====== MU Beats SJU 73-64 @ MSG ====== NEW YORK (AP)—[[Jerel McNeal]] had 20 points and seven rebounds to lead No. 25 Marquette to a 73-64 victory over St. John’s on Wednesday night, the Golden Eagles’ third straight win after a two-game losing streak. Marquette (19-6, 9-5 Big East) took control of the game with its trademark defense, getting eight steals in forcing 16 first-half turnovers on the way to a 36-24 lead. The Golden Eagles opened a 23-point lead three times, the last at 59-36 on a short jumper by Dan Fitzgerald with 10:05 to play. The Red Storm (10-15, 4-10) then showed a rare offensive spark, going on a 14-2 run that made it 61-50 on a free throw by Eugene Lawrence with 6:31 left. [[Dominic James]] scored on a reverse layup on a nice pass from [[Lazar Hayward]]— Marquette’s first field goal in 5:07—to snap the run and [[Ousmane Barro]] added two free throws and the Golden Eagles were up 65-50 with 4:04 left. The Red Storm had one last run, outscoring Marquette 11-4 to pull to 69-61 on a 3-pointer by Lawrence with 21 seconds to go. James, who was 9-for-9 from the free throw line, added 19 points for Marquette. Anthony Mason Jr. had 20 points for St. John’s, which dropped its third straight after a three-game winning streak. Freshman Paris Horne and Lawrence both had 12 points for St. John’s. The Red Storm, who lost their fifth straight game at Madison Square Garden, had their season-low point total in their last two games, 43 in a 17-point loss to Cincinnati and 42 in an 18-point loss to Villanova. Marquette finished with nine steals, just under its 9.2 average which is second in the Big East. St. John’s, which averages 15 turnovers per game, finished with 23. The 12-point halftime deficit was the Red Storm’s best first-half offensive showing in their last three games at Madison Square Garden. Georgetown had a 41-14 lead over St. John’s after 20 minutes and Villanova was ahead of the Red Storm 31-13 at the half. ====== Box Score ====== Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Marquette vs St. John's 2/20/08 7:00:00 PM at Madison Square Garden New York, NY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Marquette 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 0-3 2-3 0 4 4 5 6 1 2 0 1 21 41 BARRO, Ousmane...... f 2-3 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 5 6 0 1 0 2 19 01 JAMES, Dominic...... g 5-16 0-3 9-9 0 1 1 4 19 4 1 0 0 36 22 MCNEAL, Jerel....... g 8-16 2-6 2-2 4 3 7 4 20 4 5 1 3 34 23 MATTHEWS, Wesley.... g 2-4 0-0 5-5 1 5 6 3 9 0 0 0 0 26 02 ACKER, Maurice...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 04 HAZEL, Patrick...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 05 FITZGERALD, Dan..... 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 19 10 CUBILLAN, David..... 1-5 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 24 12 BURKE, Dwight....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 33 Mbakwe, Trevor...... 2-3 0-0 1-5 4 3 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 14 TEAM,............... 3 1 4 1 Totals.............. 24-56 4-18 21-26 14 21 35 29 73 12 15 1 9 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd Half: 9-25 36.0% Game: 42.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 22.2% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 17-21 81.0% Game: 80.8% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: St. John's TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 02 MASON JR., Anthony.. f 7-15 1-5 5-6 2 1 3 2 20 1 2 0 1 33 15 COKER, Dele......... f 1-3 0-0 2-4 1 3 4 2 4 0 0 1 1 16 24 BURRELL, Justin..... f 1-3 0-0 4-6 0 2 2 3 6 0 5 1 0 30 04 LAWRENCE, Eugene.... g 3-5 1-2 5-12 1 2 3 4 12 2 3 0 1 24 32 CAVATAIO, Mike...... g 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 12 03 BOOTHE, Malik....... 1-5 0-1 1-1 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 0 2 22 10 KENNEDY, D.J........ 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 18 22 EVANS, Sean......... 1-2 0-0 5-9 3 4 7 3 7 2 1 1 1 22 23 HORNE, Paris........ 4-6 3-4 1-2 1 2 3 2 12 0 2 0 1 21 55 THOMAS, Rob......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 TEAM,............... 3 2 5 Totals.............. 18-43 5-15 23-40 12 21 33 24 64 7 23 3 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-19 36.8% 2nd Half: 11-24 45.8% Game: 41.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 33.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd Half: 15-27 55.6% Game: 57.5% 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Ed Hightower, Pat Driscoll, Bill Laubenstein Technical fouls: Marquette-None. St. John's-None. Attendance: 6413 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marquette..................... 36 37 - 73 St. John's.................... 24 40 - 64 ====== Play by Play ====== 1st Half Summary TIME MARQUETTE SCORE ST. JOHN'S 19:40 0-0 Anthony Mason Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. 19:40 Jerel McNeal Defensive Rebound. 0-0 19:36 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. 2-0 19:08 2-0 Foul on Mike Cavataio 18:44 Lazar Hayward missed Three Point Jumper. 2-0 18:44 2-0 Dele Coker Defensive Rebound. 18:36 2-0 Dele Coker missed Two Point Layup. 18:36 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 2-0 18:30 Wesley Matthews made Two Point Layup. 4-0 18:30 4-0 Foul on Mike Cavataio 18:29 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 5-0 18:12 Foul on Lazar Hayward 5-0 17:57 5-0 Eugene Lawrence missed Three Point Jumper. 17:57 5-0 Eugene Lawrence Offensive Rebound. 17:50 5-2 Justin Burrell made Two Point Layup. 17:39 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 5-2 17:39 Wesley Matthews Offensive Rebound. 5-2 17:19 Dominic James missed Two Point Jumper. 5-2 17:19 5-2 Anthony Mason Jr. Defensive Rebound. 17:11 5-4 Anthony Mason Jr. made Two Point Jumper. 16:55 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 5-4 16:55 5-4 Dele Coker Defensive Rebound. 16:27 Ousmane Barro made Two Point Layup. 7-4 16:08 7-6 Anthony Mason Jr. made Two Point Layup. 15:55 Wesley Matthews made Two Point Jumper. 9-6 15:46 Official TV Timeout. 9-6 15:25 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 9-6 15:25 9-6 St. John's Defensive Rebound. 14:54 9-6 Foul on D.J. Kennedy 14:39 Wesley Matthews missed Two Point Jumper. 9-6 14:39 9-6 D.J. Kennedy Defensive Rebound. 14:19 9-6 Anthony Mason Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. 14:19 9-6 Sean Evans Offensive Rebound. 13:47 9-6 Malik Boothe missed Two Point Layup. 13:47 9-6 Anthony Mason Jr. Offensive Rebound. 13:42 9-6 Anthony Mason Jr. missed Two Point Layup. 13:42 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 9-6 13:36 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Jumper. 11-6 13:12 St. John's Full Timeout. 13:03 11-6 Justin Burrell missed Two Point Jumper. 13:03 Dwight Burke Defensive Rebound. 11-6 12:43 Foul on Jerel McNeal 11-6 12:26 11-6 Foul on Malik Boothe 12:09 David Cubillan missed Three Point Jumper. 11-6 12:09 Jerel McNeal Offensive Rebound. 11-6 12:05 Jerel McNeal missed Two Point Jumper. 11-6 12:05 11-6 Justin Burrell Defensive Rebound. 11:46 Dominic James made Two Point Layup. 13-6 11:31 Foul on Dan Fitzgerald 13-6 11:31 13-6 Official TV Timeout. 11:03 Foul on Dwight Burke 13-6 11:03 13-6 Justin Burrell missed Free Throw. 11:03 13-7 Justin Burrell made Free Throw. 10:28 Foul on Wesley Matthews 13-7 10:28 13-8 Anthony Mason Jr. made Free Throw. 10:28 13-8 Anthony Mason Jr. missed Free Throw. 10:28 13-8 Eugene Lawrence Offensive Rebound. 10:25 13-8 D.J. Kennedy missed Three Point Jumper. 10:25 13-8 St. John's Offensive Rebound. 10:21 Foul on Trevor Mbakwe 13-8 10:09 13-8 Malik Boothe missed Three Point Jumper. 10:09 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 13-8 10:07 13-8 Foul on Anthony Mason Jr. 9:41 Dominic James made Two Point Jumper. 15-8 9:41 15-8 Foul on Eugene Lawrence 9:41 Dominic James made Free Throw. 16-8 9:23 Foul on Dominic James 16-8 9:23 16-9 Eugene Lawrence made Free Throw. 9:23 16-9 Eugene Lawrence missed Free Throw. 9:23 Trevor Mbakwe Defensive Rebound. 16-9 9:12 16-9 Foul on Justin Burrell 9:12 Trevor Mbakwe missed Free Throw. 16-9 9:12 16-9 Justin Burrell Defensive Rebound. 8:58 16-11 Eugene Lawrence made Two Point Jumper. 8:29 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. 18-11 8:09 18-11 Justin Burrell missed Two Point Jumper. 8:09 Trevor Mbakwe Defensive Rebound. 18-11 7:33 Lazar Hayward made Two Point Layup. 20-11 7:18 St. John's Full Timeout. 7:06 20-14 Anthony Mason Jr. made Three Point Jumper. 6:32 20-14 Foul on Eugene Lawrence 6:32 Official TV Timeout. 20-14 6:32 Dominic James made Free Throw. 21-14 6:32 Dominic James made Free Throw. 22-14 6:16 Foul on Lazar Hayward 22-14 6:16 22-15 Anthony Mason Jr. made Free Throw. 6:16 22-16 Anthony Mason Jr. made Free Throw. 6:02 Dan Fitzgerald missed Three Point Jumper. 22-16 6:02 Jerel McNeal Offensive Rebound. 22-16 5:53 Dan Fitzgerald made Three Point Jumper. 25-16 5:01 Jerel McNeal made Three Point Jumper. 28-16 4:31 Dominic James made Two Point Dunk Shot. 30-16 4:28 St. John's Full Timeout. 4:15 Foul on Dan Fitzgerald 30-16 4:15 30-17 Anthony Mason Jr. made Free Throw. 4:15 30-18 Anthony Mason Jr. made Free Throw. 4:00 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 30-18 4:00 Marquette Offensive Rebound. 30-18 3:55 Official TV Timeout. 30-18 3:44 Ousmane Barro made Two Point Layup. 32-18 3:26 Foul on Ousmane Barro 32-18 3:26 32-18 Sean Evans missed Free Throw. 3:26 32-18 Sean Evans missed Free Throw. 3:26 Jerel McNeal Defensive Rebound. 32-18 3:04 32-21 Paris Horne made Three Point Jumper. 2:59 Dominic James made Two Point Layup. 34-21 2:37 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Jumper. 36-21 2:15 Dominic James missed Two Point Jumper. 36-21 2:15 36-21 Malik Boothe Defensive Rebound. 2:11 36-21 Anthony Mason Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. 2:11 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 36-21 1:55 David Cubillan missed Three Point Jumper. 36-21 1:55 Jerel McNeal Offensive Rebound. 36-21 1:47 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 36-21 1:47 36-21 Mike Cavataio Defensive Rebound. 1:44 36-23 Malik Boothe made Two Point Jumper. 1:44 Foul on Dominic James 36-23 1:42 36-24 Malik Boothe made Free Throw. 1:33 Marquette Full Timeout. 1:22 36-24 Anthony Mason Jr. missed Two Point Jumper. 1:22 David Cubillan Defensive Rebound. 36-24 0:50 Dominic James missed Two Point Jumper. 36-24 0:50 Dan Fitzgerald Offensive Rebound. 36-24 0:13 Jerel McNeal missed Two Point Jumper. 36-24 0:13 36-24 Paris Horne Defensive Rebound. 0:00 End of the 1st Half. 1 | 2 | All 2nd Half Summary TIME MARQUETTE SCORE ST. JOHN'S 19:34 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Jumper. 38-24 19:17 Foul on Ousmane Barro 38-24 19:03 38-24 Foul on Eugene Lawrence 18:59 Lazar Hayward missed Three Point Jumper. 38-24 18:59 38-24 Justin Burrell Defensive Rebound. 18:42 Foul on Ousmane Barro 38-24 18:42 38-24 Justin Burrell missed Free Throw. 18:42 38-25 Justin Burrell made Free Throw. 18:22 Jerel McNeal missed Two Point Jumper. 38-25 18:22 38-25 Malik Boothe Defensive Rebound. 18:19 Foul on Lazar Hayward 38-25 18:08 38-25 Mike Cavataio missed Three Point Jumper. 18:08 Dominic James Defensive Rebound. 38-25 18:00 Dominic James missed Two Point Layup. 38-25 18:00 38-25 Dele Coker Defensive Rebound. 17:59 Foul on Dwight Burke 38-25 17:34 38-25 Foul on Dele Coker 17:34 Lazar Hayward missed Free Throw. 38-25 17:34 Lazar Hayward made Free Throw. 39-25 17:20 39-25 Anthony Mason Jr. missed Two Point Jumper. 17:20 Wesley Matthews Defensive Rebound. 39-25 17:06 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. 41-25 16:47 41-27 Anthony Mason Jr. made Two Point Jumper. 16:37 41-27 Foul on Dele Coker 16:37 Lazar Hayward made Free Throw. 42-27 16:11 Foul on Dwight Burke 42-27 16:10 42-27 Dele Coker missed Free Throw. 16:10 42-27 Dele Coker missed Free Throw. 16:10 42-27 Malik Boothe Offensive Rebound. 16:05 42-27 Malik Boothe missed Two Point Jumper. 16:05 Wesley Matthews Defensive Rebound. 42-27 16:01 Jerel McNeal made Three Point Jumper. 45-27 15:41 45-27 Anthony Mason Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. 15:41 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 45-27 15:33 Official TV Timeout. 45-27 15:08 45-27 Paris Horne missed Two Point Layup. 15:08 45-27 Anthony Mason Jr. Offensive Rebound. 15:04 45-29 Anthony Mason Jr. made Two Point Layup. 14:58 45-29 Foul on Justin Burrell 14:58 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 46-29 14:58 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 47-29 14:44 47-29 Rob Thomas missed Two Point Jumper. 14:44 Wesley Matthews Defensive Rebound. 47-29 14:19 Lazar Hayward made Two Point Jumper. 49-29 13:55 Foul on Jerel McNeal 49-29 13:53 49-31 Anthony Mason Jr. made Two Point Jumper. 13:28 Trevor Mbakwe made Two Point Layup. 51-31 13:28 51-31 Foul on Rob Thomas 13:28 Trevor Mbakwe missed Free Throw. 51-31 13:28 51-31 Mike Cavataio Defensive Rebound. 13:17 51-31 Foul on Anthony Mason Jr. 13:09 Dominic James missed Two Point Layup. 51-31 13:09 51-31 St. John's Defensive Rebound. 12:48 51-31 Foul on Justin Burrell 12:27 David Cubillan missed Three Point Jumper. 51-31 12:27 Trevor Mbakwe Offensive Rebound. 51-31 12:22 Trevor Mbakwe made Two Point Layup. 53-31 12:14 St. John's Full Timeout. 11:49 53-31 Malik Boothe missed Two Point Jumper. 11:49 Trevor Mbakwe Defensive Rebound. 53-31 11:40 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 53-31 11:40 Trevor Mbakwe Offensive Rebound. 53-31 11:36 53-31 Foul on Malik Boothe 11:36 Official TV Timeout. 53-31 11:36 Trevor Mbakwe missed Free Throw. 53-31 11:36 Trevor Mbakwe made Free Throw. 54-31 11:18 54-34 Paris Horne made Three Point Jumper. 10:53 David Cubillan made Three Point Jumper. 57-34 10:28 57-36 Paris Horne made Two Point Jumper. 10:08 Dan Fitzgerald made Two Point Jumper. 59-36 9:49 59-38 Sean Evans made Two Point Jumper. 9:49 Foul on Dan Fitzgerald 59-38 9:49 59-38 Sean Evans missed Free Throw. 9:49 59-38 Dele Coker Offensive Rebound. 9:45 59-38 Dele Coker missed Two Point Layup. 9:45 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 59-38 9:25 59-40 Dele Coker made Two Point Layup. 9:08 Ousmane Barro missed Two Point Jumper. 59-40 9:08 59-40 Sean Evans Defensive Rebound. 9:01 59-40 D.J. Kennedy missed Three Point Jumper. 9:01 59-40 Sean Evans Offensive Rebound. 8:58 Foul on Ousmane Barro 59-40 8:58 59-41 Sean Evans made Free Throw. 8:58 59-42 Sean Evans made Free Throw. 8:38 Foul on Jerel McNeal 59-42 8:38 59-43 Dele Coker made Free Throw. 8:38 59-44 Dele Coker made Free Throw. 8:24 Lazar Hayward missed Three Point Jumper. 59-44 8:24 Trevor Mbakwe Offensive Rebound. 59-44 8:20 59-44 Foul on D.J. Kennedy 8:20 Trevor Mbakwe missed Free Throw. 59-44 8:20 Marquette Offensive Rebound. 59-44 8:05 Lazar Hayward missed Two Point Jumper. 59-44 8:05 59-44 Sean Evans Defensive Rebound. 7:54 Foul on Lazar Hayward 59-44 7:54 59-44 Official TV Timeout. 7:54 59-45 Sean Evans made Free Throw. 7:54 59-46 Sean Evans made Free Throw. 7:40 59-46 Foul on Eugene Lawrence 7:40 Dominic James made Free Throw. 60-46 7:40 Dominic James made Free Throw. 61-46 7:34 61-49 Paris Horne made Three Point Jumper. 6:31 Foul on Dominic James 61-49 6:31 61-49 Eugene Lawrence missed Free Throw. 6:31 61-50 Eugene Lawrence made Free Throw. 6:15 Lazar Hayward missed Three Point Jumper. 61-50 6:15 Wesley Matthews Offensive Rebound. 61-50 6:04 61-50 Paris Horne missed Three Point Jumper. 6:04 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 61-50 5:52 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 61-50 5:52 61-50 Paris Horne Defensive Rebound. 5:25 61-50 Foul on Sean Evans 5:01 Dominic James made Two Point Layup. 63-50 4:35 Foul on Dominic James 63-50 4:35 63-50 Eugene Lawrence missed Free Throw. 4:35 63-50 Eugene Lawrence missed Free Throw. 4:35 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 63-50 4:04 63-50 Foul on Sean Evans 4:04 Ousmane Barro made Free Throw. 64-50 4:04 Ousmane Barro made Free Throw. 65-50 3:38 Foul on Ousmane Barro 65-50 3:38 65-50 Official TV Timeout. 3:38 65-50 Eugene Lawrence missed Free Throw. 3:38 65-51 Eugene Lawrence made Free Throw. 3:04 Dominic James missed Two Point Jumper. 65-51 3:04 Lazar Hayward Offensive Rebound. 65-51 2:58 Lazar Hayward missed Two Point Jumper. 65-51 2:58 65-51 Eugene Lawrence Defensive Rebound. 2:55 65-53 Anthony Mason Jr. made Two Point Jumper. 2:18 Dominic James missed Two Point Jumper. 65-53 2:18 65-53 Sean Evans Defensive Rebound. 2:09 65-53 Eugene Lawrence missed Two Point Jumper. 2:09 65-53 Sean Evans Offensive Rebound. 1:53 Foul on Wesley Matthews 65-53 1:53 65-53 Eugene Lawrence missed Free Throw. 1:53 65-54 Eugene Lawrence made Free Throw. 1:41 65-54 Sean Evans missed Two Point Layup. 1:41 65-54 Paris Horne Offensive Rebound. 1:40 Foul on Lazar Hayward 65-54 1:40 65-54 Paris Horne missed Free Throw. 1:40 65-55 Paris Horne made Free Throw. 1:24 65-55 Foul on Paris Horne 1:24 Dominic James made Free Throw. 66-55 1:24 Dominic James made Free Throw. 67-55 1:20 67-55 Anthony Mason Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. 1:20 Wesley Matthews Defensive Rebound. 67-55 1:11 67-55 Foul on Anthony Mason Jr. 1:11 Jerel McNeal made Free Throw. 68-55 1:11 Jerel McNeal made Free Throw. 69-55 1:04 Foul on Jerel McNeal 69-55 1:04 69-56 Eugene Lawrence made Free Throw. 1:04 69-56 Eugene Lawrence missed Free Throw. 1:04 69-56 St. John's Offensive Rebound. 1:04 Foul on Dan Fitzgerald 69-56 1:04 69-57 Justin Burrell made Free Throw. 1:04 69-58 Justin Burrell made Free Throw. 0:30 David Cubillan missed Three Point Jumper. 69-58 0:30 69-58 Sean Evans Defensive Rebound. 0:21 69-61 Eugene Lawrence made Three Point Jumper. 0:20 St. John's Full Timeout. 0:17 69-61 Foul on Sean Evans 0:17 Dominic James made Free Throw. 70-61 0:17 Dominic James made Free Throw. 71-61 0:08 Foul on Wesley Matthews 71-61 0:08 71-61 Sean Evans missed Free Throw. 0:08 71-62 Sean Evans made Free Throw. 0:07 71-62 Foul on Paris Horne 0:06 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 72-62 0:06 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 73-62 0:04 73-64 Eugene Lawrence made Two Point Layup. 0:00 End Game