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- | ===== Wisconsin Holds Off Marquette, 72-63, In Non-Conference Action | + | ===== Marquette |
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+ | Coach [[Buzz Williams]] and his Marquette team carefully cultivated a plan Saturday as they faced Wisconsin, nearly unbeatable at the Kohl Center. | ||
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+ | And the Golden Eagles executed the plan to perfection, hitting the offensive glass, knocking down clutch shots and frustrating Badgers senior point guard Jordan Taylor. | ||
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+ | It added up to a 61-54 Marquette victory, ending the Badgers' | ||
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+ | "To win in this type of environment, | ||
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+ | Playing without suspended point guard [[Junior Cadougan]], the 16th-ranked Golden Eagles (7-0) hardly missed a beat. | ||
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+ | Freshman [[Derrick Wilson]] started at the point and freshman guard [[Todd Mayo]] made a huge impact with 14 points and five rebounds while playing 24 minutes. | ||
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+ | But even more impressive was the way the Golden Eagles stood their ground when No. 9 Wisconsin (6-2) made a second-half run to close a 10-point halftime deficit to 41-40 with 10:44 remaining. | ||
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+ | Senior guard [[Darius Johnson-Odom]] sank a pair of clutch shots to keep the Golden Eagles in command and Mayo made the shot of the game when he banked one over Badgers center Jared Berggren, boosting Marquette to a 53-48 lead with 1:51 to go. | ||
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+ | "I think my team has a great feel for when I'm in the groove," | ||
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+ | "Guys like Vander (Blue) do a great job of finding me and understanding I can make those shots at times. Just give the credit to my team for hanging in there with me." | ||
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+ | Johnson-Odom finished with a game-high 17 points and Blue had nine points and eight rebounds, despite 4-for-14 shooting. It was a successful return to his hometown for Blue, who was booed vociferously by Wisconsin fans in the Kohl Center. | ||
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+ | Blue also took a turn guarding Taylor, who was frustrated by foul trouble and finished with 13 points on 4-of-10 shooting but committed five turnovers. | ||
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+ | "We just kept putting different bodies on him because we wanted to wear him down, and I think we did a good job with that," Blue said. | ||
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+ | Taylor entered the game ranked third in Division I in assist/ | ||
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+ | Taylor picked up his fourth foul on a charging call with 13:29 remaining and the Badgers trailing, 41-33. | ||
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+ | But Wisconsin was in the midst of an 11-0 run that cut Marquette' | ||
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+ | Marquette then countered with clutch baskets by Mayo, freshman Juan Anderson and sophomore Jamail Jones. | ||
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+ | Taylor re-entered the game after a timeout with 7:02 left and the Golden Eagles leading, 47-40. | ||
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+ | "They were helping well, and I didn't make the best decisions. I got called for a few charges there. It is my fault. I've just got to make better decisions. They were going over on ball screens more than last year, but I think it was us not doing what we were supposed to do." | ||
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+ | Marquette' | ||
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+ | The Golden Eagles shot 38% (23 of 60) but were aided greatly by 17 offensive rebounds and a 17-5 advantage in second-chance points. | ||
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+ | "I think having 17 offensive rebounds is critical because it's so hard to score on them on your first-shot opportunity, | ||
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+ | Marquette won the rebounding battle, 44-32. | ||
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+ | Sophomore guard Ben Brust had nine points off the bench for Wisconsin but was just 1 for 6 from three-point distance, and junior forward Ryan Evans and Berggren each had eight points. | ||
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+ | The Badgers completed a disappointing week that included losses to North Carolina and Marquette, but Ryan still thought he saw some good things. | ||
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+ | "I know they (the Badgers) were playing hard, but that doesn' | ||
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+ | "This was a heck of a challenge. We saw some things we have to work on, but I'm not trading them." | ||
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