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- | ===== Recap ===== | + | ===== Cardinals Hit 13 Threes To Knock Out Golden Eagles |
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- | **Cardinals Hit 13 Threes To Knock Out Golden Eagles**\\ | + | |
- | //Todd Rosiak// | + | |
- | //Milwaukee Journal Sentinal// | + | |
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- | Dead legs and a smothering defense. | + | Neither is a good thing to face for a team hoping to make a run in a five-night tournament as grueling as the one put on by the [[Big East]]. |
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- | Neither is a good thing to face for a team hoping to make a run in a five-night tournament as grueling as the one put on by the Big East. | + | |
Put them together, though, and you get what the Marquette Golden Eagles experienced Thursday: the business end of a beatdown. | Put them together, though, and you get what the Marquette Golden Eagles experienced Thursday: the business end of a beatdown. | ||
- | Unable to keep up with the well-rested and third-seeded Louisville Cardinals, 11th-seeded MU shot a season-worst 29.8% against a 2-3 zone on one end and gave up a season-high 13 three-pointers on the other in falling in the teams' quarterfinal matchup, 81-56, at Madison Square Garden. | + | Unable to keep up with the well-rested and third-seeded |
- | Jimmy Butler scored 14 points, Darius Johnson-Odom 13 and Jae Crowder 10 for the Golden Eagles (20-14), who have a couple of days to wait before learning where they' | + | [[Jimmy Butler]] scored 14 points, |
- | The Cardinals (24-8) got 22 points and 6 three-pointers from Mike Marra as Louisville handed MU its worst-ever loss in Buzz Williams' | + | The Cardinals (24-8) got 22 points and 6 three-pointers from Mike Marra as [[Louisville]] handed MU its worst-ever loss in [[Buzz Williams]]' three seasons as coach. |
Afterward, Williams refused to use fatigue as an excuse for his team's showing. | Afterward, Williams refused to use fatigue as an excuse for his team's showing. | ||
- | "I think it's easy to justify, but it's hard to quantify," | + | "I think it's easy to justify, but it's hard to quantify," |
"But to say the reason they beat us was because we had no legs I think is a soft answer. And I don't think we've been soft since we've been here, so I don't want to leave here with a soft response." | "But to say the reason they beat us was because we had no legs I think is a soft answer. And I don't think we've been soft since we've been here, so I don't want to leave here with a soft response." | ||
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Williams substituted liberally throughout the first half as he tried to keep the Golden Eagles, playing their third game in three days, as fresh as possible against a Cardinals team that had been off for the last five thanks to earning a double-bye for its third-place finish in the standings. | Williams substituted liberally throughout the first half as he tried to keep the Golden Eagles, playing their third game in three days, as fresh as possible against a Cardinals team that had been off for the last five thanks to earning a double-bye for its third-place finish in the standings. | ||
- | As a result, all 11 available scholarship players saw action, with the biggest surprise being freshman forward Jamail Jones' seven-minute stint. Despite all that rotating, MU nevertheless looked worn out toward the end of the first half. | + | As a result, all 11 available scholarship players saw action, with the biggest surprise being freshman forward |
- | The heavy legs, combined with Louisville' | + | The heavy legs, combined with [[Louisville]]'s stingy zone, led to the Golden Eagles knocking down just one field goal over the final 4:33 of the first half as they headed into the break down, 36-31. |
Offensively, | Offensively, | ||
- | The zone also robbed the Golden Eagles of their most reliable inside scorer of late, Chris Otule, who got a grand total of one touch in the paint in 13 minutes and wound up taking zero shots in 18 overall. | + | The zone also robbed the Golden Eagles of their most reliable inside scorer of late, [[Chris Otule]], who got a grand total of one touch in the paint in 13 minutes and wound up taking zero shots in 18 overall. |
- | MU kept it close thanks mostly to its continued ability to get to the free-throw line. The Golden Eagles knocked down 11 of 17 tries, compared with Louisville' | + | MU kept it close thanks mostly to its continued ability to get to the free-throw line. The Golden Eagles knocked down 11 of 17 tries, compared with [[Louisville]]'s 4-for-8 effort. |
- | The Cardinals, meanwhile, did their damage the way most of MU's opponents have lately: from the three-point line. Marra and Kyle Kuric, the hero with the last-second, | + | The Cardinals, meanwhile, did their damage the way most of MU's opponents have lately: from the three-point line. Marra and Kyle Kuric, the hero with the last-second, |
"If you don't guard the ball, teams are going to shoot open shots," | "If you don't guard the ball, teams are going to shoot open shots," | ||
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Marra had 11 points and Kuric nine in the first half for the Cardinals, who led despite shooting 39.4% overall. | Marra had 11 points and Kuric nine in the first half for the Cardinals, who led despite shooting 39.4% overall. | ||
- | The lid remained on the basket in the early portion of the second half for MU, while Louisville started finding the range again a few minutes in. Six straight point-blank points from Terrence Jennings followed by Marra' | + | The lid remained on the basket in the early portion of the second half for MU, while [[Louisville]] started finding the range again a few minutes in. Six straight point-blank points from Terrence Jennings followed by Marra' |
- | A third consecutive three by Marra followed by another from Preston Knowles allowed Louisville to build its advantage to 54-39. The Golden Eagles made a brief run to get to within 10 at 54-44 at the 9:46 mark, but the Cardinals scored 16 of the next 20 points to eliminate any remaining mystery. | + | A third consecutive three by Marra followed by another from Preston Knowles allowed |
- | "We came here, we landed in New York not knowing conclusively what it was we had to do," Williams said. " | + | "We came here, we landed in New York not knowing conclusively what it was we had to do," Williams said. " |
"When you think about the last 23 days of our guys' lives, emotionally, | "When you think about the last 23 days of our guys' lives, emotionally, |