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- | ===== Recap ===== | + | ===== Golden Eagles Avenge Three Losses, Reach Semifinals |
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+ | So with his Marquette Golden Eagles up by two points with 3.2 seconds left Thursday, he stood at the free-throw line and did what seniors do - delivered in the clutch. | ||
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+ | Hayward rattled the first one in and got just enough on the second to coax the ball over the front of the rim and in, sealing an 80-76 victory over 10th-ranked and fourth-seeded Villanova in the teams' quarterfinal rematch at Madison Square Garden. | ||
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+ | "I was like, 'Man, I should,' | ||
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+ | In beating the Wildcats (24-7), the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles (22-10) extracted sweet revenge against a team that had also beaten them twice by a combined four points earlier this season. They also earned just their second berth in the Big East tournament semifinals. | ||
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+ | Marquette will face the eighth-seeded and 22nd-ranked Georgetown Hoyas (22-9) at 6 p.m. Friday. Georgetown upset top-seeded Syracuse, 91-84, earlier Thursday. MU won the teams' only meeting this season, 62-59, on Jan. 6, when the Hoyas were ranked 12th. | ||
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+ | "I don't look at it as exorcising any demons," | ||
+ | Not the only hero | ||
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+ | While Hayward' | ||
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+ | There was [[Darius Johnson-Odom]] putting up career highs with 24 points and 5 three-pointers a day after a seven-point, | ||
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+ | There was [[David Cubillan]] scoring 17 points and smothering Wildcats star Scottie Reynolds, holding him to just 10 points on 4-for-10 shooting. | ||
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+ | And there was [[Jimmy Butler]], a non-factor on Wednesday because of foul trouble, responding with 14 points and a game-high eight rebounds while playing all 40 minutes. | ||
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+ | The teams, tied at 30 at intermission, | ||
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+ | Hayward provided the answer on the opposite end, though, drilling a three of his own from well out on the right wing to make it 73-70 at the 1:51 mark. | ||
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+ | "I had a little space, and I had seen that he had his hands down," said Hayward of his defender on the play. "I just shot it, and it was a rhythm shot. Coach never gets mad if we shoot rhythm threes. It went in and it definitely was a big momentum swing for us." | ||
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+ | While Villanova kept within a basket the rest of the way, 7-for-8 shooting from the free-throw line by MU - four makes from Hayward and three from Cubillan - helped close the door on the Wildcats | ||
+ | 'A great, great job' | ||
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+ | "They just continued to answer - every play, every situation, every little adjustment we made, they had an answer for," said Villanova coach Jay Wright. "They just did a great, great job." | ||
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+ | The Golden Eagles knocked down 11 of 18 three-pointers (61.1%), 19 of 24 free throws (79.2%) and converted 14 Villanova turnovers into 18 points, helping offset the Wildcats' | ||
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+ | Next up is Georgetown, which, like Villanova, succumbed to MU's hot shooting in the teams' last game at the Bradley Center. In that one, Cubillan' | ||
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