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- | ===== Marquette Falls To Missouri, 83-79 ===== | ||
- | **Golden Eagles' | ||
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- | March 22, 2009 | ||
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- | BOISE, Idaho (AP) -Four unbelievable minutes. Two gargantuan free throws. | ||
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- | Freshman Kim English came off the bench to "pinch shoot" for the hurting J.T. Tiller and made two free throws with 5.5 seconds left Sunday to give Missouri the go-ahead points in an 83-79 victory over Marquette in the NCAA tournament. | ||
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- | It was quite an encore for English, who had an out-of-body 4 1/2-minute shooting spree in the first half, scoring 15 points and helping third-seeded Mizzou (30-6) turn a six-point deficit into a 16-point lead. | ||
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- | English was on the bench for most of the second half, watching sixth-seeded Marquette chip away at the lead and eventually go ahead. But when Tiller fell hard after being fouled with the score tied at 79, coach Mike Anderson took advantage of the college rule that allows teams to substitute for an injured free-throw shooter. | ||
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- | He chose English, who made both. | ||
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- | After the English free throws, Marquette' | ||
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- | It ruined a wonderful effort from Marquette senior Jerel McNeal, who matched his career high with 30 points, and Wesley Matthews, who scored 24. | ||
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- | It also brought lusty boos from the Marquette fans and others in the crowd, especially when they saw Tiller re-enter the game a second later to help the Tigers run out the clock. | ||
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- | What they may not have known is that Tiller was a 76 percent free-throw shooter coming into the tournament while English, icing on the bench for most of the second half, shot only 65 percent. | ||
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- | "I knew, right when I looked at him, if coach chose him he was going to knock 'em down," teammate Matt Lawrence said. " | ||
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- | He was equally impressive in the first half. | ||
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- | During six extremely well-spent minutes, English came one point short of his career high. He went 6-for-8 from the floor, including 3-for-4 from 3-point range, added a rebound. | ||
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- | Then he came back for 1 second - literally - and won the game. | ||
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- | He turned Boise - just maybe - into his own private Idaho and erased a terrible memory of this place for Missouri fans. Remember UCLA guard Tyus Edney' | ||
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- | "I guess it's a new day," English said. | ||
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- | Missouri' | ||
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- | DeMarre Carroll finished with 15 points and Lyons led the Tigers with 18, including a nifty spin under the basket for a three-point play that gave Missouri a 79-78 lead with 48.7 seconds left after they'd trailed by four. | ||
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- | McNeal came back to make one of two free throws to tie the game and set up the wacky finish. | ||
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- | Nearly lost in the commotion was the return of Marquette' | ||
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- | He played 17 minutes but didn't take a shot and wasn't on the floor at the end. | ||
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- | The game certainly brought flashbacks for Marquette, which trailed by 17 to Villanova in the second round of the Big East tournament, came all the way back but ended up losing by one. | ||
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- | And for Missouri - well, it must be good to know it has another reliable player to depend on now that it's one of the final 16. | ||
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- | ===== Box Score ===== | ||
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- | ^ SCOREBOARD ^^^^ | ||
- | | | 1st | 2nd | T| | ||
- | |Marquette| 35| 44| 79| | ||
- | |Missouri | 46| 37| 83| | ||
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- | ^TEAM STAT COMPARISON^^^ | ||
- | |Category| MARQ| MISS| | ||
- | |Field Goals| 38.3%| 48.4%| | ||
- | |3-PT Field Goals| 35.7%| 31.8%| | ||
- | |Free Throws| 84.8%| 70%| | ||
- | |Rebounds (Off/Def)| 41 (16/25)| 30 (10/20)| | ||
- | |Turnovers| 12| 7| |