National Basketball Association
Marquette 96, Longwood 65
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 4, 2010
Where: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Officials:
# Pat Driscoll, # Brent Hampton, # Todd Williams
Attendance:
13869
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Chris Otule hit all nine of his field-goal attempts, scoring a season-high 19 points to lead five players in double digits as Marquette cruised past Longwood, 96-65, Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee, Wisc.
The Golden Eagles (6-2) used an 11-2 spurt to pull out to a 30-17 lead with 8:14 left in the first half, then scored 16 consecutive points to extend that margin to 49-28 with 1:11 remaining before intermission. The Lancers got no closer than 21 the rest of the way.
Darius Johnson-Odom finished with 14 points for Marquette, which shot 54.3 percent (38-of-70) from the floor and finished with a commanding 49-28 advantage in rebounds. The Golden Eagles also got 12 points from Vander Blue and 10 each from Dwight Buycks and Jae Crowder.
Martiz Washington and Antwan Carter paced Longwood (3-6) with 15 and 14 points, respectively. The Lancers scored more than half of their points from long range, connecting on 10 of 29 three-point attempts.
Top Game Performances
Longwood |
|
Marquette |
Martiz Washington 15 |
Scoring |
Chris Otule 19 |
Jeremiah Bowman 7 |
Assists |
Dwight Buycks 5 |
Antwan Carter 5 |
Rebounds |
Jimmy Butler 11 |
Jeff Havenstein 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Vander Blue 4 |
Antwan Carter 2 |
Steals |
Jae Crowder 3 |
Jan van der Kooij 2 |
Blocks |
Chris Otule 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Longwood
|
65 |
36.5 |
10-29 |
9-12 |
20 |
25 |
4 |
8 |
|
Marquette
|
96 |
54.3 |
3-14 |
17-22 |
25 |
47 |
6 |
7 |
|