inbounds. Acker calmly drained both free throws, and Deonta Vaughn missed a long three as time expired.
-"It's a big week for us," Hayward said, referring to the Golden Eagles' upcoming games at St. John's and Seton Hall. "Coming in here, getting a road win against a good home team to start our little road streak, it's definitely a good feeling."
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