Friday, February 08, 2008

Marquette Preview

The Golden Gold Warrior Eagles of Marquette visit the Joyce Center tomorrow in a rematch of their 92-66 win in January. Tom Crean's squad is 16-5 and 6-4 in the Big East, 3-3 since the Notre Dame game.

Starters:
#1 Dominic James- 13.0 PPG, 3.9 APG, 33% 3PA
#22 Jerel McNeal- 13.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 24% 3PA
#23 Wesley Matthews- 11.2 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 34% 3PA
#32 Lazar Hayward- 13.2 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 50% 3PA
#12 Dwight Burke- 3.1 PPG, 3.2 RPG

Bench-
#10 David Cubillan- 6.3 PPG, 2.0 APG, 35% 3PA, 19.1 MPG
#41 Ousmane Barro- 6'10", 235 lbs.- 5.5 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 18.0 MPG
#2 Maurice Acker- 4.9 PPG, 2.3 APG, 39% 3PA, 15.5 MPG
#5 Dan Fitzgerald- 4.4 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 39% 3PA, 14.3 MPG

On January 12th, Marquette outshot the Irish 50% to 21% from three-point range. In addition, Notre Dame turned the ball over twice as much as the Golden Eagles (24 to 12). James, McNeal, Matthews, Hayward, and Cubillan all scored in double figures. Lazar Hayward earned a double-double with 17 points and 11 boards.

For the Irish, Luke Harangody was the only bright spot on offense. The sophomore scored 29 points and pulled down 14 rebounds. Kyle McAlarney, Tory Jackson, and Rob Kurz shot 3-8 from the field. Since that loss, Notre Dame is 5-1, scoring 89 or more points four times.

Ken Pomeroy has a 58% chance on winning from Ken Pomeroy's site. A 34th straight home win and bragging rights are on the line for the Irish. Let's keep the streak going.

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