HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) - Wesley Matthews scored 17 points and No. 15 Marquette used a 20-0 first-half run Friday night to rout Northern Iowa 73-43 in the Chicago Invitational Challenge.

Playing its first game outside of Milwaukee this season, Marquette (5-0) cruised to victory before a small crowd at the Sears Centre. The Golden Eagles also got 15 points from Lazar Hayward and 13 from Jerel McNeal.

Northern Iowa (3-2) was led by Kwadzo Ahelegbe's 11 points.

After an initial feeling-out period, the Golden Eagles broke it open early with the 20-0 run, using a variety of shots and strong defense. During the spurt, Matthews hit a 3-pointer, Dominic James made two 3s' on either side of a timeout, Jimmy Butler followed in a miss and McNeal found the range on yet another 3-pointer on a pass from James.

After another timeout, Patrick Hazel–who started the run with two free throws–had a layin and then McNeal drove for a sweeping bank shot.

That made it 32-8 with just over five minutes left in the half as the Golden Eagles' quickness and leaping ability were obvious factors early on against the Panthers, who went more than seven minutes without scoring. Marquette had a 20-10 first-half rebounding edge.

Northern scrapped back with eight straight of its own but Marquette maintained control and led 37-18 at the half.

James made a steal, a nifty crossover dribble and a great pass to Hawyard, who scored, was fouled and converted a three-point play for a 62-32 lead with just under 10 minutes remaining. Hayward had 12 of his points in the second half.

Official Basketball Box Score
Northern Iowa Panthers vs Marquette
11/28/08 7:30 pm at Sears Centre     Hoffman Estates, Il

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VISITORS: Northern Iowa Panthers 3-2 (2-1 Tourn)
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
34 KOCH, Adam.......... f  2-6    0-0    2-2    0  0  0   2   6  2  1  0  0  25
53 EGLSEDER, Jordan.... c  4-6    0-0    0-0    1  5  6   3   8  0  0  1  1  22
11 AHELEGBE, Kwadzo.... g  5-9    1-2    0-0    0  1  1   1  11  5  2  0  2  28
13 MORAN, Johnny....... g  2-7    1-6    0-0    1  5  6   2   5  2  5  0  0  25
5  FAROKHMANESH, Ali... g  1-6    1-6    0-0    0  1  1   3   3  1  1  0  1  26
10 HAAK, Brian.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  1   4
15 MONTGOMERY, Jon.....    0-3    0-2    1-3    1  4  5   1   1  0  0  0  0  14
21 BROWN, Travis.......    0-2    0-2    0-0    0  2  2   4   0  1  5  0  0  17
22 DUNHAM, Kerwin......    2-6    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   2   4  1  0  0  0  13
32 O'REAR, Lucas.......    1-3    0-0    1-2    2  4  6   2   3  1  0  0  0  19
52 JAMES, Anthony......    1-3    0-2    0-0    0  0  0   0   2  0  0  0  0   7
   TEAM................                         1  1  2
   Totals..............   18-51   3-21   4-7    6 23 29  21  43 13 14  1  5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  7-21 33.3%   2nd Half: 11-30 36.7%   Game: 35.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-9  22.2%   2nd Half:  1-12  8.3%   Game: 14.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-2  100 %   2nd Half:  2-5  40.0%   Game: 57.1%    0


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HOME TEAM: Marquette 5-0 (3-0 Tourn)
                          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    1-4    2  4  6   3   1  0  1  1  0  30
32 Hayward, Lazar...... f  5-11   2-5    3-6    0  8  8   2  15  1  3  0  1  28
1  James, Dominic...... g  3-10   2-5    0-0    1  2  3   0   8  6  1  0  2  21
22 McNeal, Jerel....... g  5-9    3-4    0-0    1  2  3   1  13  3  1  0  2  22
23 Matthews, Wesley.... g  5-8    2-4    5-6    1  6  7   2  17  2  3  0  1  26
10 Cubillan, David.....    2-6    2-5    1-2    0  3  3   1   7  3  0  0  1  22
2  Acker, Maurice......    2-6    0-4    0-0    0  1  1   0   4  3  0  0  1  19
33 Butler, Jimmy.......    1-1    0-0    2-2    4  0  4   1   4  2  1  0  0  17
4  Hazel, Patrick......    1-1    0-0    2-2    2  0  2   5   4  0  0  0  0  10
45 Frozena, Robert.....    0-1    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   0   0  0  0  0  0   5
   TEAM................                            3  3
   Totals..............   24-53  11-27  14-22  12 30 42  15  73 20 10  1  8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-26 42.3%   2nd Half: 13-27 48.1%   Game: 45.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  6-14 42.9%   2nd Half:  5-13 38.5%   Game: 40.7%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  9-10 90.0%   2nd Half:  5-12 41.7%   Game: 63.6%    2


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Officials: Frank Raposo, Tim Kelly, Ron Tyburski
Technical fouls: Northern Iowa Panthers-None. Marquette-None.
Attendance: 3087
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Northern Iowa Panthers........   18   25  -   43
Marquette.....................   37   37  -   74