Marquette tops Blue Demons
Marquette returned to the win column tonight with a 79-71 win over the DePaul Blue Demons in front of a record crowd of 19,037. Dominic James led the Golden Eagles with 19 points. After leading by just a bucket at the half, MU poured it on in the second half building an 18 point lead before settling for the eight-point win.
With the win, Marquette moves to 14-4 overall and 4-3 in the Big East. DePaul fell to 9-10 and 4-3.
Jerel McNeal chipped in with 15 points and Lazar Hayward delivered 14. In an interesting twist, Crean started senior Dan Fitzgerald tonight rather than Dwight Burke. Fitz landed up with two points.
Updates to follow. Talk about the win over at MUScoop (http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=5865.0). Next up for Marquette are the USF Bulls who stampede the Bradley Center on Tuesday night.
Media recaps
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No. 21 Marquette Takes Down DePaul, 79-71
Dominic James scored 19 points, and Jerel McNeal added 15 to lead No. 21 Marquette to a 79-71 victory over DePaul on Saturday night.
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