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- | ====== January 29, 2011 - Syracuse vs. Marquette ====== | ||
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- | ===== Golden Eagles Squeeze Out Win ===== | ||
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- | The Marquette Golden Eagles finally solved the mystery that had been the [[Syracuse]] Orange on Saturday at the Bradley Center, posting a 76-70 win in front of a sellout crowd of 19,032. | ||
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- | But truth was, the afternoon for MU was about so much more than snapping its 0-4 skid in [[Big East]] play against Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim and his No. 9-ranked squad. | ||
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- | It was about handling a 2-3 zone defense. It was about executing in the clutch. It was about withstanding an opponent' | ||
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- | "Look at what's gone on in our league over the last two weeks," | ||
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- | "But you've got to get to the next play. Because if you don't get to the next play, you're going to get beat again. And this league gives you opportunity after opportunity after opportunity to prove yourself." | ||
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- | The heroes in this one were many for MU (14-8, 5-4 [[Big East]]). | ||
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- | Junior forward [[Jae Crowder]] shrugged off an early injury to the pinky finger on his right (shooting) hand to do yeoman' | ||
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- | Senior forward [[Jimmy Butler]] scored 19 points and grabbed a game-high eight boards, but it was his two huge three-pointers - one with 4 minutes 2 seconds left, the other coming at the 1:51 mark - that helped stave off a late charge by the Orange (18-4, 5-4). He worked the gaps in the zone to perfection. | ||
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- | Then there was [[Darius Johnson-Odom]]' | ||
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- | The Golden Eagles needed it all, too, as the Orange shot 57.1% for the game and a silly 68.2% in the second half to keep things close right down to the wire. | ||
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- | "When you play a team like [[Syracuse]], | ||
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- | MU played about as well as it could have hoped to start the game, continually getting into the gaps of Syracuse' | ||
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- | "They got too much penetration in the first half with the guards," | ||
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- | The Orange clamped down noticeably right out of the locker room, though, and before the first media timeout had gone on an 8-1 run that got the crowd on edge. Syracuse kept chipping away, and by the 8:17 mark had actually pulled even at 56-56 on a Scoop Jardine layup. | ||
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- | MU led, 60-59, when Butler hit the first of his two big threes. The first one, a tough fadeaway from the right wing, came off a Buycks pass with the shot clock winding down. | ||
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- | [[Syracuse]] answered with a three-point play from Jackson, though, and had tied the game at 66-66 with 2:28 remaining when Butler again delivered. | ||
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- | This time the dagger came from deep in the left corner, right in front of the MU bench and out of a timeout, putting the Golden Eagles ahead to stay. Johnson-Odom then hit a three on the next possession, and MU hit 4 of 6 free throws the rest of the way to hold on. | ||
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- | "The play was actually for (Johnson-Odom)," | ||
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- | Said Boeheim, whose team never led: " | ||
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- | MU, the highest-scoring team in the Big East coming in, shot 52.3%, out-rebounded [[Syracuse]], | ||
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- | Kris Joseph had 18 points, Jackson 14 and Jardine 13 and 13 assists to lead [[Syracuse]]. | ||
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- | MU next plays at No. 8 [[Villanova]] on Wednesday. | ||
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- | ===== Box Score ===== | ||
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- | ===== Play-by-Play ===== | ||
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