Cincinnati 50 Marquette 84

MILWAUKEE – Jerel McNeal scored 26 points and hit a career-high seven 3-pointers as Marquette rolled to an easy 84-50 victory over Cincinnati on Sunday.

Wesley Matthews added 17 points for Marquette (13-2, 2-0 Big East), which won its first two Big East Conference games for the first time since joining the conference in 2005. Marquette upset Villanova 79-72 Thursday in its Big East opener.

Cincinnati (10-4, 0-1 Big East), which struggled with shooting throughout the game, was led by Rashad Bishop and Larry Davis with 11 points each. The Bearcats top scorer, Deonta Vaughn, had been averaging 15.2 points per game, but was held to no points on Sunday as he missed all eight shots he took.

Marquette put the game away at the start of the second half with a 25-4 run. Lazar Hayward scored 11 of Marquette's first 13 points during that run, including three 3-pointers. Hayward finished with 16 points.

Official Basketball Box Score
Cincinnati vs Marquette
1/4/09 1 p.m. at Bradley Center - Milwaukee, Wis.

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VISITORS: Cincinnati 10-4, 0-1 BE
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
21 WILLIAMS, Mike...... f  1-4    0-0    3-4    0  3  3   1   5  1  3  0  0  25
22 BISHOP, Rashad...... f  5-11   0-2    1-1    6  1  7   1  11  2  0  0  0  33
34 GATES, Yancy........ f  5-10   0-0    0-0    1  2  3   3  10  0  0  1  0  23
05 VAUGHN, Deonta...... g  0-8    0-6    0-0    0  4  4   3   0 10  2  0  1  37
11 DAVIS, Larry........ g  4-9    1-2    2-2    1  0  1   3  11  1  3  0  0  25
03 DIXON, Dion.........    1-5    1-5    0-0    1  1  2   1   3  1  2  0  1  15
15 WILKS, Darnell......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   2
20 MILLER, Branden.....    0-2    0-1    2-2    1  0  1   0   2  0  0  0  0   3
23 MITCHELL, Alvin.....    1-4    1-3    0-0    2  0  2   0   3  0  0  0  0  12
30 McCLAIN, Anthony....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  1  0  0   5
42 TOYLOY, Steve.......    1-2    0-0    3-3    1  3  4   4   5  0  3  0  0  20
   TEAM................                         2  2  4             1
   Totals..............   18-55   3-19  11-12  15 17 32  17  50 15 15  1  2 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0%   2nd Half:  8-28 28.6%   Game: 32.7%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-9  11.1%   2nd Half:  2-10 20.0%   Game: 15.8%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-7  85.7%   2nd Half:  5-5  100 %   Game: 91.7%    0


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HOME TEAM: Marquette 13-2, 2-0 BE
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
12 Burke, Dwight....... f  0-0    0-0    0-0    0  6  6   2   0  0  0  0  0  14
32 Hayward, Lazar...... f  5-9    4-6    2-2    0  1  1   3  16  1  1  0  1  20
01 James, Dominic...... g  3-8    1-6    2-2    1  1  2   1   9  4  0  0  1  30
22 McNeal, Jerel....... g  9-10   7-7    1-2    2  3  5   1  26  6  2  0  0  31
23 Matthews, Wesley.... g  4-10   2-3    7-8    2  4  6   4  17  4  2  0  0  28
02 Acker, Maurice......    1-3    1-3    0-0    0  0  0   2   3  2  3  0  0  12
04 Hazel, Patrick......    2-3    0-0    0-0    0  3  3   1   4  0  0  1  1  13
10 Cubillan, David.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   9
21 Fulce, Joseph.......    1-1    0-0    1-2    1  0  1   1   3  1  0  0  0   5
33 Butler, Jimmy.......    0-3    0-0    2-2    1  3  4   2   2  1  0  0  0  23
42 Otule, Chris........    2-3    0-0    0-2    1  1  2   0   4  0  0  2  0  13
45 Frozena, Robert.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   2
   TEAM................
   Totals..............   27-50  15-25  15-20   8 23 31  17  84 19  8  3  3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0%   2nd Half: 14-24 58.3%   Game: 54.0%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  9-15 60.0%   2nd Half:  6-10 60.0%   Game: 60.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-8  75.0%   2nd Half:  9-12 75.0%   Game: 75.0%    3


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Officials: Pat Driscoll, Paul Faia, Ed Hightower
Technical fouls: Cincinnati-None. Marquette-None.
Attendance: 16667
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Cincinnati....................   27   23  -   50
Marquette.....................   41   43  -   84
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Points in the paint-UC 16,MU 22. Points off turnovers-UC 9,MU 21.
2nd chance points-UC 12,MU 10. Fast break points-UC 4,MU 12.
Bench points-UC 13,MU 16. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-4 times.
Last FG-UC 2nd-00:06, MU 2nd-02:07.
Largest lead-UC by 4 1st-12:16, MU by 40 2nd-02:07.