Warriors eviscerate Scarlet Knights
Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Blair)
It took the Marquette Warriors less than eight minutes to erase the sting of consecutive losses as they raced to an early 18-point advantage over the hapless Rutgers Scarlet Knights, cruising to a decisive 82-59 victory.
Maurice Acker, the BIG EAST's most improved player, continues to impress. The senior keyed MU's early surge by scoring 12 of the team's first 23 points all on three-point bombs. Acker finished with 14 points and five assists.
Jimmy Butler and Darius Johnson-Odom led the team with 16 points each while Joseph Fulce scored 13 points off the bench. Lazar Hayward finished with a dozen and is now just the third player in MU history to notch 1600 points and 800 rebounds in his career.
As a team MU connected on 53% of its three-point attempts (9-17) but that was not the most impressive aspect of their offensive effort. Led by Johnson-Odom and Acker, Marquette consistently attacked the rim off the dribble leading to open looks from deep and a number of points in the paint by the crafty guards.
With the win Marquette moves to 12-8 on the season and 3-5 in conference play. The Warriors travel to Hartford on Saturday to take on UConn.
Media Recaps
Go Marquette.com official recap (http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012610aaa.html)
Box Score (http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=300270269)
Rutgers loses 9th in a row (http://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/index.ssf/2010/01/rutgers_men_lose_ninth_straigh.html)
Journal-Sentinel recaps the win (http://www.jsonline.com/sports/goldeneagles/82763272.html)
Buzz Williams' post game press conference
http://www.youtube.com/v/HVfAhJ5CVu0&hl=en_US&fs=1&
**And by the way, Brad Galli was the best Campus Connection reporter we've seen on ESPN. Fine work, Brad (http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=17571.msg174045;boardseen#new). Check it out -- and follow Brad on Twitter here (http://twitter.com/BradGalli).
http://www.youtube.com/v/QTxpHwiNlgs&hl=en_US&fs=1&
http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2010/01/warriors-eviscerate-scarlet-knights.html
Quote from: CrackedSidewalksSays on January 27, 2010, 08:00:13 AM
Warriors eviscerate Scarlet Knights
Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Blair)
Maurice Acker, the BIG EAST's most improved player, continues to impress. The senior keyed MU's early surge by scoring 12 of the team's first 23 points all on three-point bombs. Acker finished with 14 points and five assists.
How much did that hurt to write? ;)
I can't get the taste of crow outta my mouth........Acker is serving it up regularly this winter. ;D
Quote from: NYWarrior on January 27, 2010, 08:04:23 AM
I can't get the taste of crow outta my mouth........Acker is serving it up regularly this winter. ;D
+1
Quote from: NYWarrior on January 27, 2010, 08:04:23 AM
I can't get the taste of crow outta my mouth........Acker is serving it up regularly this winter. ;D
Something about seniors, that's why all transfers sting a little. I bet Roseboro could have done a nice David Diggs impression in a few years. Nothing wrong with system guys who know what coach wants and can do it.