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+ | ===== Marquette Grabs 18th Win; Seniors Say Farewell ===== | ||
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+ | In their last home game of their careers, seniors [[Faisal Abraham]], [[Chris Crawford]], and [[Anthony Pieper]] carried Marquette to their 18th win of the season over the University of Houston, 67-67. Each of the seniors finished in double figures in scoring as they led a comeback charge late in the second half to defeat the Cougars. | ||
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+ | Wearing the 1977 replica Marquette uniforms, MU stormed out to an early 10 point lead at 11:47 left in the first half. Houston cut the lead to 7 at halftime, Marquette leading 33-26. | ||
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+ | At halftime, the 1977 NCAA championship team was honored on the 20th anniversary of their victory over North Carolina. A retrospective video was played and then the team was introduced individually along with coaches [[Hank Raymonds]] and [[Al McGuire]]. Coach McGuire briefly remarked on each of his players before the second half began. The crowd of 13,929 were brought to its feet for the special ceremony. | ||
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+ | As the Golden Eagles returned from the extended halftime period, they seemed to come out flat to open the second period. Houston quickly narrowed Marquette' | ||
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+ | [[Chris Crawford]] got MU back on track with a 3 pointer to cut the lead to one. After a Houston basket, [[Anthony Pieper]] would tie the game on an old fashioned three point play with 9:23 remainining. Marquette would then take the lead for good on a transition basket from [[Chris Crawford]]. | ||
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+ | The seniors each made big baskets in the last 5 minutes to seal the victory. The victory was accentuated by a great left handed dunk by [[Chris Crawford]] with 16.4 seconds left on the clock. | ||
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+ | The win pushes MU's record to 18-8, and 9-5 in Conference USA. Marquette will enter the C-USA tournament as the 5th seed and will play [[DePaul]] in the first round in St. Louis at 8:30pm. If Marquette should win, they would play #4 Memphis at 8:30pm on Thursday. | ||
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+ | ===== Box Score ===== | ||
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+ | Houston | ||
+ | Marquette | ||
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+ | fg ft rb | ||
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+ | Capers | ||
+ | Robinson | ||
+ | Knox 27 | ||
+ | Mcbride | ||
+ | Jones | ||
+ | Braxton | ||
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+ | Taylor | ||
+ | _______________________________________________ | ||
+ | TOTALS | ||
+ | _______________________________________________ | ||
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+ | Percentages: | ||
+ | 7-15, .467 (Capers 2-4, Mcbride 0-3, Jones 3-5, | ||
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+ | (Robinson 2). Turnovers: 22 (Jones 10, Mcbride 3, | ||
+ | Robinson 3, Byrd 2, Capers 2, Knox, Taylor). | ||
+ | Steals: 3 (Capers 2, Mcbride). | ||
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+ | MARQUETTE | ||
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+ | Crawford | ||
+ | Abraham | ||
+ | Lovette | ||
+ | Pieper | ||
+ | Hutchins | ||
+ | Cliff 5 | ||
+ | West 27 | ||
+ | Joseph | ||
+ | Bargen | ||
+ | Shaw | ||
+ | _______________________________________________ | ||
+ | TOTALS | ||
+ | _______________________________________________ | ||
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+ | Percentages: | ||
+ | 7-28, .250 (Crawford 3-8, Pieper 2-6, Hutchins | ||
+ | 0-7, Cliff 1-2, West 1-2, Bargen 0-3). Team | ||
+ | rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 7 (Abraham 4, Joseph | ||
+ | 2, Crawford). Turnovers: 9 (Crawford 2, West 2, | ||
+ | Hutchins, Joseph, Lovette, Pieper, Shaw). Steals: | ||
+ | 12 (Abraham 4, Crawford 3, Hutchins, Joseph, | ||
+ | Lovette, Pieper, West). | ||
+ | __________________________________ | ||
+ | Houston | ||
+ | Marquette | ||
+ | __________________________________ | ||
+ | Technical fouls: None. A: 13,929. Officials: | ||
+ | Larry Lembo, David Bair, Jag. | ||
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