====== January 14, 2009 - Cincinnati vs. Marquette ====== {{men_s_basketball:teams_cin.gif|}} **Cincinnati 50 {{men_s_basketball:teams_marquette.gif|}} Marquette 84** ===== McNeal Hits 7 From Long Range In Marquette's Rout of Cincy ===== MILWAUKEE -- [[Jerel McNeal]] scored 26 points and hit a career-high seven 3-pointers as Marquette rolled to an easy 84-50 victory over [[Cincinnati]] on Sunday. [[Wesley Matthews]] added 17 points for Marquette (13-2, 2-0 Big East), which won its first two Big East Conference games for the first time since joining the conference in 2005. Marquette upset [[Villanova]] 79-72 Thursday in its Big East opener. Cincinnati (10-4, 0-1 Big East), which struggled with shooting throughout the game, was led by Rashad Bishop and Larry Davis with 11 points each. The Bearcats top scorer, Deonta Vaughn, had been averaging 15.2 points per game, but was held to no points on Sunday as he missed all eight shots he took. Marquette put the game away at the start of the second half with a 25-4 run. [[Lazar Hayward]] scored 11 of Marquette's first 13 points during that run, including three 3-pointers. Hayward finished with 16 points. ===== Box Score ===== Official Basketball Box Score Cincinnati vs Marquette 1/4/09 1 p.m. at Bradley Center - Milwaukee, Wis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Cincinnati 10-4, 0-1 BE TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 WILLIAMS, Mike...... f 1-4 0-0 3-4 0 3 3 1 5 1 3 0 0 25 22 BISHOP, Rashad...... f 5-11 0-2 1-1 6 1 7 1 11 2 0 0 0 33 34 GATES, Yancy........ f 5-10 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 10 0 0 1 0 23 05 VAUGHN, Deonta...... g 0-8 0-6 0-0 0 4 4 3 0 10 2 0 1 37 11 DAVIS, Larry........ g 4-9 1-2 2-2 1 0 1 3 11 1 3 0 0 25 03 DIXON, Dion......... 1-5 1-5 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 15 15 WILKS, Darnell...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 MILLER, Branden..... 0-2 0-1 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 23 MITCHELL, Alvin..... 1-4 1-3 0-0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 12 30 McCLAIN, Anthony.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 42 TOYLOY, Steve....... 1-2 0-0 3-3 1 3 4 4 5 0 3 0 0 20 TEAM................ 2 2 4 1 Totals.............. 18-55 3-19 11-12 15 17 32 17 50 15 15 1 2 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 8-28 28.6% Game: 32.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd Half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 15.8% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd Half: 5-5 100 % Game: 91.7% 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Marquette 13-2, 2-0 BE TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 12 Burke, Dwight....... f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 32 Hayward, Lazar...... f 5-9 4-6 2-2 0 1 1 3 16 1 1 0 1 20 01 James, Dominic...... g 3-8 1-6 2-2 1 1 2 1 9 4 0 0 1 30 22 McNeal, Jerel....... g 9-10 7-7 1-2 2 3 5 1 26 6 2 0 0 31 23 Matthews, Wesley.... g 4-10 2-3 7-8 2 4 6 4 17 4 2 0 0 28 02 Acker, Maurice...... 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 12 04 Hazel, Patrick...... 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 1 13 10 Cubillan, David..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 21 Fulce, Joseph....... 1-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 5 33 Butler, Jimmy....... 0-3 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 23 42 Otule, Chris........ 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 13 45 Frozena, Robert..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM................ Totals.............. 27-50 15-25 15-20 8 23 31 17 84 19 8 3 3 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd Half: 14-24 58.3% Game: 54.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 9-15 60.0% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 60.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 75.0% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Pat Driscoll, Paul Faia, Ed Hightower Technical fouls: Cincinnati-None. Marquette-None. Attendance: 16667 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Cincinnati.................... 27 23 - 50 Marquette..................... 41 43 - 84 ID-715322 Points in the paint-UC 16,MU 22. Points off turnovers-UC 9,MU 21. 2nd chance points-UC 12,MU 10. Fast break points-UC 4,MU 12. Bench points-UC 13,MU 16. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-4 times. Last FG-UC 2nd-00:06, MU 2nd-02:07. Largest lead-UC by 4 1st-12:16, MU by 40 2nd-02:07.