Marquette 56 Florida State 57

ORLANDO, Fla. – Solomon Alabi hit a baseline jumper with 11.9 seconds left, and Florida State rallied to beat Marquette 57-56 to win the Old Spice Classic on Sunday night.

Chris Singleton had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Florida State (6-1), which trailed by 12 points at halftime. Derwin Kitchen added 14 points.

Marquette had a late chance to win, but turned the ball over on an errant pass with 2.9 seconds remaining. The Golden Eagles (6-1) were led by 19 points from Lazar Hayward.

Hayward's jumper gave Marquette a 56-55 lead with 32 seconds left. He had seven points, including a 3, during a 9-2 run that put Marquette ahead 39-22 with 15:38 left.

Singleton's three-point play and a basket by Ryan Reid cut the Florida State deficit to 44-39 midway through the second half. Jordan DeMercy's slam tied it at 48 with 3:48 remaining.

• Lazar Hayward, Marquette
• Ekpe Udoh, Baylor
• JaMychal Green, Alabama
• Manny Harris, Michigan
• Chris Singleton, Florida State (MVP)

Official Basketball Box Score
Marquette vs Florida State
11/29/09 7:30 p.m. at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Milk House)

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VISITORS: Marquette 6-1
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
32 Hayward, Lazar...... f  9-22   1-5    2-2    4  6 10   3  21  0  4  1  4  28
33 Butler, Jimmy....... f  3-6    0-0    4-12   3  8 11   1  10  0  3  0  2  34
01 Johnson-Odom, Darius g  6-11   3-6    2-3    0  1  1   3  17  0  2  0  3  33
10 Cubillan, David..... g  0-6    0-5    2-2    0  1  1   1   2  1  1  0  2  27
23 Buycks, Dwight...... g  2-4    0-1    0-0    2  2  4   0   4  2  5  0  2  34
02 Acker, Maurice......    1-3    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   2   2  2  1  0  1  26
21 Fulce, Joseph.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    1  2  3   1   0  0  0  0  0   7
25 Maymon, Jeronne.....    0-2    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   3   0  0  0  0  1  11
55 Mbao, Youssoupha....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
   TEAM................                         2     2
   Totals..............   21-54   4-18  10-19  12 23 35  14  56  5 16  1 15 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5%   2nd Half: 11-25 44.0%   Game: 38.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-11 27.3%   2nd Half:  1-7  14.3%   Game: 22.2%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  7-8  87.5%   2nd Half:  3-11 27.3%   Game: 52.6%    3


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HOME TEAM: Florida State 6-1
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
31 SINGLETON, Chris.... f  7-13   2-3    2-5    4  6 10   4  18  3  3  1  4  32
42 REID, Ryan.......... f  1-2    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   2   2  1  3  1  0  16
32 ALABI, Solomon...... c  4-7    0-0    0-0    1  6  7   1   8  0  3  2  2  22
04 DULKYS, Deividas.... g  2-6    0-4    0-0    1  0  1   4   4  2  1  1  1  23
22 KITCHEN, Derwin..... g  6-13   2-5    0-0    3  2  5   0  14  1  1  0  1  31
01 GIBSON, Xavier......    1-1    0-0    0-1    1  2  3   1   2  1  2  0  1  11
02 DEMERCY, Jordan.....    2-3    0-0    1-2    1  5  6   3   5  0  1  0  1  19
03 LOUCKS, Luke........    1-3    0-1    0-0    1  2  3   2   2  4  2  0  2  22
21 SNAER, Michael......    1-9    0-3    0-0    0  1  1   0   2  1  3  0  0  24
   TEAM................                            1  1
   Totals..............   25-57   4-16   3-8   12 26 38  17  57 13 19  5 12 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  8-27 29.6%   2nd Half: 17-30 56.7%   Game: 43.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-8  12.5%   2nd Half:  3-8  37.5%   Game: 25.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1-4  25.0%   2nd Half:  2-4  50.0%   Game: 37.5%   2,1


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Officials: Jim Burr, Tim Kitts, Doug Shows
Technical fouls: Marquette-None. Florida State-None.
Attendance: 2225
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Marquette.....................   30   26  -   56
Florida State.................   18   39  -   57
2009 Old Spice Classic Championship Game

Points in the paint-MU 28,FSU 36. Points off turnovers-MU 16,FSU 17.
2nd chance points-MU 17,FSU 13. Fast break points-MU 2,FSU 8.
Bench points-MU 2,FSU 11. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-6 times.
Last FG-MU 2nd-00:32, FSU 2nd-00:12.
Largest lead-MU by 17 2nd-15:45, FSU by 2 1st-19:34.