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-====== Hightower Beats Marquette ======
+====== November 21, 2007 - Marquette vs. Duke ======
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-No. 13 Duke beats No. 11 Marquette 77-73 to win record fourth Maui Invitational title
-By JIM O'CONNELL,
+===== Hightower Beats Marquette =====
-AP Basketball Writer
+{{ men_s_basketball:wesduke2007art3a.jpg?250}}It took Kyle Singler five games to place himself on an elite list of [[Duke]] basketball players.
-LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) It took Kyle Singler five games to place himself on an elite list of Duke basketball players.
 The freshman forward scored 25 points, including the clinching free throws with 13 seconds to play, and fought off a leg injury to lead the 13th-ranked Blue Devils to a 77-73 victory over No. 11 Marquette on Wednesday night and claim their fourth EA Sports Maui Invitational championship.
-Duke (5-0) won the title here in 1992, 1997 and 2001. The Blue Devils' first 11 wins came by an average of 18.9 points and nine were by at least 10 points. This one went down to the final seconds.
+[[Duke]] (5-0) won the title here in 1992, 1997 and 2001. The Blue Devils' first 11 wins came by an average of 18.9 points and nine were by at least 10 points. This one went down to the final seconds.
 No other school has won more than two championships in the 24 years of this event.
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 "We look at it as a mini-Cameron, it's nice and intimate," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "We love coming here and have been a little bit lucky and our guys have played really tough. We'll come back, I know that."
-Lazar Hayward had 14 points for the Golden Eagles (4-1), who were making their first appearance in the tournament.
+[[Lazar Hayward]] had 14 points for the Golden Eagles (4-1), who were making their first appearance in the tournament.
-Marquette beat Duke 73-62 in the championship game of the CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo., exactly a year ago. It was the Golden Eagles' second straight preconference tournament title as they won the Great Alaska Shootout in 2005.
+Marquette beat [[Duke]] 73-62 in the championship game of the [[CBE Classic]] in Kansas City, Mo., exactly a year ago. It was the Golden Eagles' second straight preconference tournament title as they won the Great Alaska Shootout in 2005.
 "This was special for this team. It was a chance for us to be a champion," Nelson said. "We talked about that since the beginning of the year. It was our first chance to be a champion. At this time last year we didn't do that. We've improved and gotten better."
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 Duke took a 67-61 lead with 6:03 to go on a low move by Lance Thomas off a pass from Singler, his only assist of the game.
-The lead was six one more time, before Maurice Acker hit a 3 for the Golden Eagles and Ousmane Barro made one of two free throws to get Marquette within 69-67 with 4:42 left.
+The lead was six one more time, before Maurice Acker hit a 3 for the Golden Eagles and [[Ousmane Barro]] made one of two free throws to get Marquette within 69-67 with 4:42 left.
 The Golden Eagles were within 75-73 with 33 seconds left on a layup by Jerel McNeal.
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 Marquette fought off foul trouble in the second half and the Golden Eagles were called for 27 fouls, nine more than Duke.
-"Even though we didn't get what our goal was, it was a fantastic experience for our team," Marquette coach Tom Crean said. "Both teams brought out the toughness in each other. Tonight, their strengths were a little too good for us: their driving, they got too many free throws and the rebounding. We will come out of here with a much broader and greater perspective of what we are as a basketball team."
+"Even though we didn't get what our goal was, it was a fantastic experience for our team," Marquette coach [[Tom Crean]] said. "Both teams brought out the toughness in each other. Tonight, their strengths were a little too good for us: their driving, they got too many free throws and the rebounding. We will come out of here with a much broader and greater perspective of what we are as a basketball team."
-Marquette's Dominic James had 12 points on 4-for-16 shooting.
+Marquette's [[Dominic James]] had 12 points on 4-for-16 shooting.
 "In the first half I kind of had it going but it was nothing they did," James said. "A lot of the missed shots were layups, shots I usually make. Unfortunately I didn't in the seocnd half."
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 James hit a scoop shot on a drive with seven seconds left to bring Marquette within 43-36 at halftime.
-====== Box Score ======
+===== Box Score =====
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 Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
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 Largest lead-MU by 4 1st-11:45, DUKE by 9 1st-02:17.
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-====== Game Log ======
+===== Play-By-Play =====
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 TIME	SCORE	TEAM	PLAY

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