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- | ===== Hayward Saves Day for Eagles | ||
- | Providence, R.I. — The Marquette Golden Eagles were in full panic mode. The Providence Friars were going for the knockout blow. The Dunkin' | ||
- | And then [[Lazar Hayward]] took control. | + | ===== Sealing The Deal |
+ | Hartford, Conn. — The Marquette Golden Eagles turned the tables Saturday afternoon and boy, did they ever enjoy it. | ||
- | Over the final 47 seconds | + | After having lost five of their first eight Big East games by a combined 11 points in just about every heartbreaking way imaginable, they were finally able to inflict their pain on someone else. [[Jimmy Butler]]' |
- | Vincent Council' | + | "We talk about the close losses, and we could have done this and we should have done that," said Butler, who three weeks earlier committed |
- | " | + | It was the first road win of the season for MU (13-8, 4-5), which handed flagging UConn (13-8, 3-5) its second straight loss one week after it dismantled the No. 1 Texas Longhorns by 14 points. Making |
- | While Hayward' | + | Everyone contributed |
- | Almost as important was his and teammate [[Jimmy Butler]]' | + | His 20 points |
- | "I think it's a senior, but I also think it's a really good human being who's a really good player, who's playing for his last time at Providence and knew we didn't play well for the first 20 minutes," | + | [[Darius Johnson-Odom]], who like Hayward |
- | Consecutive three-pointers by Hayward and Butler had staked MU to a 78-70 lead with 2:04 remaining, and the Golden Eagles were leading, 80-73, when things began to go haywire. | + | And, of course, there was the unflappable Butler, who like Hayward battled the Huskies' |
- | First, Council went to the free-throw line with 1:06 left. He hit his first and missed the second, but the Friars rebounded and got the ball out to Sharaud Curry, who hit a three to make it 80-77. | + | After Johnson-Odom' |
- | On the ensuing inbounds play, Darius Johnson-Odom passed | + | This time, though, he airballed a floater that Butler corralled. MU moved the ball quickly over the midcourt stripe |
- | With the crowd going bananas, Providence had a chance | + | But tight defense by Dyson and poor spacing by the Golden Eagles left Butler |
- | The best look they could manage was a long three attempt from [[David Cubillan]], which he missed. But [[Dwight Buycks]] was able to tap the ball away from the basket, and Hayward came down with it. Providence fouled him, and he made both free throws | + | With about 4 seconds left, he rose for a runner but then had to fall back some as 6-foot-10 Gavin Edwards challenged him. Butler got the shot off in time, however, and hit it with 2.4 seconds left. |
- | Coming out of that, MU doubled Curry, who had scored 23 points and hit 5 threes | + | "It felt so good to be on the other end, to hit a game-winner and come out on top of one of these close games," |
- | "We won and we're happy about that, but it doesn't mean anything moving forward," | + | UConn inbounded it but then called a quick timeout, leaving the Huskies to inbound the ball from just in front of MU's bench. The ball eventually made its way to Edwards, who was stationed at the top of the key and looking to get it back quickly to a cutting guard for a shot. |
- | Peterson led the Friars | + | But Johnson-Odom alertly deflected Edwards' |
+ | "I think that our guys expect it," Williams said. "I would say that the close losses have helped, without my voice, explain the importance of every possession." | ||
+ | Meanwhile, UConn, which was playing its fourth game without Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun, who's on leave with an unspecified medical condition, will likely fall out of the rankings for the second time in three weeks. | ||
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+ | "We got the lead and then made two mistakes down the stretch," | ||
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+ | MU offset 38.1% shooting and a minus-19 differential on the boards by getting up 14 more shots than the Huskies and committing a season-low three turnovers - including just one in the final 26 minutes. The Golden Eagles also harassed UConn into 16 miscues, turning those into 19 points. | ||
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+ | Butler finished with 21 points and seven rebounds, Hayward 20 points and Johnson-Odom 15. Dyson had 18 and Walker 15 for the Huskies. | ||
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