Final
Marquette defeats South Florida, 63-52
Feb 14, 2010 - 3:49 AM MILWAUKEE(AP) -- Lazar Hayward scored 18 points to lead Marquette to a 63-52 victory over South Florida in Big East Conference play on Saturday.Hayward added 14 rebounds, as Marquette (16-8, 7-5) won its fifth straight.
Jimmy Butler had 15 points and Maurice Acker added 14, as Marquette won despite getting outrebounded 42-30.
Dominique Jones, the Big East's third-leading scorer at 21.9 points per game, had 16 to lead South Florida (15-9, 5-7) but made just 6 of 21 from the field.
Marquette led 31-27 at halftime and opened the second half on an 18-8 run, including eight points from David Cubillan, to take a 49-35 lead.
South Florida got no closer than six the rest of the way and shot just 29.7 percent in the second half. The Bulls made 4 of 20 three-pointers in the game.
- NCAA BB
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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SOUTH FLORIDA 27 25 52
MARQUETTE 31 32 63 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SOUTH FLORIDA - DOMINIQUE JONES 16, JARRID FAMOUS 12,
CHRIS HOWARD 11
MARQUETTE - LAZAR HAYWARD 18, JIMMY BUTLER 15,
MAURICE ACKER 14
Feb 13 10:32 PM - NCAA BB
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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SOUTH FLORIDA 27 27
MARQUETTE 31 31 HALFTIME
HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME
SOUTH FLORIDA - DOMINIQUE JONES 8, CHRIS HOWARD 7, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 5
MARQUETTE - JIMMY BUTLER 11, MAURICE ACKER 8,
LAZAR HAYWARD 4
Feb 13 9:20 PM
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