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 ====== MU Thumps #22 Pittsburgh ======
-Eagles have no trouble with No. 22 Pitt
+MILWAUKEE (AP) -- [[Jerel McNeal]] scored 17 points and [[Ousmane Barro]] scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Marquette to a 72-54 win against No. 22 Pittsburgh on Friday night.
-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.
+Marquette (18-6, 8-5 Big East) went on a 17-0 run early in the second half to take control and cruised to a victory.
-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 (19-6, 7-5) wasted the return of junior guard Levance Fields, who had missed a dozen games with a broken left foot. Fields played 20 minutes, scoring four points on 1-for-7 shooting. Sam Young scored 18 points to lead Pitt.
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-Pittsburgh shot 37.3% from the field. Sam Young led the Panthers with 18 points.
+McNeal scored a pair of baskets to open the decisive run, giving the Golden Eagles a 41-28 lead and forcing Pitt coach Jamie Dixon to call a timeout.
-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.
+The break didn't help the Panthers. Marquette scored the next 13 points to take a 54-28 lead on another McNeal field goal with 12:53 to go.
-David Cubillan had 13 points and Wesley Matthews added 10 points for Marquette.
+Pittsburgh missed nine of its first 11 shots in the second half and had eight turnovers to one assist in the first nine minutes after halftime.
+Marquette outrebounded Pittsburgh 13-4 and outscored the Panthers in the paint 16-2 to open the second half.
-Freshman Trevor Mbakwe returned from a knee injury and saw his first action of the season. Mbakwe played eight minutes, but did not score..
+The Golden Eagles finished the first half on a 12-4 run, getting a pair of 3-pointers from [[David Cubillan]] in the final two minutes, to lead 33-23. Marquette led despite its leading scorer, Lazar Hayward, going scoreless in the half.
+The teams took turns holding the lead in the early going. The Golden Eagles missed their first five 3-pointers, but Dan Fitzgerald hit one to give Marquette 19-16 lead with 9:48 left.
+Fields returned after injuring his foot Dec. 29 against Dayton. He entered the game with 14 minutes left in the first half and struggled throughout.
+He was called for an offensive foul on his first possession upcourt, but scored on his first shot, a breakaway layup with 12:33 left in the first half. He missed his final six shots.
+Marquette, seeking additional help down low, decided to play 6-foot-7, 240-pound muscular freshman [[Trevor Mbakwe]]. The team had said in November that Mbakwe would miss the season with a left knee injury, but he received medical clearance to play several weeks ago and made his college debut late in the first half.
+Mbakwe, who averaged 21.7 points and 12.7 rebounds as a senior at St. Bernard's High School in St. Paul, Minn., played eight scoreless minutes.
+A moment of silence was held before the game in honor of the victims of the shooting rampage Thursday at Northern Illinois University.

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