Marquette University Athletics
Marquette defeated by Memphis, 78-68
1/14/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Memphis, Tenn., January 13 - A 20-3 run to start the game by Memphis (9-7, 2-0 C-USA) proved to be too much for Marquette to overcome as they fell, 78-68, at the FedEx Forum on Thursday night.
Rodney Carney led the way for the Tigers scoring a season-high 29 points on 10-of-20 shooting from the field, including 6-of-10 from three. Darius Washington and Anthony Rice added 20 and 17, respectively, for Memphis.
Marquette was led by sophomore Dameon Mason?s 20 points, along with 16 each from Ryan Amoroso and Travis Diener. Amoroso also added a career-high 12 rebounds.
The difference in the game early on was the ability of the Tigers? defense to create opportunities for its offense, forcing 16 turnovers and recording 10 steals in the first half.
Memphis stretched the lead to 18 on two occasions before heading to the locker room with a 41-25 lead.
Playing much more aggressively and protecting the basketball, Marquette slowly chipped away at the Memphis lead in the second half and with 4:43 remaining had cut the lead to six, at 63-57.
Memphis answered the Marquette rally by going on a 10-2 run over the next two minutes to seal their 78-68 victory.
Marquette returns to action on Saturday, January 15 for its Conference USA home opener against USF at 8:00 p.m. at the Bradley Center.
Diener moves into second place all-time
Travis Diener?s six assists in Thursday?s loss at Memphis moved him past Cordell Henry into second place all time at Marquette in assists with 555.
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