[Cracked Sidewalks] Marquette extends DePaul's misery

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Marquette extends DePaul's misery

Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Blair)

Marquette extends DePaul's misery

Marquette did what it had to do tonight and not much else in defeating the DePaul Blue Demons, 76-61. With the win Marquette extended its win streak to 12 games and moved to 20-2 overall and 9-0 in the BIG EAST.

Jerel McNeal led MU with a Wadesque line of 26 points, six assists, four rebounds, five steals and four blocked shots. Read that again. Wesley Matthews finished with 20 points and Dominic James had 15, 11 in the second half. Marquette shot a season-high 57% from the floor tonight.

Will Walker led DePaul with 30. The Blue Demons hit the floor tonight without their best player and leading scorer, Dar Tucker, who injured an ankle in the team shootaround earlier in the day. DePaul remains winless in the BIG EAST (0-10) and 8-15 overall.

Despite the margin of victory, the Golden Eagles played their best ball early and that proved to be enough. MU raced out to a fast 27-9 lead just nine minutes into the game only to let the Blue Demons off the respirator in the final ten minutes of the half. Led by Will Walker the Blue Demons went on a 23-11 run to close to within 42-37 at the break.

In the second half, the Marquette backcourt went to work on defense. Triggered by Dominic James' aggressive play, MU turned DePaul over four times in the first two minutes of the second half as the Golden Eagles built a 56-45 lead with 13:30 to play. From there MU was content to muddle along while maintaining a safe lead over the out-manned Blue Demons for the rest of the evening.

Next up for MU is a road tilt at South Florida on Friday evening.

BTW -- kudos to the Marquette fans at the Bradley Center South tonight........"We Are Marquette" came through loud and clear on the television broadcast during the game's closing minutes. Allstate Arena remains OUR HOUSE.




Media updates
Box Score
AP Recap

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[bs4173]

for the "Stud of the Game": Jerel played 38 min (and he had 5 steals).

[StillWarriors]

Marquette extends DePaul's misery

Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Blair)

Marquette did what it had to do tonight and not much else in defeating the DePaul Blue Demons, 76-61.  With the win Marquette extended its win streak to 12 games and moved to 20-2 overall and 9-0 in the BIG EAST.

Jerel McNeal led MU with 28 points, six assists, four rebounds and three blocked shots.  Wesley Matthews finished with 18 points and Dominic James had 15, 11 in the second half.   Marquette shot 57% from the floor tonight.

Will Walker led DePaul with 30.   The Blue Demons hit the floor tonight without their best player and leading scorer, Dar Tucker, who injured an ankle in the team shootaround earlier in the day. DePaul remains winless in the BIG EAST (0-10) and 8-15 overall.

Despite the margin of victory, the Golden Eagles played their best ball early and that proved to be enough.  MU raced out to a fast 27-9 lead just nine minutes into the game only to let the Blue Demons off the respirator in the final ten minutes of the half.  Led by Will Walker the Blue Demons went on a 23-11 run to close to within 42-37 at the break.

In the second half , the Marquette backcourt went to work on defense.  Triggered by Dominic James' aggressive play, Marquette turned DePaul over four times in the first two minutes of the second half  as the Golden Eagles built a 56-45 lead with 13:30 to play.  From there MU was content to muddle along while maintaining a safe lead over the out-manned Blue Demons for the rest of the evening.

Next up for MU is a road tilt at South Florida on Friday evening.

BTW -- kudos to the Marquette fans at the Bradley Center South tonight........"We Are Marquette" came through loud and clear on the television broadcast during the game's closing minutes.  Allstate Arena remains OUR HOUSE.

Media updates
Box Score
AP Recap

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2009/02/marquette-extends-depauls-misery.html

The MU crowd definitely showed up, but was very quiet. I suspect the early dominance kind of lulled everyone to sleep. The only real noise from the MU crowd was in the last 30 seconds. Kind of disappointing, especially given the fact there were several highlight plays.

[spiral97]

for the "Stud of the Game": Jerel played 38 min (and he had 5 steals).

thanks

[bs4173]

thanks

no problem!

[bilsu]

McNeal turned the ball over and missed everal shots in the later part of the first half. I think he would of played better if he got a couple more minutes of rest in the first half.

[CrackedSidewalksSays]

Marquette extends DePaul's misery

Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Blair)

Marquette did what it had to do tonight and not much else in defeating the DePaul Blue Demons, 76-61.  With the win Marquette extended its win streak to 12 games and moved to 20-2 overall and 9-0 in the BIG EAST.

Jerel McNeal led MU with a Wadesque line of 26 points, six assists, four rebounds, five steals and four blocked shots.  Read that again.   Wesley Matthews finished with 20 points and Dominic James had 15, 13 in the second half.   Marquette shot a season-high 57% from the floor tonight.

Will Walker led DePaul with 30.   The Blue Demons hit the floor tonight without their best player and leading scorer, Dar Tucker, who injured an ankle in the team shootaround earlier in the day. DePaul remains winless in the BIG EAST (0-10) and 8-15 overall.

Despite the margin of victory, the Golden Eagles played their best ball early and that proved to be enough.  MU raced out to a fast 27-9 lead just nine minutes into the game only to let the Blue Demons off the respirator in the final ten minutes of the half.  Led by Will Walker the Blue Demons went on a 23-11 run to close to within 42-37 at the break.

In the second half, the Marquette backcourt went to work on defense.  Triggered by Dominic James' aggressive play, MU turned DePaul over four times in the first two minutes of the second half  as the Golden Eagles built a 56-45 lead with 13:30 to play.  From there MU was content to muddle along while maintaining a safe lead over the out-manned Blue Demons for the rest of the evening.

Next up for MU is a road tilt at South Florida on Friday evening.

BTW -- kudos to the Marquette fans at the Bradley Center South tonight........"We Are Marquette" came through loud and clear on the television broadcast during the game's closing minutes.  Allstate Arena remains OUR HOUSE.

Media updates

• Box Score
• AP Recap
• Rosiak's newspaper recap
• Rosiak blog recap
• MU/DP photo gallery from the ChiTribune
• Chicago Tribune on Marquette's win
• Sun Times on the scappy Blue Demons loss

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McNeal turned the ball over and missed everal shots in the later part of the first half. I think he would of played better if he got a couple more minutes of rest in the first half.

I was wondering that as well since several of those misses barely got to the rim, but I am not complaining he put on a dominating performance overall.