Eagles have no trouble with No. 22 Pitt

Jerel McNeal had 17 points, Dominic James dished out 12 assists and Ousmane Barro added 14 points and 12 rebounds as Marquette coasted past No. 22 Pittsburgh, 72-54 Friday night at the Bradley Center.

Leading 33-24, the Golden Eagles opened the second half with a 21-4 run to clinch an easy victory. James made up for a poor shooting night with some tremendous interior passing. The Golden Eagles scored 38 points in the paint tonight

Pittsburgh shot 37.3% from the field. Sam Young led the Panthers with 18 points.

Barro, who was a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor, did a tremendous defensive job on Pitt freshman DuJuan Blair. Blair was held to six points and five rebounds.

David Cubillan had 13 points and Wesley Matthews added 10 points for Marquette.

Freshman Trevor Mbakwe returned from a knee injury and saw his first action of the season. Mbakwe played eight minutes, but did not score..

Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Pittsburgh vs Marquette
2/15/08 8 p.m. at Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WI
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VISITORS: Pittsburgh 19-6, 7-5 BE
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
11 BROWN, Gilbert...... f  2-5    0-3    1-1    0  2  2   1   5  0  1  0  0  19
23 YOUNG, Sam.......... f  8-16   0-1    2-2    2  3  5   3  18  1  3  0  0  24
45 BLAIR, DeJuan....... c  3-8    0-0    0-0    2  3  5   4   6  0  4  1  0  23
01 BENJAMIN, Keith..... g  3-6    1-1    0-0    1  5  6   3   7  2  2  0  0  28
04 RAMON, Ronald....... g  1-7    0-4    2-2    0  2  2   1   4  6  2  0  1  39
02 FIELDS, Levance.....    1-7    0-1    2-2    2  2  4   1   4  2  2  0  0  20
05 BIGGS, Tyrell.......    4-6    0-0    1-1    2  0  2   2   9  0  1  0  2  24
22 WANAMAKER, Brad.....    0-2    0-1    1-2    0  0  0   2   1  1  0  0  0  13
52 McGHEE, Gary........    0-2    0-0    0-0    2  1  3   0   0  0  0  0  0  10
   TEAM................                         1  3  4
   Totals..............   22-59   1-11   9-10  12 21 33  17  54 12 15  1  3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5%   2nd Half: 11-28 39.3%   Game: 37.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-6  16.7%   2nd Half:  0-5   0.0%   Game:  9.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1-1  100 %   2nd Half:  8-9  88.9%   Game: 90.0%    1
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HOME TEAM: Marquette 18-6, 8-5 BE
                          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  2-6    1-3    0-0    0  3  3   2   5  0  2  0  1  20
41 BARRO, Ousmane...... c  6-6    0-0    2-4    4  8 12   0  14  0  1  2  1  30
01 JAMES, Dominic...... g  2-11   0-6    0-0    1  4  5   2   4 12  0  0  0  31
22 MCNEAL, Jerel....... g  8-13   1-4    0-0    3  3  6   2  17  3  1  1  0  31
23 MATTHEWS, Wesley.... g  3-5    0-1    4-6    1  1  2   2  10  1  2  0  1  17
00 CHRISTOPHERSON,Scott    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   0  0  1  0  0   3
02 ACKER, Maurice......    1-2    0-0    2-2    0  0  0   1   4  1  2  0  1   5
04 HAZEL, Patrick......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   2
05 FITZGERALD, Dan.....    2-6    1-5    0-2    0  2  2   1   5  2  0  0  2  21
10 CUBILLAN, David.....    4-7    3-5    2-2    1  1  2   2  13  1  0  0  0  23
12 BURKE, Dwight.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  1  1  0   3
21 BLACKLEDGE, Lawrence    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   4
33 MBAKWE, Trevor......    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   8
42 BRICE, Tommy........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
45 FROZENA, Robert.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
   TEAM................                         1  1  2
   Totals..............   28-57   6-24  10-16  11 25 36  15  72 20 10  4  6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-31 45.2%   2nd Half: 14-26 53.8%   Game: 49.1%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  4-16 25.0%   2nd Half:  2-8  25.0%   Game: 25.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1-2  50.0%   2nd Half:  9-14 64.3%   Game: 62.5%    3
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Officials: Mike Kitts, JD Collins, Brian O'Connell
Technical fouls: Pittsburgh-None. Marquette-None.
Attendance: 19011
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Pittsburgh....................   24   30  -   54
Marquette.....................   33   39  -   72
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Points in the paint-PITT 24,MU 38. Points off turnovers-PITT 11,MU 15.
2nd chance points-PITT 7,MU 12. Fast break points-PITT 8,MU 16.
Bench points-PITT 14,MU 22. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-2 times.
Last FG-PITT 2nd-01:25, MU 2nd-03:23.
Largest lead-PITT by 3 1st-15:36, MU by 27 2nd-08:49.

1st Half Summary 
TIME PITTSBURGH SCORE MARQUETTE 
19:51   0-0 Lazar Hayward missed Three Point Jumper. 
19:51 Keith Benjamin Defensive Rebound. 0-0   
19:42 Gilbert Brown missed Three Point Jumper. 0-0   
19:42   0-0 Dominic James Defensive Rebound. 
19:35   0-2 Ousmane Barro made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Dominic James. 
19:02 DeJuan Blair made Two Point Layup. 2-2   
18:28   2-2 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 
18:28 Ronald Ramon Defensive Rebound. 2-2   
18:18 Keith Benjamin missed Two Point Jumper. 2-2   
18:18 Pittsburgh Offensive Rebound. 2-2   
18:17 Sam Young missed Two Point Jumper. 2-2   
18:17   2-2 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 
18:04   2-2 Foul on Lazar Hayward 
17:49 Sam Young made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Ronald Ramon. 4-2   
17:40   4-4 Dominic James made Two Point Jumper. 
17:17 DeJuan Blair missed Two Point Jumper. 4-4   
17:17   4-4 Marquette Defensive Rebound. 
17:17 Foul on Sam Young 4-4   
17:01   4-4 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 
17:01 DeJuan Blair Defensive Rebound. 4-4   
16:42 DeJuan Blair made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Sam Young. 6-4   
16:30   6-4 Dominic James missed Two Point Jumper. 
16:30   6-4 Ousmane Barro Offensive Rebound. 
16:19   6-6 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Jumper. 
15:57 Sam Young missed Two Point Jumper. 6-6   
15:55   6-6 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 
15:50   6-6 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 
15:50 DeJuan Blair Defensive Rebound. 6-6   
15:33   6-6 Jerel McNeal Steal. 
15:28   6-6 Lazar Hayward missed Two Point Jumper. 
15:28 Keith Benjamin Defensive Rebound. 6-6   
15:19 Keith Benjamin made Three Point Jumper. 9-6   
14:55   9-8 Ousmane Barro made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Jerel McNeal. 
14:18 Official TV Timeout. 9-8   
14:07   9-8 Dominic James missed Two Point Jumper. 
14:07   9-8 Jerel McNeal Offensive Rebound. 
13:56   9-10 Ousmane Barro made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Dominic James. 
13:39 Foul on Levance Fields 9-10   
13:29   9-12 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominic James. 
12:40   9-12 Ousmane Barro Steal. 
12:34   9-12 Jerel McNeal missed Two Point Jumper. 
12:34 Ronald Ramon Defensive Rebound. 9-12   
12:24 Levance Fields made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Ronald Ramon. 11-12   
11:57   11-14 Ousmane Barro made Two Point Jumper. 
11:33 Ronald Ramon missed Two Point Jumper. 11-14   
11:33   11-14 Dan Fitzgerald Defensive Rebound. 
11:21   11-16 Dominic James made Two Point Layup. 
11:20 Pittsburgh Full Timeout. 
11:14 Tyrell Biggs made Two Point Jumper. 13-16   
10:56   13-16 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 
10:56 Sam Young Defensive Rebound. 13-16   
10:43 Sam Young missed Three Point Jumper. 13-16   
10:43   13-16 David Cubillan Defensive Rebound. 
10:30 Ronald Ramon Steal. 13-16   
10:22 Gilbert Brown made Two Point Jumper. 15-16   
10:19   15-16 Foul on Dan Fitzgerald 
10:19 Official TV Timeout. 15-16   
10:19 Gilbert Brown made Free Throw. 16-16   
9:51   16-19 Dan Fitzgerald made Three Point Jumper. 
9:23 Sam Young missed Two Point Jumper. 16-19   
9:23   16-19 Dan Fitzgerald Defensive Rebound. 
8:58   16-21 David Cubillan made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Dominic James. 
8:43 Levance Fields missed Two Point Layup. 16-21   
8:43 Levance Fields Offensive Rebound. 16-21   
8:40 Levance Fields missed Two Point Layup. 16-21   
8:40 Sam Young Offensive Rebound. 16-21   
8:37 Sam Young made Two Point Layup. 18-21   
8:16 DeJuan Blair missed Two Point Jumper. 18-21   
8:16 DeJuan Blair Offensive Rebound. 18-21   
8:14   18-21 Foul on Dwight Burke 
8:11 Sam Young missed Two Point Jumper. 18-21   
8:11 Sam Young Offensive Rebound. 18-21   
8:07 Sam Young made Two Point Layup. 20-21   
7:47   20-21 Foul on Lazar Hayward 
7:47 Official TV Timeout. 20-21   
7:32 DeJuan Blair missed Two Point Jumper. 20-21   
7:32   20-21 Jerel McNeal Defensive Rebound. 
7:22   20-21 Foul on Wesley Matthews 
7:02 Brad Wanamaker missed Two Point Jumper. 20-21   
7:02   20-21 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 
6:29 Foul on Brad Wanamaker 20-21   
6:29   20-21 Wesley Matthews missed Free Throw. 
6:29   20-22 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 
6:13   20-22 Foul on Dan Fitzgerald 
6:09 Foul on Sam Young 20-22   
6:00   20-22 Dan Fitzgerald missed Three Point Jumper. 
6:00   20-22 David Cubillan Offensive Rebound. 
5:54   20-22 David Cubillan missed Two Point Jumper. 
5:54   20-22 Jerel McNeal Offensive Rebound. 
5:48   20-24 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Tip Shot. 
5:23   20-24 Dan Fitzgerald missed Three Point Jumper. 
5:23 Pittsburgh Defensive Rebound. 20-24   
4:51 Ronald Ramon missed Three Point Jumper. 20-24   
4:51 DeJuan Blair Offensive Rebound. 20-24   
4:46 DeJuan Blair missed Two Point Jumper. 20-24   
4:46 Keith Benjamin Offensive Rebound. 20-24   
4:28 Foul on Tyrell Biggs 20-24   
4:11   20-24 David Cubillan missed Three Point Jumper. 
4:11 Keith Benjamin Defensive Rebound. 20-24   
3:47 Tyrell Biggs missed Two Point Jumper. 20-24   
3:47   20-24 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 
3:38   20-27 Jerel McNeal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dan Fitzgerald. 
3:32 Pittsburgh 30 Second Timeout. 
3:24 Gilbert Brown missed Three Point Jumper. 20-27   
3:24   20-27 Dominic James Defensive Rebound. 
3:06   20-27 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 
3:06 Gilbert Brown Defensive Rebound. 20-27   
2:52 Keith Benjamin made Two Point Jumper. 22-27   
2:44   22-27 Dan Fitzgerald missed Three Point Jumper. 
2:44 Pittsburgh Defensive Rebound. 22-27   
2:38 Official TV Timeout. 22-27   
2:21 Keith Benjamin made Two Point Jumper. 24-27   
2:05   24-30 David Cubillan made Three Point Jumper. 
1:16   24-30 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 
1:16 Keith Benjamin Defensive Rebound. 24-30   
0:42   24-33 David Cubillan made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominic James. 
0:09 Levance Fields missed Three Point Jumper. 24-33   
0:09   24-33 Dominic James Defensive Rebound. 
0:04 Marquette 30 Second Timeout. 
0:02   24-33 Wesley Matthews missed Three Point Jumper. 
0:02   24-33 Marquette Offensive Rebound. 
0:00 End of the 1st Half. 
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2nd Half Summary 
TIME PITTSBURGH SCORE MARQUETTE 
19:48 Keith Benjamin missed Two Point Jumper. 24-33   
19:48   24-33 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 
19:38   24-35 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. 
19:33 Levance Fields missed Two Point Layup. 24-35   
19:33 Levance Fields Offensive Rebound. 24-35   
19:14 Sam Young made Two Point Jumper. 26-35   
19:04 Foul on DeJuan Blair 26-35   
19:04   26-36 Ousmane Barro made Free Throw. 
19:04   26-37 Ousmane Barro made Free Throw. 
18:47   26-37 Foul on Jerel McNeal 
18:43   26-37 Foul on Dominic James 
18:43 Sam Young made Free Throw. 27-37   
18:43 Sam Young made Free Throw. 28-37   
18:29   28-39 Wesley Matthews made Two Point Jumper. 
18:08 Sam Young missed Two Point Jumper. 28-39   
18:08   28-39 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 
18:00   28-41 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. 
17:52 Pittsburgh Full Timeout. 
17:40 DeJuan Blair missed Two Point Layup. 28-41   
17:40   28-41 Wesley Matthews Defensive Rebound. 
17:23   28-43 Ousmane Barro made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Dominic James. 
16:48 Foul on Keith Benjamin 28-43   
16:28 Foul on DeJuan Blair 28-43   
15:53   28-43 Foul on Jerel McNeal 
15:53 Official TV Timeout. 28-43   
15:51 Ronald Ramon missed Three Point Jumper. 28-43   
15:51   28-43 Jerel McNeal Defensive Rebound. 
15:44 Foul on Sam Young 28-43   
15:44   28-43 Ousmane Barro missed Free Throw. 
15:44   28-43 Ousmane Barro missed Free Throw. 
15:44   28-43 Dominic James Offensive Rebound. 
15:38   28-43 Dominic James missed Two Point Layup. 
15:38   28-43 Ousmane Barro Offensive Rebound. 
15:30   28-45 Ousmane Barro made Two Point Layup. 
15:28   28-45 Foul on Dominic James 
15:17 Levance Fields missed Two Point Jumper. 28-45   
15:17   28-45 Dominic James Defensive Rebound. 
15:12 Foul on Gilbert Brown 28-45   
14:57   28-47 Lazar Hayward made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Dominic James. 
14:49 Foul on Keith Benjamin 28-47   
14:49 Pittsburgh 30 Second Timeout. 
14:45   28-47 Dan Fitzgerald Steal. 
14:40   28-49 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Dominic James. 
14:29 Foul on DeJuan Blair 28-49   
14:15   28-49 Lazar Hayward missed Three Point Jumper. 
14:15   28-49 Jerel McNeal Offensive Rebound. 
14:07   28-49 Lazar Hayward missed Two Point Jumper. 
14:07 Levance Fields Defensive Rebound. 28-49   
13:56 Levance Fields missed Two Point Jumper. 28-49   
13:56   28-49 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 
13:50   28-52 David Cubillan made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jerel McNeal. 
13:23 Ronald Ramon missed Three Point Jumper. 28-52   
13:23   28-52 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 
13:14   28-52 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 
13:14   28-52 Ousmane Barro Offensive Rebound. 
12:56   28-54 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Dominic James. 
12:30 Sam Young missed Two Point Jumper. 28-54   
12:28   28-54 Jerel McNeal Defensive Rebound. 
12:23   28-54 David Cubillan missed Three Point Jumper. 
12:23 Levance Fields Defensive Rebound. 28-54   
12:18 Sam Young made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Levance Fields. 30-54   
12:05   30-54 Dan Fitzgerald missed Three Point Jumper. 
12:05 Gilbert Brown Defensive Rebound. 30-54   
11:52   30-54 Dan Fitzgerald Steal. 
11:37   30-56 Dan Fitzgerald made Two Point Jumper. 
11:07 Sam Young missed Two Point Jumper. 30-56   
11:07   30-56 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 
11:01   30-56 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 
11:01 Sam Young Defensive Rebound. 30-56   
10:48   30-56 Foul on David Cubillan 
10:48 Official TV Timeout. 30-56   
10:48 Levance Fields made Free Throw. 31-56   
10:48 Levance Fields made Free Throw. 32-56   
10:25   32-58 Wesley Matthews made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Maurice Acker. 
10:07   32-58 Foul on Maurice Acker 
10:01 Sam Young made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Levance Fields. 34-58   
9:44 Foul on Brad Wanamaker 34-58   
9:44   34-59 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 
9:44   34-59 Wesley Matthews missed Free Throw. 
9:44 Pittsburgh Defensive Rebound. 34-59   
9:12   34-59 Maurice Acker Steal. 
8:54   34-59 Lazar Hayward Steal. 
8:52   34-61 Maurice Acker made Two Point Layup. 
8:31   34-61 Foul on Trevor Mbakwe 
8:31 Brad Wanamaker missed Free Throw. 34-61   
8:31 Brad Wanamaker made Free Throw. 35-61   
8:10 DeJuan Blair made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Ronald Ramon. 37-61   
7:36   37-61 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 
7:36 DeJuan Blair Defensive Rebound. 37-61   
7:27 Keith Benjamin missed Two Point Jumper. 37-61   
7:27   37-61 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 
6:57 Foul on Keith Benjamin 37-61   
6:57   37-62 David Cubillan made Free Throw. 
6:57   37-63 David Cubillan made Free Throw. 
6:39 Sam Young made Two Point Jumper. 39-63   
6:07 Foul on DeJuan Blair 39-63   
6:07   39-63 Dan Fitzgerald missed Free Throw. 
6:07   39-63 Dan Fitzgerald missed Free Throw. 
6:07   39-63 Ousmane Barro Offensive Rebound. 
5:47 Tyrell Biggs Steal. 39-63   
5:43 Sam Young made Two Point Dunk Shot. 41-63   
5:12   41-63 Jerel McNeal missed Two Point Jumper. 
5:12 Sam Young Defensive Rebound. 41-63   
5:04 Tyrell Biggs made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Sam Young. 43-63   
4:52 Foul on Tyrell Biggs 43-63   
4:52   43-64 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 
4:52   43-65 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 
4:39 Tyrell Biggs made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Keith Benjamin. 45-65   
4:16   45-65 Wesley Matthews missed Two Point Layup. 
4:16   45-65 Wesley Matthews Offensive Rebound. 
4:12   45-67 Wesley Matthews made Two Point Layup. 
4:11   45-67 Foul on David Cubillan 
4:11 Ronald Ramon made Free Throw. 46-67   
4:11 Ronald Ramon made Free Throw. 47-67   
3:55   47-67 Trevor Mbakwe missed Two Point Jumper. 
3:55 Keith Benjamin Defensive Rebound. 47-67   
3:38 Tyrell Biggs missed Two Point Jumper. 47-67   
3:38   47-67 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 
3:20   47-70 Lazar Hayward made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominic James. 
2:47 Ronald Ramon made Two Point Jumper. 49-70   
2:27   49-70 Official TV Timeout. 
2:21   49-70 Maurice Acker missed Two Point Jumper. 
2:21 Gary McGhee Defensive Rebound. 49-70   
2:13 Ronald Ramon missed Three Point Jumper. 49-70   
2:13 Tyrell Biggs Offensive Rebound. 49-70   
2:05 Gilbert Brown missed Three Point Jumper. 49-70   
2:05 Tyrell Biggs Offensive Rebound. 49-70   
1:56 Tyrell Biggs made Two Point Layup. 51-70   
1:56   51-70 Foul on Scott Christopherson 
1:56 Tyrell Biggs made Free Throw. 52-70   
1:29 Tyrell Biggs Steal. 52-70   
1:27 Gilbert Brown made Two Point Layup. 54-70   
1:14 Foul on Ronald Ramon 54-70   
1:14   54-71 Maurice Acker made Free Throw. 
1:14   54-72 Maurice Acker made Free Throw. 
1:00 Ronald Ramon missed Two Point Jumper. 54-72   
1:00 Gary McGhee Offensive Rebound. 54-72   
0:52 Austin Wallace Defensive Rebound. 54-72   
0:25 Brad Wanamaker missed Three Point Jumper. 54-72   
0:25 Gary McGhee Offensive Rebound. 54-72   
0:15 Gary McGhee missed Two Point Jumper. 54-72   
0:15   54-72 Patrick Hazel Defensive Rebound. 
0:02 Pittsburgh 30 Second Timeout. 
0:02 Marquette 30 Second Timeout. 
0:02 Marquette 30 Second Timeout. 
0:00 End Game