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+ | ====== Recap ====== | ||
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+ | 'The great news is we got a win,' Marquette' | ||
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+ | Start with [[Villanova]]' | ||
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- | NEW YORK (AP) -- Marquette' | ||
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Villanova could not do much with that edge. The Wildcats' | Villanova could not do much with that edge. The Wildcats' | ||
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They missed their first 20 3-point attempts, many of them with air balls, and finished just 3-for-26 beyond the arc. | They missed their first 20 3-point attempts, many of them with air balls, and finished just 3-for-26 beyond the arc. | ||
Contrast that with the shower of six 3-pointers Marquette (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today; No. 18 Associated Press) used at the end of the first half to build a lead that ballooned to as many as 20 points. | Contrast that with the shower of six 3-pointers Marquette (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today; No. 18 Associated Press) used at the end of the first half to build a lead that ballooned to as many as 20 points. | ||
- | ''We didn't make shots,'' Villanova coach Jay Wright said. ''Give their defense credit, too. The way they defend, they really protect the 3-pointer.' | + | |
- | That is by design, Crean said. | + | 'We didn't make shots,' |
- | ''We take a lot of pride in defending the 3-point line,'' he said. ''For us to be a good team, we have to challenge 3-point shooters.' | + | 'We take a lot of pride in defending the 3-point line,' he said. 'For us to be a good team, we have to challenge 3-point shooters.' |
- | Dwyane Wade led the Golden Eagles with 17 points, including an alley-oop basket with eight minutes left that was the game's most spectacular play. He also played 33 minutes without a turnover. | + | |
+ | [[Dwyane Wade]] led the Golden Eagles with 17 points, including an alley-oop basket with eight minutes left that was the game's most spectacular play. He also played 33 minutes without a turnover. | ||
The Wildcats started freshmen Randy Foye and Allan Ray in the backcourt, and Ray missed six of seven shots in the first half but finished as Villanova' | The Wildcats started freshmen Randy Foye and Allan Ray in the backcourt, and Ray missed six of seven shots in the first half but finished as Villanova' | ||
- | Marquette, playing in the Garden for the first time since 1995, raced to an 11-2 lead on the shooting of senior transfer Robert Jackson and Scott Merritt. Then Marquette hit six 3-pointers, three of them by Travis Diener. | + | |
+ | Marquette, playing in the Garden for the first time since 1995, raced to an 11-2 lead on the shooting of senior transfer | ||
Jackson had 15 points and Diener 12. | Jackson had 15 points and Diener 12. | ||
- | Joe Chapman, Merritt and Steve Novak had the other 3-pointers, as six of Marquette' | + | |
+ | [[Joe Chapman]], Merritt and Steve Novak had the other 3-pointers, as six of Marquette' | ||
Villanova struggled through a miserable shooting first half, making just eight of 29 attempts and missing all six 3-point shots -- two of them airballs. | Villanova struggled through a miserable shooting first half, making just eight of 29 attempts and missing all six 3-point shots -- two of them airballs. | ||
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Senior Ricky Wright, the Wildcats' | Senior Ricky Wright, the Wildcats' | ||
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His fourth foul, less than two minutes into the second half, sent Wright to the bench. He fouled out with 11½ minutes remaining. | His fourth foul, less than two minutes into the second half, sent Wright to the bench. He fouled out with 11½ minutes remaining. | ||
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Villanova did not make a 3-pointer until Ray hit two consecutive in the last two minutes. | Villanova did not make a 3-pointer until Ray hit two consecutive in the last two minutes. | ||