Marquette moves to 2-0
Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Blair)
Last night the new look Marquette Warriors (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/nickname/warriors) defeated the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks 86-60. Senior forward Lazar Hayward (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/lazar_hayward) led the squad with 28 points and 8 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/jimmy_butler) landed up with 13 points and seven boards while Dwight Buycks (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/dwight_buycks) and David Cubillan (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/david_cubillan) each finished with a dozen. Cubillan also had six assists (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/all-time_assists_leaders).
Marquette led 40-33 at the half and used a pronounced turnover advantage to stretch the lead throughout the game. Buzz Williams (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/buzz_williams)' squad forced the Shore Hawks into 19 turnovers while coughing the ball up just nine times and shooting better than 52% from the floor.
MEDIA UPDATES
ESPN Box Score (http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=293210269)
AP Recap (http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=293210269)
Journal-Sentinel on Hayward (http://www.jsonline.com/sports/goldeneagles/70332852.html) stepping up in the win.
Rosiak blogs a recap (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/70342477.html) -- which includes news that Fulce injured his other knee and a reminder that freshman big man Yous Mbao regains his eligibility for Saturday's tilt against Grambling (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/2009#schedule).
Sportsbubbler photos (http://www.sportsbubbler.com/multimedia/photos/70354397.html) from the win.
MUScoop posters wonder why freshman Erik Williams remains buried so deeply on the bench (http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=16089.0). Williams did not play last night but Robert Frozena broke a sweat. Williams only saw two minutes of action in the 23-point blowout of Centenary to open the season.
At 2-0 the fan base is becoming more optimisitic (http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=16095.0).
Here is Buzz Williams' post game press conference
http://www.youtube.com/v/b1Wd0Pk-ldo&hl=en_US&fs=1&
http://www.youtube.com/v/bHO7oMhc5lk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1
http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2009/11/marquette-moves-to-2-0.html