====== Marquette beats UK to advance in NCAAs ====== ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - [[Jerel McNeal]] and Marquette cut short Kentucky's record 49th NCAA tournament appearance. McNeal scored 20 points and [[Wesley Matthews]] hit eight free throws in the final 31 seconds to help the Golden Eagles beat the Wildcats 74-66 in the first round of the South Regional on Thursday. Marquette overcame 35 points by Kentucky senior Joe Crawford, who matched a career high before fouling out. Ramel Bradley added 19 for the Wildcats. Sixth-seeded Marquette (25-9) earned its first NCAA tournament victory since 2003, when it beat Kentucky in the regional final to go to the Final Four. Marquette had too many weapons against the outmanned Wildcats (18-13), who played without leading rebounder and No. 2 scorer Patrick Patterson. Kentucky went 2-3 after losing the star freshman to a season-ending ankle injury. As it turned out, Crawford was almost enough for the Wildcats. Kentucky cut it to 66-63 on Crawford's 3-pointer from the top of the key with 38 seconds left. After Matthews hit two free throws, Bradley hit a 3-pointer from the corner to get the Wildcats within two with 22 seconds remaining. Matthews made two more free throws, then stole the ball and hit two more from the line to ice the game. Crawford hit 13 of 22 shots from the floor while his teammates went 10-for-26. He hit 5-of-8 from beyond the arc and 4-of-8 at the line. Kentucky trailed 33-29 at halftime, but Crawford opened the second half by scoring the Wildcats' first seven points, on a 3-pointer, a putback and a layup to tie it at 36-36. That's when the Golden Eagles awoke. They went on a 9-2 run, sparked by [[Lazar Hayward]]'s thunderous dunk off a feed from McNeal. Six minutes into the half, Marquette took its biggest lead - 45-38 - when McNeal scooped up a blocked shot and raced the length of the court for a layup. Kentucky trailed 54-43 midway through the second half when Crawford went on a personal 6-0 run, scoring on a three-point play and then hitting from beyond the arc to pull the Wildcats within five points. The Wildcats and Golden Eagles met for the 10th time in the NCAA tourney's most-played matchup. Marquette is 6-4 in the series. Both tradition-laden teams were hitting their stride as the postseason began. Marquette opened 6-5 in the Big East but went 8-3 overall down the stretch, losing to eventual champion Pittsburgh in the Big East semifinals. Kentucky overcame a 7-9 start, including a loss to Gardner-Webb, and won 11 of its last 14 to slip into the bracket. Bradley and Crawford combined to score 21 of Kentucky's 29 first-half points. Patterson's loss was most evident under the boards. He led Kentucky in rebounding, and Marquette exploited his absence, outrebounding Kentucky 21-15 in the first half. Marquette attacked the basket from the start, scoring 14 of its first 17 points in the paint. Marquette went on a 12-0 run midway through the first half to take a 16-10 lead. But the Wildcats rallied to tie it at 23 on a fastbreak dunk by Crawford off an alley-oop pass from Bradley. ====== Box Score ====== Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Kentucky vs Marquette 03/20/08 11:30 a.m. at Anaheim, CA (Honda Center) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Kentucky 18-13 overall TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 Stevenson, Perry.... f 4-6 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 2 10 2 1 1 0 34 32 Crawford, Joe....... f 13-22 5-8 4-8 1 4 5 5 35 2 4 0 0 39 34 Harris, Ramon....... f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 0 3 22 03 Bradley, Ramel...... g 6-15 3-9 4-4 0 3 3 4 19 4 3 0 0 37 05 Jasper, Derrick..... g 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 5 7 3 0 4 0 3 0 40 13 Porter, Michael..... 0-1 0-1 2-2 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 22 15 Stewart, A.J........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 30 Perry, Dwight....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 42 Coury, Mark......... 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 TEAM................ 2 1 3 1 Totals.............. 23-48 8-20 12-17 9 17 26 22 66 13 12 5 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-22 40.9% 2nd Half: 14-26 53.8% Game: 47.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 40.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 9-13 69.2% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 70.6% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Marquette 25-9 overall TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 32 HAYWARD, Lazar...... f 7-11 2-4 0-0 3 4 7 3 16 0 2 0 1 35 41 BARRO, Ousmane...... f 1-3 0-0 2-2 2 3 5 3 4 1 1 2 0 25 01 JAMES, Dominic...... g 3-9 1-3 8-10 0 1 1 3 15 3 0 0 1 29 22 MCNEAL, Jerel....... g 8-15 2-5 2-2 2 3 5 1 20 2 4 0 2 34 23 MATTHEWS, Wesley.... g 2-10 0-1 9-10 1 3 4 1 13 1 0 0 0 31 02 ACKER, Maurice...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 15 05 FITZGERALD, Dan..... 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 10 CUBILLAN, David..... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 12 BURKE, Dwight....... 0-0 0-0 1-3 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 14 TEAM................ 4 4 Totals.............. 23-52 5-13 23-29 15 19 34 18 74 10 7 3 5 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd Half: 12-21 57.1% Game: 44.2% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 38.5% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 9-12 75.0% 2nd Half: 14-17 82.4% Game: 79.3% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: David Hall, Edwin Edsall, Larry Spaulding Technical fouls: Kentucky-None. Marquette-None. Attendance: Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Kentucky...................... 29 37 - 66 Marquette..................... 33 41 - 74 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - First Round Points in the paint-UK 30,MU 28. Points off turnovers-UK 6,MU 20. 2nd chance points-UK 16,MU 16. Fast break points-UK 4,MU 4. Bench points-UK 2,MU 6. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-4 times. Last FG-UK 2nd-00:23, MU 2nd-02:16. ====== Play by Play ====== 1st Half Summary TIME KENTUCKY SCORE MARQUETTE 19:38 0-2 Ousmane Barro made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Dominic James. 19:06 Ramel Bradley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joe Crawford. 3-2 18:50 3-2 Ousmane Barro missed Two Point Layup. 18:50 Ramel Bradley Defensive Rebound. 3-2 18:38 Joe Crawford missed Three Point Jumper. 3-2 18:38 3-2 Wesley Matthews Defensive Rebound. 18:29 3-2 Jerel McNeal missed Two Point Jumper. 18:09 Ramel Bradley missed Three Point Jumper. 3-2 18:09 3-2 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 17:53 3-2 Dominic James missed Two Point Layup. 17:51 Ramel Bradley Defensive Rebound. 3-2 17:47 Joe Crawford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ramel Bradley. 6-2 17:18 6-4 Lazar Hayward made Two Point Jumper. 17:02 Ramel Bradley made Two Point Layup. 8-4 16:44 8-4 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 16:44 Derrick Jasper Defensive Rebound. 8-4 16:04 Joe Crawford missed Two Point Layup. 8-4 16:04 8-4 Jerel McNeal Defensive Rebound. 15:59 8-4 Wesley Matthews missed Two Point Layup. 15:56 Perry Stevenson Defensive Rebound. 8-4 15:34 Joe Crawford made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Ramel Bradley. 10-4 15:13 10-6 Wesley Matthews made Two Point Layup. 14:55 Official TV Timeout. 10-6 14:31 Derrick Jasper missed Three Point Jumper. 10-6 14:31 10-6 Dwight Burke Defensive Rebound. 13:46 Foul on Ramel Bradley 10-6 13:31 10-8 Lazar Hayward made Two Point Layup. 13:22 10-8 Foul on Dominic James 13:09 Joe Crawford missed Two Point Jumper. 10-8 13:09 10-8 Dwight Burke Defensive Rebound. 12:55 10-8 Dominic James missed Two Point Jumper. 12:55 Joe Crawford Defensive Rebound. 10-8 12:38 A.J. Stewart missed Two Point Layup. 10-8 12:37 10-8 Dominic James Defensive Rebound. 12:30 10-8 Wesley Matthews missed Two Point Jumper. 12:30 10-8 Marquette Offensive Rebound. 12:19 10-8 Maurice Acker missed Two Point Jumper. 12:19 10-8 Lazar Hayward Offensive Rebound. 12:15 10-10 Lazar Hayward made Two Point Layup. 11:58 Official TV Timeout. 10-10 11:44 10-12 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. 11:18 Perry Stevenson missed Two Point Layup. 10-12 11:18 Derrick Jasper Offensive Rebound. 10-12 11:08 Foul on Ramon Harris 10-12 10:38 10-14 Maurice Acker made Two Point Jumper. 10:10 10-14 Lazar Hayward missed Three Point Jumper. 10:10 10-14 Dan Fitzgerald Offensive Rebound. 10:06 10-16 Dan Fitzgerald made Two Point Layup. 10:02 Kentucky Full Timeout. 9:38 Perry Stevenson made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Joe Crawford. 12-16 9:03 12-16 Wesley Matthews missed Two Point Layup. 9:03 12-16 Ousmane Barro Offensive Rebound. 9:03 12-16 Ousmane Barro missed Two Point Layup. 9:03 Derrick Jasper Defensive Rebound. 12-16 8:41 Joe Crawford missed Three Point Jumper. 12-16 8:41 12-16 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 8:17 Foul on Ramon Harris 12-16 8:17 12-16 Wesley Matthews missed Free Throw. 8:17 12-17 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 7:48 12-17 Foul on Wesley Matthews 7:48 Official TV Timeout. 12-17 7:48 Ramel Bradley made Free Throw. 13-17 7:48 Ramel Bradley made Free Throw. 14-17 7:30 14-17 Dominic James missed Two Point Layup. 7:30 14-17 Ousmane Barro Offensive Rebound. 7:30 14-17 Lawrence Blackledge missed Two Point Layup. 7:30 14-17 Marquette Offensive Rebound. 7:27 Foul on Joe Crawford 14-17 7:27 14-17 Lazar Hayward missed Two Point Layup. 7:27 14-17 Marquette Offensive Rebound. 7:21 Foul on Perry Stevenson 14-17 7:21 14-17 David Cubillan missed Free Throw. 7:21 14-18 David Cubillan made Free Throw. 7:10 Ramel Bradley missed Two Point Jumper. 14-18 7:10 14-18 Jerel McNeal Defensive Rebound. 7:02 Foul on Ramon Harris 14-18 7:02 14-18 Dominic James missed Free Throw. 7:02 14-19 Dominic James made Free Throw. 6:45 14-19 Foul on Jerel McNeal 6:37 14-19 Foul on Ousmane Barro 6:37 Joe Crawford missed Free Throw. 14-19 6:37 Joe Crawford made Free Throw. 15-19 6:16 15-19 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 6:16 Joe Crawford Defensive Rebound. 15-19 6:08 15-19 Foul on Dominic James 6:06 Perry Stevenson made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Ramel Bradley. 17-19 5:49 Foul on Perry Stevenson 17-19 5:49 17-20 Dominic James made Free Throw. 5:49 17-21 Dominic James made Free Throw. 5:28 Joe Crawford made Two Point Layup. 19-21 5:10 Foul on Joe Crawford 19-21 5:10 19-22 Jerel McNeal made Free Throw. 5:10 19-23 Jerel McNeal made Free Throw. 4:58 Michael Porter missed Three Point Jumper. 19-23 4:58 19-23 Dwight Burke Defensive Rebound. 4:46 19-23 Wesley Matthews missed Two Point Jumper. 4:44 Ramel Bradley Defensive Rebound. 19-23 4:40 Ramel Bradley missed Two Point Layup. 19-23 4:40 Derrick Jasper Offensive Rebound. 19-23 4:33 19-23 Foul on Dwight Burke 4:30 19-23 Foul on Dan Fitzgerald 4:30 Perry Stevenson made Free Throw. 20-23 4:30 Perry Stevenson made Free Throw. 21-23 4:06 Joe Crawford made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Ramel Bradley. 23-23 3:45 23-26 Jerel McNeal made Three Point Jumper. 3:27 23-26 Foul on Dwight Burke 3:27 Official TV Timeout. 23-26 3:27 Mark Coury missed Free Throw. 23-26 3:27 Michael Porter Offensive Rebound. 23-26 3:22 23-26 Foul on Lazar Hayward 3:22 Michael Porter made Free Throw. 24-26 3:22 Michael Porter made Free Throw. 25-26 3:00 25-26 Maurice Acker missed Two Point Layup. 3:00 Michael Porter Defensive Rebound. 25-26 2:50 25-28 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Jumper. 2:32 25-28 Foul on Dwight Burke 2:32 Joe Crawford made Free Throw. 26-28 2:32 Joe Crawford missed Free Throw. 26-28 2:32 26-28 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 2:15 26-28 Wesley Matthews missed Two Point Layup. 2:15 Derrick Jasper Defensive Rebound. 26-28 2:07 Ramel Bradley missed Three Point Jumper. 26-28 2:07 26-28 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 2:00 26-28 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 2:00 Joe Crawford Defensive Rebound. 26-28 1:50 26-28 Foul on Maurice Acker 1:50 Joe Crawford made Free Throw. 27-28 1:50 Joe Crawford missed Free Throw. 27-28 1:50 Michael Porter Offensive Rebound. 27-28 1:34 Joe Crawford missed Two Point Jumper. 27-28 1:34 27-28 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 1:14 Foul on Mark Coury 27-28 1:14 27-29 Ousmane Barro made Free Throw. 1:14 27-30 Ousmane Barro made Free Throw. 0:32 27-30 Lazar Hayward missed Two Point Dunk Shot. 0:32 27-30 Jerel McNeal Offensive Rebound. 0:29 27-30 Jerel McNeal missed Two Point Layup. 0:29 27-30 Jerel McNeal Offensive Rebound. 0:17 Ramel Bradley made Two Point Layup. 29-30 0:15 Marquette 30 Second Timeout. 0:04 29-33 Lazar Hayward made Three Point Jumper. 0:00 End of the 1st Half. 1 | 2 | All 2nd Half Summary TIME KENTUCKY SCORE MARQUETTE 19:38 Joe Crawford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derrick Jasper. 32-33 18:54 Ramel Bradley missed Three Point Jumper. 32-33 18:54 Joe Crawford Offensive Rebound. 32-33 18:49 Joe Crawford made Two Point Jumper. 34-33 18:17 34-36 Jerel McNeal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wesley Matthews. 17:56 Joe Crawford made Two Point Layup. 36-36 17:34 Foul on Ramon Harris 36-36 17:09 Foul on Ramel Bradley 36-36 17:09 36-37 Dominic James made Free Throw. 17:09 36-37 Dominic James missed Free Throw. 17:09 Joe Crawford Defensive Rebound. 36-37 16:48 36-37 Wesley Matthews missed Two Point Layup. 16:48 36-37 Maurice Acker Offensive Rebound. 16:15 36-37 Jerel McNeal missed Three Point Jumper. 16:15 36-37 Lazar Hayward Offensive Rebound. 16:08 36-39 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. 15:38 36-39 Foul on Lazar Hayward 15:38 Official TV Timeout. 36-39 14:59 36-41 Lazar Hayward made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Jerel McNeal. 14:41 Ramel Bradley made Two Point Jumper. 38-41 14:34 Foul on Derrick Jasper 38-41 14:15 38-43 Dominic James made Two Point Layup. 13:42 Derrick Jasper missed Two Point Jumper. 38-43 13:40 38-43 Jerel McNeal Defensive Rebound. 13:35 38-45 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. 13:32 Kentucky Full Timeout. 13:08 Joe Crawford missed Three Point Jumper. 38-45 13:08 Michael Porter Offensive Rebound. 38-45 12:33 Joe Crawford made Three Point Jumper. 41-45 12:10 41-48 Lazar Hayward made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominic James. 11:38 Official TV Timeout. 41-48 11:34 41-48 Foul on Dominic James 11:34 Ramel Bradley made Free Throw. 42-48 11:34 Ramel Bradley made Free Throw. 43-48 11:28 Foul on Michael Porter 43-48 11:18 Foul on Ramel Bradley 43-48 11:04 43-48 Dominic James missed Two Point Layup. 11:04 43-48 Lazar Hayward Offensive Rebound. 11:03 43-50 Lazar Hayward made Two Point Layup. 10:32 Foul on Ramel Bradley 43-50 10:32 43-51 Dominic James made Free Throw. 10:32 43-52 Dominic James made Free Throw. 10:18 Ramel Bradley missed Three Point Jumper. 43-52 10:18 43-52 Dwight Burke Defensive Rebound. 10:00 43-54 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Layup. 9:42 43-54 Foul on Dwight Burke 9:33 Joe Crawford made Two Point Layup. 45-54 9:33 45-54 Foul on Dan Fitzgerald 9:33 Joe Crawford made Free Throw. 46-54 9:18 46-54 Jerel McNeal missed Two Point Jumper. 9:18 46-54 Wesley Matthews Offensive Rebound. 9:15 46-54 Wesley Matthews missed Two Point Layup. 9:15 Derrick Jasper Defensive Rebound. 46-54 9:08 Joe Crawford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derrick Jasper. 49-54 8:50 49-54 Jerel McNeal missed Two Point Layup. 8:50 49-54 Marquette Offensive Rebound. 8:30 49-56 Wesley Matthews made Two Point Jumper. 8:13 Perry Stevenson missed Two Point Layup. 49-56 8:11 Perry Stevenson Offensive Rebound. 49-56 8:09 Perry Stevenson made Two Point Layup. 51-56 7:43 Official TV Timeout. 51-56 7:29 Joe Crawford missed Two Point Jumper. 51-56 7:29 51-56 Wesley Matthews Defensive Rebound. 6:57 51-56 Lazar Hayward missed Three Point Jumper. 6:57 Perry Stevenson Defensive Rebound. 51-56 6:55 51-56 Foul on Ousmane Barro 5:57 51-56 Wesley Matthews missed Three Point Jumper. 5:57 Derrick Jasper Defensive Rebound. 51-56 5:23 Derrick Jasper missed Three Point Jumper. 51-56 5:23 Kentucky Offensive Rebound. 51-56 5:19 51-56 Foul on Lazar Hayward 5:10 Perry Stevenson made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Ramel Bradley. 53-56 4:51 53-56 Dominic James missed Three Point Jumper. 4:51 53-56 Dan Fitzgerald Offensive Rebound. 4:23 53-59 Dominic James made Three Point Jumper. 3:37 Official TV Timeout. 53-59 3:36 Joe Crawford missed Two Point Layup. 53-59 3:36 53-59 Ousmane Barro Defensive Rebound. 3:14 53-61 Dominic James made Two Point Layup. 2:51 Joe Crawford made Two Point Layup. 55-61 2:51 55-61 Foul on Ousmane Barro 2:51 Joe Crawford missed Free Throw. 55-61 2:51 55-61 Lazar Hayward Defensive Rebound. 2:17 55-63 Jerel McNeal made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by David Cubillan. 2:11 Kentucky 30 Second Timeout. 1:56 Joe Crawford missed Two Point Jumper. 55-63 1:56 Kentucky Offensive Rebound. 55-63 1:50 Ramel Bradley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ramon Harris. 58-63 1:48 Kentucky 30 Second Timeout. 1:35 Foul on Michael Porter 58-63 1:35 58-64 Dominic James made Free Throw. 1:35 58-65 Dominic James made Free Throw. 1:35 Marquette 30 Second Timeout. 1:27 Ramel Bradley missed Two Point Layup. 58-65 1:27 58-65 Dwight Burke Defensive Rebound. 1:20 Foul on Derrick Jasper 58-65 1:20 58-66 Dwight Burke made Free Throw. 1:20 58-66 Dwight Burke missed Free Throw. 1:20 Perry Stevenson Defensive Rebound. 58-66 1:08 Joe Crawford made Two Point Layup. 60-66 0:54 Foul on Derrick Jasper 60-66 0:54 60-66 Dwight Burke missed Free Throw. 0:54 Perry Stevenson Defensive Rebound. 60-66 0:41 Joe Crawford made Three Point Jumper. 63-66 0:38 Kentucky Full Timeout. 0:31 Foul on Joe Crawford 63-66 0:31 63-67 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 0:31 63-68 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 0:24 Ramel Bradley made Three Point Jumper. 66-68 0:20 Foul on Ramon Harris 66-68 0:20 66-69 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 0:20 66-70 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 0:10 Foul on Joe Crawford 66-70 0:10 66-71 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 0:10 66-72 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 0:06 Matt Scherbenske missed Three Point Jumper. 66-72 0:06 66-72 Wesley Matthews Defensive Rebound. 0:03 Foul on Joe Crawford 66-72 0:03 66-73 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 0:03 66-74 Wesley Matthews made Free Throw. 0:03 Ramel Bradley missed Three Point Jumper. 66-74 0:00 End Game