Men's basketball tops ORU, 73-70
11/26/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
"I feel like we have to be a team in order to get where we want to be," James said. "It can't be one guy. We've just got to keep playing together and emphasizing that and if we do that, we can get to the places we need to be."
James also dished eight assists for MU (3-1), while ORU (1-2) came up short despite the monster effort of forward Caleb Green, who had 28 points and 12 rebounds.
?We just want to put people in position," Crean said of MU's problems with the press break. "Short passes, long passes. Really, I think where our turnovers came we could have broken the pressure without the pass."
The Golden Eagles used a late 11-0 run to take a 66-55 lead after neither team could build more than a 6-point advantage for the first 35 minutes. ORU made a late charge behind a pair of three-pointers by guard Ken Tutt (21 points, 5-17 FG), but Jonathan Bluitt?s desperation trey didn?t come close in the final seconds.
The victory puts Marquette back in the Shootout title game after winning it all in 2001. MU is now 7-1 all-time at the Shootout. The Golden Eagles will face South Carolina in the title game on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. CT.
Forwards Steve Novak and Ousmane Barro scored 12 points apiece for MU, while Dan Fitzgerald scored 11 points off the bench. Novak led MU with nine rebounds.
Official Basketball Box ScoreOral Roberts vs Marquette11/25/05 5:30 pm at Sullivan Arena - Anchorage, Alaska--------------------------------------------------------------------------------VISITORS: Oral Roberts 1-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN04 Owens,Larry......... f 1-4 0-1 2-2 4 3 7 2 4 3 2 2 0 2330 Green,Caleb......... f 11-19 0-0 6-9 3 9 12 2 28 1 3 1 3 3845 Michalec,Mickey..... c 4-6 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 4 9 0 0 1 0 1301 Tutt,Ken............ g 5-17 3-9 8-9 0 1 1 3 21 2 7 0 2 3614 Bluitt,Jonathan..... g 2-5 0-3 1-2 1 4 5 4 5 6 2 0 3 3902 Riouse,Chris........ 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 810 Vealy,Marchello..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 433 Meloy,Andrew........ 0-2 0-1 3-4 0 4 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 1152 Ogunoye,Yemi........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 0 3 1 1 2 28 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 23-57 3-17 21-28 10 27 37 20 70 15 16 5 10 200TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-28 39.3% 2nd Half: 12-29 41.4% Game: 40.4% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-12 16.7% Game: 17.6% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 9-11 81.8% 2nd Half: 12-17 70.6% Game: 75.0% 6--------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOME TEAM: Marquette 3-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN20 Novak,Steve......... f 5-11 2-6 0-0 1 8 9 1 12 1 2 0 1 3241 Barro,Ousmane....... f 4-6 0-0 4-6 3 2 5 5 12 0 0 0 0 1601 James,Dominic....... g 4-13 1-6 6-11 1 2 3 3 15 8 3 0 1 3022 McNeal,Jerel........ g 3-5 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 1 8 5 6 1 2 2623 Matthews,Wesley..... g 1-7 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 2005 Fitzgerald,Dan...... 3-4 0-1 5-6 1 3 4 2 11 1 1 0 2 2512 Burke,Dwight........ 1-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 532 Chapman,Joe......... 1-4 1-3 0-0 1 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 2133 Grimm,Chris......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 243 Amoroso,Ryan........ 2-5 0-1 2-2 2 1 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 1651 Lott,Jamil.......... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 TEAM................ 3 3 Totals.............. 25-61 4-17 19-28 15 24 39 20 73 16 16 2 8 200TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-34 35.3% 2nd Half: 13-27 48.1% Game: 41.0% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 23.5% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 5-5 100 % 2nd Half: 14-23 60.9% Game: 67.9% 3,1--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Officials: Terry Christman, Kelly Self, Bruce CorsonTechnical fouls: Oral Roberts-None. Marquette-Matthews,Wesley.Attendance: 7185Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalOral Roberts.................. 32 38 - 70Marquette..................... 32 41 - 73Men's Game 7: 2005 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout (semifinal #1)Carrs/Safeway Player of the Game: C.Green (ORU)
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