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Marquette Falls To No. 16 Wisconsin 52-47
12/23/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 23, 2000
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Roy Boone scored a season-high 18 points to help No. 16 Wisconsin to a 52-47 victory over Marquette on Saturday.
Wisconsin (8-1) won its eighth straight game for the first time since 1998 and third in a row against Marquette (5-4).
The game was the first of the season for Wisconsin senior forward Maurice Linton and junior point guard Travon Davis. They were suspended for eight games by the NCAA for receiving extra benefits in purchases of discount shoes.
Linton, who started most of last season, had seven points and a rebound in 14 minutes. Davis had four points and a rebound in 13 minutes.
The Badgers, who made just four field goals in the second half, shot 9-of-10 from the free-throw line in the last 2:53.
Marquette got 11 points from Oluoma Nnamaka and 10 from Brian Wardle, but the Golden Eagles failed to hit a 3-pointer for the first time since Feb. 2, 1989, a span of 355 games.
After a free throw by Mark Vershaw gave Wisconsin a 50-45 lead with 16.3 seconds left, Marquette's Cordell Henry hit a basket with 11 seconds remaining.
Marquette immediately fouled Mike Kelley, who made both free throws for the final five-point margin.
Brian Barone missed Marquette's ninth 3-pointer of the game and Wisconsin ran out the clock.
Marquette's only lead of the game was at 2-0. But Wisconsin used an 11-2 run to take a 20-8 lead, its biggest of the game, on a basket by Charlie Wills with 7:06 left in the first half.
