Marquette 69, Savannah State 51
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Dominic James and Wesley Matthews each scored 22 points to lead No. 18 Marquette to a 69-51 victory over Savannah State on Saturday. Matthews, who established a career high in points, had 12 in the first half, but the Golden Eagles couldn't pull away from the Tigers (6-12), who played without Javon Randolph, their injured leading scorer who is injured. Marquette (13-2), which handed Savannah State its 12th loss in its last 13 games, broke open a close game at the start of the second half. James scored eight points in a 19-6 run as Marquette opened a 51-37 lead. The Tigers made just two of 13 shots from the field during the run. Matthews added a season-high nine rebounds and James had six assists for the Golden Eagles, who open their Big East Conference schedule Thursday at Providence. Joseph Flegler had 15 points for Savannah State.
Box Score
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah State | 31 | 20 | 51 |
| Marquette | 32 | 37 | 69 |
| Savannah State | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J Obiajunwa | F | 31 | 5-15 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| C Linton | F | 25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J Flegler | G | 27 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| P Hardy | G | 29 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| L Coleman | G | 22 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 4-7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| A Edwards | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| J Shuler | 18 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| M Robinson | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| M Bennett | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| D Stowers | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| B Bohley | 15 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Totals | 200 | 21-62 (.339) | 5-10 (.500) | 4-19 (.211) | 16-31 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 51 | |
| Marquette | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D Fitzgerald | F | 22 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| O Barro | F | 27 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| D James | G | 35 | 6-11 | 8-11 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| J McNeal | G | 27 | 1-9 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| W Matthews | G | 29 | 7-8 | 6-10 | 2-2 | 3-9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| D Cubillan | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| D Burke | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| L Blackledge | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| L Hayward | 13 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| M Kinsella | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| T Brice | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C Kuphall | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| J Lott | 11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Totals | 200 | 21-42 (.500) | 22-33 (.667) | 5-12 (.417) | 9-37 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 69 | |
Officials: John Cahill, Bill McCarthy, Earl Walton
Attendance: 14,217