Marquette University
Wisconsin
No. 16 Men's Basketball Slips Past Wisconsin
12/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec 14, 2002
By ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE - For once, Dwyane Wade didn't make all the big shots for No. 16 Marquette.
Todd Townsend scored all nine of his points on 3-pointers as the Golden Eagles beat cold-shooting Wisconsin 63-54 Saturday night.
The sophomore forward started the game with a 3-pointer and added two crucial long-range jumpers in the second half as the Golden Eagles (6-1) snapped a four-game losing streak to the Badgers (6-2).
Marquette trailed 29-28 at halftime but began to break away when Townsend somehow sank an off-balance, one-handed 3-pointer just before the buzzer sounded for a 44-37 lead.
"That was a big play," Badgers coach Bo Ryan said. "It looked like we didn't recover from that. We caught a jab and our knees buckled a little."
But Townsend's biggest basket came at the 3-minute mark when he sank a wide-open 3-pointer from the left wing to give Marquette some breathing room at 55-48.
"For a guy who's been struggling those were big shots," said Wade, who led Marquette with 25 points as the Golden Eagles ended a 14-game winning streak by the Badgers against in-state schools.
The Badgers never found enough of an offensive touch to recover from Townsend's last 3-pointer. They were outshot 52 percent to 36 percent from the floor.
"When you're playing from behind, shot selection changes," Ryan said. "In the first half, it's not like we lit it up, either.
"What a difference making shots makes."
 | "When it's winning time, I try to step up and be aggressive, if it's me scoring or passing, that's what I try to do." Dwyane Wade |
"Kirk will have better nights and he knows that," Ryan said. "It's just one of those nights and he's had so many good nights."
Robert Jackson added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Golden Eagles before 18,677 at the Bradley Center, the fourth-largest crowd in school history.
Mike Wilkinson's 3-pointer with 1:29 left pulled the Badgers to 55-52, but Travis Deaner sank two foul shots at 1:02 to make it 57-52.
Devin Harris led Wisconsin with 17 points, but he scored just four after halftime, including two foul shots with 57 seconds left that made it 57-54 before Wade's tough shot underneath with a half-minute left sealed the win.
Both teams came in averaging 81 points, a suggestion that this matchup wouldn't be the grind-it-out defensive struggle it usually is. But the shots weren't falling for either team.
Harris and Wade were the only players who were on-target in the first half. Harris made 5-of-7 shots, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc for 13 points and Wade was 6-of-10 from the field for 14 points.
Wade stayed hot in the second half and Harris didn't, missing all six of his shots after halftime while Wade went 5-of-7.
"It was winning time," Wade said. "When it's winning time, I try to step up and be aggressive, if it's me scoring or passing, that's what I try to do."
And this time, he got lots of help from Townsend.
