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====== December 29, 2009 - Marquette vs. West Virginia====== | ====== December 29, 2009 - Marquette vs. West Virginia====== | ||
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- | ===== Recap ===== | + | |
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+ | ===== Failing To Put It Away | ||
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+ | Morgantown, W. Va. — No stranger to gut-wrenching, | ||
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+ | But this one, a 63-62 setback against the No. 6 West Virginia Mountaineers, | ||
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+ | It was Da' | ||
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+ | The Golden Eagles went 1 for 4 from the free-throw line over the final 1 minute 2 seconds, leaving the door wide open for a Mountaineers team that was primed for what would have been one of the season' | ||
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+ | "Every possession is monumental when you have the margin of error that we have," said MU coach [[Buzz Williams]]. " | ||
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+ | "So you not only have to do those things, you have to try to do those things a little bit better in hopes that you have a chance." | ||
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+ | MU, which led, 37-33, at halftime, opened the second half ice-cold, missing its first six shots and managing just two free throws in the first 5:54 as West Virginia took a 42-39 lead. | ||
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+ | A driving layup by [[Dwight Buycks]] broke the ice for the Golden Eagles, and they traded the lead with the Mountaineers four times over the next few minutes as both teams tried to deal one final knockout blow. | ||
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+ | A three-point play by Lazar Hayward jump-started what appeared to be just that for MU, as the Golden Eagles went on a 10-2 run to stretch their lead to 59-53 with 4:57 remaining. It stood at 61-57 when the wheels slowly started to come off. | ||
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+ | With 1:02 left, [[Darius Johnson-Odom]] hit 1 of 2 free throws, and then MU was unable to come up with a loose ball on a Kevin Jones miss that Jones eventually corraled to make it 62-59. | ||
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+ | With 23.4 seconds left, Johnson-Odom barely drew iron on the front end of a one-and-one, | ||
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+ | After a timeout, MU in-bounded the ball and [[Jimmy Butler]] was fouled with 11.2 seconds left. About a month removed from a 4-for-12 performance from the free-throw line in MU's down-to-the-wire loss to Florida State, Butler missed the front end and West Virginia' | ||
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+ | Guarded by Hayward, his teammate over the summer on USA Basketball' | ||
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+ | Williams immediately called a timeout, and during it the officials changed the shot to a two instead of a three while changing the clock from 1.8 to 2.3. The Golden Eagles eventually gave the ball on the inbounds play to [[David Cubillan]], and the senior heaved a baseball pass toward the opposite free-throw line. | ||
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+ | The Mountaineers' | ||
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+ | "You guys played your (expletive) off," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said to Williams after the game. | ||
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+ | Williams, meanwhile, wasn't about to lament what could have been from the free-throw line. | ||
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+ | "I don't do anything," | ||
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+ | Hayward led all scorers with 24 points and Johnson-Odom added 14 for MU, which lost despite making 10 of 16 three-pointers. | ||
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+ | Ebanks had 19 points, Jones 18 and Butler 17 for West Virginia, which shot 50.9%. | ||
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+ | As expected, there were some interesting matchups from the outset between the smallish Golden Eagles and the gangly Mountaineers, | ||
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+ | After a sluggish start, MU found its groove by forcing a few turnovers and knocking down consecutive three-pointers, | ||
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+ | MU took its first lead of the game a little over 2 minutes later on another Hayward three at 14-13, and after Jones bounced in a three from the top of the key, Hayward buried his third of the half — this from the left corner — to get the Golden Eagles back in front once again. | ||
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+ | Hayward provided an exclamation point not long thereafter, taking a steal at just before the midcourt stripe, streaking down and throwing down a monstrous one-handed jam in the face of 6-8, 260-pound Dan Jennings while also being fouled. | ||
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+ | The free throw gave MU a 20-16 lead, then Johnson-Odom’s layup stretched it to 22-16 with 7:28 left. The Golden Eagles forced four consecutive turnovers and a miss over that same span. | ||
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+ | West Virginia responded with an 11-2 run to jump back in front, 27-22, but an Acker three and another Johnson-Odom layup halted the surge and started another for the Golden Eagles. This one wound up being 13-3 to close out the half, with Hayward burying his fourth three off a nice drive and dish by Johnson-Odom to make it 37-30 with 4.7 seconds left. | ||
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+ | West Virginia was able to get the ball upcourt quickly, however, and responded with a running three by Ebanks from about 35 feet on the left wing at the buzzer to make it 37-33 heading into intermission. | ||
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+ | Hayward closed out the first half with 17 points, as he knocked down 6 of 9 shots overall and 4 of 5 threes. Perhaps just as impressive was the fact MU was able to take a four-point lead into halftime despite a nearly silent offensive first half by Butler (five points, two rebounds). | ||
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+ | The Golden Eagles sank 7 of 10 three-pointers and shot 48.1% overall. They also converted eight West Virginia turnovers into eight points. | ||
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+ | Ebanks led the Mountaineers with 13 points and five rebounds, all of which came on the offensive end. Jones added 10 points. | ||