====== James, McNeal help Marquette keep up strong play in Big East ====== {{men_s_basketball:tpa10601282144.jpg }}TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Jerel McNeal had a hunch Marquette was going to be fine. "Everybody just had a look in their eyes like: 'Hey, we're going to pull it out. We're not going to lose this game," the sophomore guard said Sunday after stealing a pass and driving nearly the length of the floor to make a layup at the buzzer to give the Golden Eagles (No. 20 ESPN/USA Today; No. 15 AP) a 70-68 victory over South Florida. "It was an unbelievable feeling. ... It's just the character of this team," McNeal added. "It's not about me. It's not about one player. It's just about the team." Dominic James scored 16 points and McNeal finished with 13 as Marquette (19-4, 6-2) won its sixth straight -- all in Big East play -- after losing its first two league games to Providence and Syracuse. James made a difficult layup in heavy traffic to tie the score with 15 seconds remaining, then McNeal provided his heroics after South Florida called a timeout to set up a potential game-winning play with 9 seconds left. "I just read it, just trusted my instincts, and I was able to come up with the ball and make a big play at the end," McNeal said. McHugh Mattis inbounded to Chris Howard, who was trying to get the ball to Melvin Buckley when McNeal made the steal and dribbled upcourt. Howard hustled back to get defensive position under the basket, but was unable to stop McNeal from scoring. "I told the team that as disappointing as it is, those are some of the lessons that sports and athletics teach us," South Florida coach Robert McCullum said. "You can play well, you can do what's expected of you and unfortunately still come up short." Wesley Matthews had 12 points and Ousmane Barro 11 for Marquette, which had four players score in double figures for the fifth striaght time during a winning streak that also includes road victories over Connecticut, Louisville and Pittsburgh. "I think when you go on the road in this league and you have success, it build a resiliency and it builds a confidence that really nobody can teach," Marquette coach Tom Crean said. "It's not like we can practice it. It's not like we can show it on film. ... Our guys really are resilient. They do not hang their heads when things aren't going right." Mattis led South Florida (11-11, 2-6) with 20 points and nine rebounds. Buckley had 16 points and Kentrell Gransbury added 11 before fouling out. The Bulls have lost 21 of 24 conference games since entering the Big East last season, but entered Sunday with some confidence after winning their previous two league home games against Cincinnati and Rutgers. "It's real frustrating, but the mind-set in the locker room was kind of positive," Howard said. "Guys were picking each other up. It tells us we can play with anybody. ... I think it opens a lot of eyes in the Big East." Marquette's six-game conference winning streak is the longest in the league this season. The Golden Eagles couldn't have shot much worse early -- missing 13 of their first 15 shots -- but USF was unable to take control of the game during the dry spell. Matthews hit four free throws and Dan Fitzgerald and David Cubillan made 3-pointers before James finished a 12-4 spurt with a steal and reverse dunk that put Marquette up 27-21. USF closed to 29-27 before Cubillan made two more long 3-pointers to help Marquette take a 35-29 halftime lead. There were 10 lead changes in the second half before McNeal delivered his game-winning basket. Buckley's jumper put South Florida ahead 62-60, and the Bulls looked like they might be able to pull off the upset when Mattis scored off a lob pass from Howard for a 68-65 lead. McNeal countered with a free throw with 1 minute remaining, then Marquette tied it when James drove the right side of the lane and set the stage for the exciting finish. "That was truly like a 15-round fight," Crean said. "They just kept coming, and fortunately we did, too." ===== Box Score ===== {{men_s_basketball:capturedata1315377.png}} Official Basketball Box Score Official Basketball Box Score 15/20 Marquette vs USF 01/28/07 2 p.m. at Sun Dome - Tampa, FL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: 15/20 Marquette 19-4, 6-2 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 Lazar Hayward....... f 0-3 0-1 1-2 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 13 41 Ousmane Barro....... f 5-9 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 3 11 0 3 0 2 34 01 Dominic James....... g 5-11 2-6 4-7 0 3 3 2 16 6 3 0 4 33 22 Jerel McNeal........ g 5-13 1-3 2-5 4 1 5 4 13 1 4 1 2 28 23 Wesley Matthews..... g 2-11 0-1 8-8 2 4 6 0 12 2 0 0 1 35 05 Dan Fitzgerald...... 3-3 2-2 0-0 1 1 2 4 8 1 0 0 0 14 10 David Cubillan...... 3-7 3-6 0-0 0 3 3 1 9 2 3 0 1 24 12 Dwight Burke........ 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 11 51 Jamil Lott.......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 TEAM................ 3 1 4 Totals.............. 23-60 8-19 16-24 18 19 37 18 70 14 16 2 11 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-31 32.3% 2nd Half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 38.3% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 42.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 66.7% 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: USF 11-11, 2-6 BE TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 03 BUCKLEY, Melvin..... f 7-15 2-7 0-0 1 8 9 0 16 0 1 2 0 40 15 MATTIS, McHugh...... f 9-12 0-0 2-6 4 5 9 2 20 4 5 6 1 31 01 GRANSBERRY, Kentrell c 5-8 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 5 11 1 3 1 0 24 23 VERDEJO, Jesus...... g 3-3 1-1 2-2 0 3 3 2 9 2 2 0 1 25 24 HOWARD, Chris....... g 2-2 0-0 3-5 0 3 3 3 7 9 5 0 0 31 02 RICHARDSON, Melvyn.. 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 20 LOVETT, Eddie....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 SAAKA, Adamu........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 9 22 BOZEMAN, Solomon.... 1-7 0-3 3-3 1 0 1 2 5 3 2 0 5 25 TEAM................ 3 3 Totals.............. 27-51 3-11 11-18 10 26 36 16 68 20 19 10 8 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0% 2nd Half: 15-26 57.7% Game: 52.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 27.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 61.1% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Tony Greene, Joe Lindsay, Tim Clougherty Technical fouls: 15/20 Marquette-None. USF-TEAM. Attendance: 4313 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total 15/20 Marquette............... 35 35 - 70 USF........................... 29 39 - 68 Points in the paint-MARQ 26,USF 38. Points off turnovers-MARQ 15,USF 19. 2nd chance points-MARQ 11,USF 9. Fast break points-MARQ 4,USF 6. Bench points-MARQ 17,USF 5. Score tied-9 times. Lead changed-15 times. Last FG-MARQ 2nd-00:00, USF 2nd-01:16. Largest lead-MARQ by 8 1st-01:11, USF by 4 2nd-10:20. Play-by-Play Play-by-Play 15/20 Marquette vs USF 01/28/07 2 p.m. at Sun Dome - Tampa, FL 1st PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: USF TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: 15/20 Marquette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19:25 MISSED 3 PTR by Jerel McNeal 19:25 REBOUND (OFF) by Lazar Hayward BLOCK by MATTIS, McHugh 19:19 MISSED LAYUP by Lazar Hayward REBOUND (DEF) by BUCKLEY, Melvin 19:17 GOOD! LAYUP by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell [PNT] 19:11 2-0 H 2 ASSIST by MATTIS, McHugh 19:11 18:58 MISSED JUMPER by Dominic James 18:58 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 18:45 2-3 V 1 GOOD! 3 PTR by Dominic James FOUL by HOWARD, Chris 18:32 TURNOVR by HOWARD, Chris 18:32 REBOUND (DEF) by MATTIS, McHugh 18:17 MISSED LAYUP by Ousmane Barro TURNOVR by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 18:07 17:50 MISSED JUMPER by Jerel McNeal 17:50 REBOUND (OFF) by Lazar Hayward BLOCK by BUCKLEY, Melvin 17:47 MISSED LAYUP by Lazar Hayward REBOUND (DEF) by VERDEJO, Jesus 17:45 TURNOVR by VERDEJO, Jesus 17:40 REBOUND (DEF) by HOWARD, Chris 17:28 MISSED LAYUP by Jerel McNeal MISSED LAYUP by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 17:21 REBOUND (DEF) by Wesley Matthews BLOCK by BUCKLEY, Melvin 17:14 MISSED LAYUP by Wesley Matthews 17:12 REBOUND (OFF) by Wesley Matthews REBOUND (DEF) by BUCKLEY, Melvin 17:10 MISSED LAYUP by Wesley Matthews 17:06 FOUL by Lazar Hayward GOOD! LAYUP by MATTIS, McHugh [PNT] 16:38 4-3 H 1 ASSIST by HOWARD, Chris 16:38 16:16 FOUL by Ousmane Barro 16:16 TURNOVR by Ousmane Barro MISSED LAYUP by BUCKLEY, Melvin 15:58 REBOUND (DEF) by Wesley Matthews SUB IN : BOZEMAN, Solomon 15:55 SUB OUT: VERDEJO, Jesus 15:55 15:53 FOUL by Jerel McNeal 15:53 TURNOVR by Jerel McNeal TIMEOUT media 15:53 GOOD! LAYUP by MATTIS, McHugh [PNT] 15:38 6-3 H 3 ASSIST by HOWARD, Chris 15:38 REBOUND (DEF) by BUCKLEY, Melvin 15:29 MISSED LAYUP by Wesley Matthews MISSED 3 PTR by BOZEMAN, Solomon 15:24 REBOUND (OFF) by MATTIS, McHugh 15:24 TURNOVR by MATTIS, McHugh 14:53 14:52 STEAL by Dominic James 14:47 MISSED LAYUP by Jerel McNeal 14:47 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 14:44 SUB IN : Dan Fitzgerald 14:44 SUB OUT: Lazar Hayward FOUL by BOZEMAN, Solomon 14:28 6-4 H 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by Dominic James 14:28 6-5 H 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by Dominic James REBOUND (DEF) by MATTIS, McHugh 14:28 MISSED FT SHOT by Dominic James 14:13 FOUL by Dan Fitzgerald TURNOVR by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 14:04 SUB IN : RICHARDSON, Melvyn 14:04 SUB OUT: GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 14:04 BLOCK by MATTIS, McHugh 13:55 MISSED LAYUP by Dominic James REBOUND (DEF) by RICHARDSON, Melvyn 13:54 MISSED LAYUP by RICHARDSON, Melvyn 13:42 REBOUND (OFF) by MATTIS, McHugh 13:42 GOOD! DUNK by MATTIS, McHugh [PNT] 13:40 8-5 H 3 REBOUND (DEF) by BUCKLEY, Melvin 13:21 MISSED LAYUP by Jerel McNeal MISSED LAYUP by MATTIS, McHugh 13:11 REBOUND (DEF) by Ousmane Barro 13:03 8-7 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by Wesley Matthews [PNT] 13:03 ASSIST by Dominic James TURNOVR by MATTIS, McHugh 12:32 12:31 STEAL by Wesley Matthews FOUL by BOZEMAN, Solomon 12:28 8-8 T 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by Dominic James REBOUND (DEF) by BUCKLEY, Melvin 12:28 MISSED FT SHOT by Dominic James SUB IN : SAAKA, Adamu 12:28 SUB IN : Dwight Burke SUB IN : VERDEJO, Jesus 12:28 SUB IN : David Cubillan SUB OUT: HOWARD, Chris 12:28 SUB OUT: Jerel McNeal SUB OUT: BOZEMAN, Solomon 12:28 SUB OUT: Ousmane Barro MISSED 3 PTR by BOZEMAN, Solomon 12:05 REBOUND (OFF) by BUCKLEY, Melvin 12:05 MISSED LAYUP by RICHARDSON, Melvyn 11:38 REBOUND (DEF) by Dominic James 11:30 8-9 V 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by Wesley Matthews 11:30 8-10 V 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by Wesley Matthews SUB IN : HOWARD, Chris 11:30 SUB IN : GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 11:30 SUB OUT: MATTIS, McHugh 11:30 SUB OUT: RICHARDSON, Melvyn 11:30 FOUL by VERDEJO, Jesus 11:28 11:28 TIMEOUT MEDIA MISSED 3 PTR by BUCKLEY, Melvin 11:13 REBOUND (DEF) by David Cubillan REBOUND (DEF) by HOWARD, Chris 11:05 MISSED LAYUP by Wesley Matthews TURNOVR by HOWARD, Chris 10:47 STEAL by Dominic James SUB IN : BOZEMAN, Solomon 10:47 SUB IN : Jerel McNeal SUB OUT: VERDEJO, Jesus 10:47 SUB OUT: Wesley Matthews 10:34 MISSED 3 PTR by Dominic James 10:34 REBOUND (OFF) by Jerel McNeal FOUL by SAAKA, Adamu 10:31 BLOCK by SAAKA, Adamu 10:24 MISSED LAYUP by David Cubillan 10:22 REBOUND (OFF) by Dwight Burke 10:19 TURNOVR by Dwight Burke MISSED LAYUP by BUCKLEY, Melvin 09:57 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 09:36 TURNOVR by Jerel McNeal STEAL by BOZEMAN, Solomon 09:34 GOOD! LAYUP by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell [PNT] 09:28 10-10 T 2 ASSIST by BOZEMAN, Solomon 09:28 REBOUND (DEF) by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 09:15 MISSED LAYUP by Dwight Burke 08:52 FOUL by Dwight Burke 08:52 SUB IN : Lazar Hayward 08:52 SUB IN : Ousmane Barro 08:52 SUB IN : Wesley Matthews 08:52 SUB OUT: Dwight Burke 08:52 SUB OUT: Dominic James 08:52 SUB OUT: Dan Fitzgerald FOUL by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 08:44 TURNOVR by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 08:44 REBOUND (DEF) by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 08:27 MISSED LAYUP by Ousmane Barro MISSED JUMPER by BOZEMAN, Solomon 08:16 REBOUND (OFF) by SAAKA, Adamu 08:16 SUB IN : MATTIS, McHugh 08:12 SUB OUT: SAAKA, Adamu 08:12 TURNOVR by HOWARD, Chris 07:53 07:52 STEAL by Jerel McNeal FOUL by HOWARD, Chris 07:48 07:48 10-12 V 2 GOOD! LAYUP by Jerel McNeal [FB/PNT] 07:48 TIMEOUT media 07:48 10-13 V 3 GOOD! FT SHOT by Jerel McNeal MISSED LAYUP by MATTIS, McHugh 07:35 REBOUND (OFF) by BOZEMAN, Solomon 07:35 GOOD! JUMPER by BUCKLEY, Melvin 07:03 12-13 V 1 ASSIST by HOWARD, Chris 07:03 REBOUND (DEF) by MATTIS, McHugh 06:48 MISSED 3 PTR by Lazar Hayward GOOD! LAYUP by BOZEMAN, Solomon [FB/PNT] 06:42 14-13 H 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by BOZEMAN, Solomon 06:42 15-13 H 2 FOUL by Jerel McNeal 06:28 15-15 T 3 GOOD! JUMPER by Jerel McNeal 06:28 ASSIST by David Cubillan GOOD! LAYUP by MATTIS, McHugh [PNT] 06:02 17-15 H 2 ASSIST by HOWARD, Chris 06:02 FOUL TECHNCL by the bench 05:40 FOUL by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 05:40 17-16 H 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by Wesley Matthews 05:40 17-17 T 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by Wesley Matthews 05:40 17-18 V 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by Wesley Matthews 05:40 17-19 V 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by Wesley Matthews SUB IN : RICHARDSON, Melvyn 05:40 SUB IN : Dominic James SUB OUT: GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 05:40 SUB IN : Dan Fitzgerald 05:40 SUB OUT: Lazar Hayward 05:40 SUB OUT: Jerel McNeal MISSED 3 PTR by BUCKLEY, Melvin 05:25 REBOUND (DEF) by Dominic James 05:17 FOUL by Dominic James 05:17 TURNOVR by Dominic James GOOD! LAYUP by BUCKLEY, Melvin [PNT] 04:44 19-19 T 5 04:22 19-22 V 3 GOOD! 3 PTR by Dan Fitzgerald 04:22 ASSIST by Dominic James TURNOVR by HOWARD, Chris 04:09 04:08 STEAL by Ousmane Barro 04:05 TURNOVR by David Cubillan STEAL by BOZEMAN, Solomon 04:04 GOOD! DUNK by MATTIS, McHugh [FB/PNT] 04:02 21-22 V 1 ASSIST by BOZEMAN, Solomon 04:02 03:51 21-25 V 4 GOOD! 3 PTR by David Cubillan 03:51 ASSIST by Dan Fitzgerald TURNOVR by BOZEMAN, Solomon 03:26 03:25 STEAL by Dominic James 03:23 21-27 V 6 GOOD! DUNK by Dominic James [FB/PNT] TIMEOUT 30sec 03:21 SUB IN : VERDEJO, Jesus 03:21 SUB OUT: HOWARD, Chris 03:21 03:02 FOUL by Dan Fitzgerald TIMEOUT media 03:02 GOOD! FT SHOT by MATTIS, McHugh 03:02 22-27 V 5 MISSED FT SHOT by MATTIS, McHugh 03:02 REBOUND (DEF) by David Cubillan 03:02 SUB IN : Jamil Lott 03:02 SUB OUT: Ousmane Barro BLOCK by MATTIS, McHugh 02:49 MISSED LAYUP by Wesley Matthews 02:47 REBOUND (OFF) by Dan Fitzgerald 02:45 22-29 V 7 GOOD! LAYUP by Dan Fitzgerald [PNT] GOOD! FT SHOT by BOZEMAN, Solomon 02:19 23-29 V 6 FOUL by Dan Fitzgerald GOOD! FT SHOT by BOZEMAN, Solomon 02:19 24-29 V 5 02:19 SUB IN : Dwight Burke 02:19 SUB OUT: Dan Fitzgerald 02:13 TURNOVR by Dominic James STEAL by BOZEMAN, Solomon 02:12 GOOD! 3 PTR by BUCKLEY, Melvin 02:09 27-29 V 2 ASSIST by BOZEMAN, Solomon 02:09 01:42 27-32 V 5 GOOD! 3 PTR by David Cubillan 01:42 ASSIST by Wesley Matthews MISSED 3 PTR by BUCKLEY, Melvin 01:18 REBOUND (DEF) by Jamil Lott 01:11 27-35 V 8 GOOD! 3 PTR by David Cubillan 01:11 ASSIST by Jamil Lott GOOD! LAYUP by VERDEJO, Jesus [PNT] 00:56 29-35 V 6 00:26 MISSED 3 PTR by David Cubillan 00:26 REBOUND (OFF) by Dwight Burke 00:22 TURNOVR by Dwight Burke SUB IN : HOWARD, Chris 00:22 SUB IN : Ousmane Barro SUB OUT: RICHARDSON, Melvyn 00:22 SUB OUT: Jamil Lott TURNOVR by BOZEMAN, Solomon 00:03 00:02 STEAL by Dominic James 15/20 Marquette 35, USF 29 1st period-only InPaint Pts-T/O 2nd-Chc FastBrk BnchPts Ties Leads 15/20 Marquette 8 8 7 4 14 3 3 USF 20 11 4 4 5 2 2 2nd PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: USF TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: 15/20 Marquette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GOOD! LAYUP by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell [PNT] 19:51 31-35 V 4 ASSIST by VERDEJO, Jesus 19:51 19:31 31-37 V 6 GOOD! LAYUP by Ousmane Barro [PNT] 19:31 ASSIST by Dominic James GOOD! JUMPER by HOWARD, Chris 19:07 33-37 V 4 ASSIST by MATTIS, McHugh 19:07 18:52 MISSED LAYUP by Wesley Matthews 18:52 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) SUB IN : SAAKA, Adamu 18:51 SUB IN : LOVETT, Eddie 18:51 SUB OUT: VERDEJO, Jesus 18:51 SUB OUT: MATTIS, McHugh 18:51 FOUL by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 18:40 33-38 V 5 GOOD! FT SHOT by Lazar Hayward REBOUND (DEF) by BUCKLEY, Melvin 18:40 MISSED FT SHOT by Lazar Hayward MISSED JUMPER by SAAKA, Adamu 18:27 REBOUND (DEF) by Wesley Matthews 18:20 FOUL by Lazar Hayward 18:20 TURNOVR by Lazar Hayward SUB IN : MATTIS, McHugh 18:20 SUB OUT: LOVETT, Eddie 18:20 FOUL by MATTIS, McHugh 18:03 TURNOVR by MATTIS, McHugh 18:03 17:50 TURNOVR by Ousmane Barro TURNOVR by MATTIS, McHugh 17:42 STEAL by Lazar Hayward FOUL by HOWARD, Chris 17:36 MISSED FT SHOT by Jerel McNeal 17:36 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 17:36 MISSED FT SHOT by Jerel McNeal 17:36 REBOUND (OFF) by Ousmane Barro SUB IN : BOZEMAN, Solomon 17:36 SUB OUT: HOWARD, Chris 17:36 17:35 TURNOVR by Ousmane Barro STEAL by SAAKA, Adamu 17:34 GOOD! LAYUP by MATTIS, McHugh [PNT] 17:24 35-38 V 3 ASSIST by SAAKA, Adamu 17:24 17:06 35-41 V 6 GOOD! 3 PTR by Jerel McNeal 17:06 ASSIST by Dominic James GOOD! JUMPER by BUCKLEY, Melvin 16:39 37-41 V 4 ASSIST by MATTIS, McHugh 16:39 16:19 37-43 V 6 GOOD! LAYUP by Jerel McNeal [PNT] TIMEOUT MEDIA 15:59 SUB IN : HOWARD, Chris 15:59 SUB OUT: SAAKA, Adamu 15:59 MISSED FT SHOT by MATTIS, McHugh 15:52 FOUL by Ousmane Barro REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 15:52 MISSED FT SHOT by MATTIS, McHugh 15:52 REBOUND (OFF) by MATTIS, McHugh 15:52 SUB IN : VERDEJO, Jesus 15:52 SUB OUT: BOZEMAN, Solomon 15:52 GOOD! LAYUP by MATTIS, McHugh [PNT] 15:50 39-43 V 4 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 15:29 MISSED 3 PTR by Dominic James 15:26 SUB IN : David Cubillan 15:26 SUB IN : Dan Fitzgerald 15:26 SUB OUT: Dominic James 15:26 SUB OUT: Lazar Hayward TURNOVR by VERDEJO, Jesus 15:05 15:04 STEAL by David Cubillan 15:03 TURNOVR by David Cubillan STEAL by VERDEJO, Jesus 15:02 TURNOVR by MATTIS, McHugh 14:59 14:54 39-45 V 6 GOOD! LAYUP by Ousmane Barro [PNT] 14:54 ASSIST by Jerel McNeal GOOD! LAYUP by HOWARD, Chris [PNT] 14:34 41-45 V 4 ASSIST by VERDEJO, Jesus 14:34 MISSED FT SHOT by HOWARD, Chris 14:34 FOUL by David Cubillan REBOUND (OFF) by MATTIS, McHugh 14:34 14:34 FOUL by Ousmane Barro 14:34 SUB IN : Dwight Burke 14:34 SUB OUT: Ousmane Barro MISSED LAYUP by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 14:26 REBOUND (OFF) by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 14:26 GOOD! FT SHOT by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 14:24 42-45 V 3 FOUL by Dan Fitzgerald MISSED FT SHOT by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 14:24 REBOUND (DEF) by Dwight Burke 14:24 SUB IN : Ousmane Barro 14:24 SUB OUT: Dan Fitzgerald 14:00 MISSED 3 PTR by David Cubillan 14:00 REBOUND (OFF) by Wesley Matthews BLOCK by MATTIS, McHugh 13:54 MISSED LAYUP by Wesley Matthews REBOUND (DEF) by HOWARD, Chris 13:51 GOOD! FT SHOT by VERDEJO, Jesus 13:43 43-45 V 2 FOUL by Jerel McNeal GOOD! FT SHOT by VERDEJO, Jesus 13:43 44-45 V 1 FOUL by MATTIS, McHugh 13:26 44-46 V 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by Ousmane Barro REBOUND (DEF) by MATTIS, McHugh 13:26 MISSED FT SHOT by Ousmane Barro GOOD! 3 PTR by VERDEJO, Jesus 13:14 47-46 H 1 ASSIST by HOWARD, Chris 13:14 BLOCK by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 12:48 MISSED LAYUP by Dwight Burke 12:48 REBOUND (OFF) by Dwight Burke SUB IN : RICHARDSON, Melvyn 12:48 SUB IN : Dominic James SUB OUT: GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 12:48 SUB OUT: Wesley Matthews BLOCK by MATTIS, McHugh 12:43 MISSED LAYUP by Ousmane Barro 12:41 REBOUND (OFF) by Ousmane Barro 12:38 47-48 V 1 GOOD! LAYUP by Ousmane Barro [PNT] 12:38 ASSIST by Dwight Burke GOOD! FT SHOT by HOWARD, Chris 12:19 48-48 T 6 FOUL by Dwight Burke GOOD! FT SHOT by HOWARD, Chris 12:19 49-48 H 1 SUB IN : BOZEMAN, Solomon 12:19 SUB OUT: HOWARD, Chris 12:19 12:02 49-50 V 1 GOOD! LAYUP by Dominic James [PNT] GOOD! JUMPER by BUCKLEY, Melvin 11:27 51-50 H 1 11:15 TURNOVR by Dominic James STEAL by BOZEMAN, Solomon 11:13 MISSED 3 PTR by BUCKLEY, Melvin 11:05 REBOUND (DEF) by Jerel McNeal 10:56 TURNOVR by Jerel McNeal STEAL by MATTIS, McHugh 10:55 10:52 FOUL by Dominic James TIMEOUT MEDIA 10:52 MISSED FT SHOT by MATTIS, McHugh 10:52 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 10:52 GOOD! FT SHOT by MATTIS, McHugh 10:52 52-50 H 2 SUB IN : GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 10:52 SUB IN : Wesley Matthews SUB OUT: RICHARDSON, Melvyn 10:52 SUB OUT: Jerel McNeal BLOCK by MATTIS, McHugh 10:33 MISSED LAYUP by Ousmane Barro REBOUND (DEF) by BUCKLEY, Melvin 10:32 GOOD! DUNK by MATTIS, McHugh [PNT] 10:20 54-50 H 4 ASSIST by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 10:20 09:54 54-52 H 2 GOOD! JUMPER by Wesley Matthews TURNOVR by BUCKLEY, Melvin 09:32 SUB IN : HOWARD, Chris 09:32 SUB IN : Jamil Lott SUB OUT: MATTIS, McHugh 09:32 SUB OUT: Dwight Burke REBOUND (DEF) by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 09:17 MISSED JUMPER by Wesley Matthews MISSED LAYUP by BOZEMAN, Solomon 09:07 REBOUND (DEF) by Dominic James 08:54 54-54 T 7 GOOD! LAYUP by Ousmane Barro [PNT] 08:54 ASSIST by Dominic James MISSED 3 PTR by BOZEMAN, Solomon 08:43 REBOUND (DEF) by David Cubillan FOUL by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 08:31 54-55 V 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by Wesley Matthews 08:31 54-56 V 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by Wesley Matthews SUB IN : RICHARDSON, Melvyn 08:31 SUB IN : Jerel McNeal SUB OUT: GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 08:31 SUB OUT: Dominic James TIMEOUT 30sec 08:25 MISSED JUMPER by BUCKLEY, Melvin 08:03 BLOCK by Jerel McNeal 08:01 REBOUND (DEF) by Ousmane Barro REBOUND (DEF) by VERDEJO, Jesus 07:48 MISSED 3 PTR by Jerel McNeal MISSED LAYUP by RICHARDSON, Melvyn 07:35 BLOCK by Jamil Lott 07:33 REBOUND (DEF) by Jamil Lott REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 07:16 MISSED JUMPER by Jerel McNeal TIMEOUT MEDIA 07:15 GOOD! FT SHOT by HOWARD, Chris 07:01 55-56 V 1 FOUL by Jerel McNeal MISSED FT SHOT by HOWARD, Chris 07:01 REBOUND (DEF) by Wesley Matthews 07:01 SUB IN : Dominic James 07:01 SUB OUT: Jerel McNeal FOUL by VERDEJO, Jesus 06:48 06:41 TURNOVR by David Cubillan STEAL by BOZEMAN, Solomon 06:40 GOOD! 3 PTR by BUCKLEY, Melvin 06:36 58-56 H 2 ASSIST by HOWARD, Chris 06:36 06:25 TIMEOUT 30sec REBOUND (DEF) by VERDEJO, Jesus 06:18 MISSED 3 PTR by Dominic James MISSED 3 PTR by BUCKLEY, Melvin 05:57 REBOUND (DEF) by Ousmane Barro 05:41 MISSED JUMPER by Jamil Lott 05:41 REBOUND (OFF) by Jamil Lott REBOUND (DEF) by BUCKLEY, Melvin 05:36 MISSED 3 PTR by David Cubillan MISSED LAYUP by BOZEMAN, Solomon 05:03 REBOUND (OFF) by RICHARDSON, Melvyn 05:03 TURNOVR by RICHARDSON, Melvyn 04:59 04:57 STEAL by Ousmane Barro 04:40 58-59 V 1 GOOD! 3 PTR by Dominic James 04:40 ASSIST by David Cubillan GOOD! LAYUP by VERDEJO, Jesus [FB/PNT] 04:31 60-59 H 1 ASSIST by HOWARD, Chris 04:31 FOUL by RICHARDSON, Melvyn 04:03 60-60 T 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by Dominic James REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 04:03 MISSED FT SHOT by Dominic James SUB IN : GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 04:03 SUB IN : Dan Fitzgerald SUB IN : MATTIS, McHugh 04:03 SUB IN : Jerel McNeal SUB OUT: HOWARD, Chris 04:03 SUB OUT: Wesley Matthews SUB OUT: RICHARDSON, Melvyn 04:03 SUB OUT: Jamil Lott GOOD! JUMPER by BUCKLEY, Melvin 03:45 62-60 H 2 ASSIST by MATTIS, McHugh 03:45 03:28 MISSED 3 PTR by Dominic James 03:28 REBOUND (OFF) by Jerel McNeal 03:24 MISSED LAYUP by Jerel McNeal 03:24 REBOUND (OFF) by Jerel McNeal 03:20 TURNOVR by Jerel McNeal TIMEOUT MEDIA 03:20 SUB IN : SAAKA, Adamu 03:20 SUB IN : Wesley Matthews SUB IN : HOWARD, Chris 03:20 SUB OUT: David Cubillan SUB OUT: BOZEMAN, Solomon 03:20 SUB OUT: VERDEJO, Jesus 03:20 GOOD! LAYUP by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell [PNT] 03:03 64-60 H 4 ASSIST by HOWARD, Chris 03:03 02:42 64-63 H 1 GOOD! 3 PTR by Dan Fitzgerald 02:42 ASSIST by Wesley Matthews TIMEOUT 30sec 02:18 SUB IN : VERDEJO, Jesus 02:18 SUB OUT: SAAKA, Adamu 02:18 MISSED LAYUP by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 02:10 REBOUND (OFF) by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 02:10 GOOD! LAYUP by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell [PNT] 02:09 66-63 H 3 01:51 66-65 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by Ousmane Barro [PNT] 01:51 ASSIST by Dominic James GOOD! DUNK by MATTIS, McHugh [PNT] 01:16 68-65 H 3 ASSIST by HOWARD, Chris 01:16 01:09 TIMEOUT 30sec SUB IN : SAAKA, Adamu 01:09 SUB OUT: VERDEJO, Jesus 01:09 01:02 MISSED 3 PTR by Wesley Matthews 01:02 REBOUND (OFF) by Jerel McNeal FOUL by GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 00:58 68-66 H 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by Jerel McNeal REBOUND (DEF) by MATTIS, McHugh 00:58 MISSED FT SHOT by Jerel McNeal SUB IN : VERDEJO, Jesus 00:58 SUB OUT: GRANSBERRY, Kentrell 00:58 TIMEOUT 30sec 00:37 MISSED LAYUP by MATTIS, McHugh 00:26 REBOUND (DEF) by Dan Fitzgerald 00:14 68-68 T 9 GOOD! LAYUP by Dominic James [PNT] TURNOVR by HOWARD, Chris 00:04 00:03 STEAL by Jerel McNeal 00:00 68-70 V 2 GOOD! LAYUP by Jerel McNeal [PNT] 15/20 Marquette 70, USF 68 2nd period-only InPaint Pts-T/O 2nd-Chc FastBrk BnchPts Ties Leads 15/20 Marquette 18 7 4 0 3 3 5 USF 18 8 5 2 0 1 5 Official Basketball Box Score -- 1st Half Official Basketball Box Score -- 1st Half 15/20 Marquette vs USF 01/28/07 2 p.m. at Sun Dome - Tampa, FL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: 15/20 Marquette 19-4, 6-2 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 Lazar Hayward....... f 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 41 Ousmane Barro....... f 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 14 01 Dominic James....... g 2-5 1-2 3-5 0 2 2 1 8 2 2 0 4 17 22 Jerel McNeal........ g 2-7 0-1 1-1 1 0 1 2 5 0 2 0 1 13 23 Wesley Matthews..... g 1-6 0-0 6-6 1 2 3 0 8 1 0 0 1 18 05 Dan Fitzgerald...... 2-2 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 0 9 10 David Cubillan...... 3-5 3-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 9 1 1 0 0 12 12 Dwight Burke........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 51 Jamil Lott.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 TEAM................ 2 1 3 Totals.............. 10-31 5-9 10-12 9 9 18 9 35 6 8 0 7 100 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-31 32.3% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% F Throw % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: USF 11-11, 2-6 BE TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 03 BUCKLEY, Melvin..... f 3-8 1-4 0-0 1 5 6 0 7 0 0 2 0 20 15 MATTIS, McHugh...... f 5-7 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 0 11 1 2 3 0 17 01 GRANSBERRY, Kentrell c 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 12 23 VERDEJO, Jesus...... g 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 9 24 HOWARD, Chris....... g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 4 4 0 0 16 02 RICHARDSON, Melvyn.. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 20 LOVETT, Eddie....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 SAAKA, Adamu........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 22 BOZEMAN, Solomon.... 1-4 0-2 3-3 1 0 1 2 5 3 2 0 3 14 TEAM................ Totals.............. 12-25 1-6 4-5 5 14 19 8 29 8 12 6 3 100 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Tony Greene, Joe Lindsay, Tim Clougherty Technical fouls: 15/20 Marquette-None. USF-TEAM. Attendance: 4313 Score by Periods 1st 15/20 Marquette............... 35 USF........................... 29 Points in the paint-MARQ 8,USF 20. Points off turnovers-MARQ 8,USF 11. 2nd chance points-MARQ 7,USF 4. Fast break points-MARQ 4,USF 4. Bench points-MARQ 14,USF 5. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-5 times. Last FG-MARQ 2nd-00:00, USF 2nd-01:16. Largest lead-MARQ by 8 1st-01:11, USF by 4 2nd-10:20. Official Basketball Box Score -- 2nd Half Official Basketball Box Score -- 2nd Half 15/20 Marquette vs USF 01/28/07 2 p.m. at Sun Dome - Tampa, FL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: 15/20 Marquette 19-4, 6-2 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 Lazar Hayward....... f 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 41 Ousmane Barro....... f 5-7 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 2 11 0 2 0 1 20 01 Dominic James....... g 3-6 1-4 1-2 0 1 1 1 8 4 1 0 0 16 22 Jerel McNeal........ g 3-6 1-2 1-4 3 1 4 2 8 1 2 1 1 15 23 Wesley Matthews..... g 1-5 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 17 05 Dan Fitzgerald...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 10 David Cubillan...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 12 12 Dwight Burke........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 51 Jamil Lott.......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 13-29 3-10 6-12 9 10 19 9 35 8 8 2 4 100 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-31 32.3% 2nd Half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 38.3% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 42.1% F Throw % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 66.7% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: USF 11-11, 2-6 BE TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 03 BUCKLEY, Melvin..... f 4-7 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 9 0 1 0 0 20 15 MATTIS, McHugh...... f 4-5 0-0 1-4 2 2 4 2 9 3 3 3 1 14 01 GRANSBERRY, Kentrell c 3-5 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 3 7 1 0 1 0 12 23 VERDEJO, Jesus...... g 2-2 1-1 2-2 0 2 2 1 7 2 1 0 1 16 24 HOWARD, Chris....... g 2-2 0-0 3-5 0 1 1 1 7 5 1 0 0 15 02 RICHARDSON, Melvyn.. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 20 LOVETT, Eddie....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 SAAKA, Adamu........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 22 BOZEMAN, Solomon.... 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 TEAM................ 3 3 Totals.............. 15-26 2-5 7-13 5 12 17 8 39 12 7 4 5 100 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0% 2nd Half: 15-26 57.7% Game: 52.9% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 27.3% F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 61.1% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Tony Greene, Joe Lindsay, Tim Clougherty Technical fouls: 15/20 Marquette-None. USF-TEAM. Attendance: 4313 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total 15/20 Marquette............... 35 35 - 70 USF........................... 29 39 - 68 Points in the paint-MARQ 26,USF 38. Points off turnovers-MARQ 15,USF 19. 2nd chance points-MARQ 11,USF 9. Fast break points-MARQ 4,USF 6. Bench points-MARQ 17,USF 5. Score tied-9 times. Lead changed-15 times. Last FG-MARQ 2nd-00:00, USF 2nd-01:16. Largest lead-MARQ by 8 1st-01:11, USF by 4 2nd-10:20.