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====== Marquette wins at Louisville for third road win of season ====== | ====== Marquette wins at Louisville for third road win of season ====== | ||
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- | "They hit big shots or free throws to stay with the lead and that knocked down our momentum," | + | |
+ | James scored 18 points -- 11 during a decisive second-half run -- to put an exclamation point on Marquette' | ||
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+ | Marquette (16-4, 3-2) won its third straight behind a balanced attack that had four players in double figures and a defense that held the Cardinals (12-6, 2-2) to 42 percent shooting. "We wanted to stay poised against their press and play our game," James said. "We didn't want to let the crowd rattle us." | ||
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+ | The Golden Eagles committed just 13 turnovers in the face of constant pressure from the Cardinals and made 14 of 17 free throws. Not bad for a team that came in shooting 62 percent from the line. Marquette had been ranked as high as eighth earlier in the season but dropped out of the poll after opening Big East play with consecutive losses to Providence and Syracuse. Wins last week over Connecticut and West Virginia pushed the Golden Eagles back into the Top 25 on Monday, and coach Tom Crean thinks they could stick around this time. "The most important thing is we're starting to get better, we're starting to learn how to play," Crean said. " | ||
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+ | James was quiet for most of the game until the Cardinals pulled within 47-42 with 11:26 to play. He hit three straight 3-pointers, each well behind the line, and added a runner that gave the Golden Eagles a 60-46 lead. "It was Dominic' | ||
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+ | David Padgett had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinals, who couldn' | ||
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+ | "We had been doing a fabulous job, even when we weren' | ||
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+ | "They hit big shots or free throws to stay with the lead and that knocked down our momentum," | ||
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+ | Marquette trailed 28-22 with 4:11 left in the first half, but put together a 25-4 run over the game's next 9 minutes, eventually building a 47-32 lead. Louisville reeled off 10 straight points to get back within five, but then James went to work. | ||
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+ | "We played as hard as we could play, but they kept making one big shot after another," | ||
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+ | Louisville pulled within 67-60 with 2:10 to play and forced a turnover, but Sosa missed a short jumper and Brandon Jenkins badly missed a 3-pointer. McNeal then put it away by scoring Marquette' | ||
===== Box Score ===== | ===== Box Score ===== |