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-===== Eagles Suffer Another Close Loss =====
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+===== Wring Out The Hoyas =====
+{{  men_s_basketball:01_06_10_cubillan.jpeg|}}Sometimes it takes a special individual effort to snap a team out of a funk. On Wednesday night, [[David Cubillan]] was more than happy to oblige.
+The senior guard knocked down all six of his three-point attempts en route to a season-high 18 points as he helped the Marquette Golden Eagles knock off the 12th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas, 62-59, at the Bradley Center.
+[[Lazar Hayward]] added 12 points and 11 rebounds, and [[Jimmy Butler]] contributed a crucial defensive stop and two free throws in the waning seconds, but it was Cubillan's display from beyond the arc that was the story of the game.
+Reminiscent of [[Jerel McNeal]]'s 7-for-7 outing from three-point range against Cincinnati a little over a year ago, the Golden Eagles needed every one of Cubillan's six as they finally pulled out their first Big East victory after a pair of gut-wrenching losses to West Virginia and Villanova last week.
+"I was ready to play, everybody was ready to play," said Cubillan, who finished two points shy of tying his career high of 20 points he set against Pittsburgh as a freshman. "We had a good week of work. We all wanted to get the win, so I'm just happy we won and now we've got to start to get ready for the next one."
+The win, which helped MU (10-5, 1-2 Big East) avoid its first 0-3 start in Big East play and its first 0-3 start to a conference season since 1998-'99, should serve as something of a confidence boost as it heads out to face Villanova on Saturday for the second time in a week.
+It was anything but certain as time wound down in the second half, however. After Georgetown (11-2, 2-1) took its first lead of the game at 38-37 on the heels of a technical foul whistled on coach [[Buzz Williams]], the two teams exchanged the advantage five more times before MU finally began to assert some control.
+The Golden Eagles went up, 51-50, on [[Dwight Buycks]]' second three of the game - set up by Cubillan, no less - with 6 minutes 20 seconds remaining and stretched it to 58-55 on a fallaway jumper by Buycks with 3:06 left and the shot clock winding down.
+Georgetown got a layup from Greg Monroe, and Hayward hit a pair of free throws with 57.5 seconds left to make it 60-57. An Austin Freeman layup pulled the Hoyas to within 60-59, and they wasted little time fouling [[Maurice Acker]] on the ensuing inbounds play.
+Acker missed the front end of the bonus situation with 29.6 seconds left, leaving the door ajar for yet another possible heartbreaking finish. But Butler wouldn't let that happen, as he challenged Freeman at the rim at the other end, forced him into a miss and then corralled the rebound before being fouled.
+With his free-throw struggles in late-game situations this season fresh in everyone's minds, the junior forward calmly stepped to the line with 7.5 seconds remaining and drained both with a timeout sandwiched in between.
+"I always knew I could step up and make them," said Butler. "Coach was saying it was going to come back."
+Georgetown inbounded after Butler's second free throw and eventually got the ball to Chris Wright, who entered the game averaging 24.3 points per game in his last three. He launched a long three-pointer from the right wing, but it fell well short of the rim, sparking a mad celebration among the 15,984 fans in the stands and a jubilant MU team on the court.
+"I think the same lesson we had against West Virginia and Villanova we had tonight, and we're thankful for the result," said Marquette coach Buzz Williams.
+Cubillan, who hit four of his threes in the first half in helping MU to a 32-30 halftime lead, was also clutch on the defensive end. He helped hold Wright scoreless in the second half, while Hayward and Butler helped limit the 6-foot-10 Monroe, one of college basketball's top big men, to nine points on 4-for-6 shooting, while forcing him into four turnovers.
+"They have some guys that can make three-point shots, and obviously Cubillan was terrific today," said Georgetown coach John Thompson III. "Anyone who's watched them play knows they could easily be 3-0 right now. Their two losses weren't indicative of where they were, and we knew they would be that much more hungry."
+Freeman led the Hoyas with 20 points.
 ===== Box Score =====

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