Marquette wins Great Alaska Shootout
11/27/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Tournament Most Outstanding Player Steve Novak poured in 28 points for the Golden Eagles (4-1), who added the 2005 title just four years after winning their first one.
South Carolina (4-1) got 23 points from guard Tre? Kelley and 20 points, six rebounds and five assists from backcourt mate Tarence Kinsey, and 16 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three blocks from forward Renaldo Balkman. All three Gamecocks made the All-Tournament Team in the 28th annual tournament.
MU freshman point guard Dominic James (12 points, 9 assists) and freshman guard Jerel McNeal (7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals) were also voted all-tourney.
Amoroso and Novak both put up career-high point totals, while Amoroso tied his career-best with 12 rebounds. Amoroso entered Saturday?s game with just 13 points and nine rebounds through the Golden Eagles? first two Shootout victories.
The first Shootout championship game to go to overtime featured nine ties and 20 lead changes, and neither team led by more than eight points.
Kinsey?s put-back dunk put USC ahead 72-68 with 6:34 to play in regulation before Marquette answered with back-to-back three-pointers from James and Amoroso. Another trey by James put the Golden Eagles up 80-76 with a minute left, but Kinsey nailed a long-range bomb just seconds later, drawing the foul and completing the 4-point play to tie it. MU got off three shots on the final possession of regulation, all coming up short.
Marquette went up 87-84 in the extra session before a Kinsey bucket and an unlikely three-pointer from forward Brandon Wallace put the Gamecocks ahead 89-87 a the 49-second mark. Amoroso got the ball down low on the ensuing possession, however, banking home a short jumper and drawing the foul from Kinsey.
After Amoroso converted the three-point play, South Carolina declined to call timeout, and Kelley and Wallace missed a pair of shots. Amoroso grabbed his final rebound and was fouled again, converting both charities with 4.1 second left. Kelley got off a final shot from 25 feet, but it was off-line.
Marquette becomes just the fourth team to win multiple Shootout titles, joining North Carolina (1980, 1985, 1997), North Carolina State (1978, 1983) and Kentucky (1979, 1996) in that elite company.
Novak was 6 of 10 from three-point range, tying the Shootout championship-game record for treys made, and the Golden Eagles tied the team championship-game record with 13 three-point makes.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Nick Young, Southern California
Kemmy Burgess, Alaska Anchorage
Jamaal Tatum, Southern Illinois
Caleb Green, Oral Roberts
Tarence Kinsey, South Carolina
Dominic James, Marquette
Ken Tutt, Oral Roberts
Jerel McNeal, Marquette
Tre? Kelley, South Carolina
Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina
Most Outstanding Player:
Steve Novak, Marquette
For a complete game report from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Marquette beat writer Todd Rosiak go to Alaska Shootout Championship Story.
Official Basketball Box ScoreMarquette vs South Carolina11/26/05 6:30 pm at Sullivan Arena - Anchorage, Alaska--------------------------------------------------------------------------------VISITORS: Marquette 4-1 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 8-14 6-10 6-6 0 4 4 1 28 1 0 0 1 4041 BARRO, Ousmane...... f 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 1901 JAMES, Dominic...... g 3-12 2-7 4-6 1 1 2 0 12 9 3 0 0 3222 McNEAL, Jerel....... g 2-4 1-1 2-2 1 3 4 0 7 0 2 0 2 2523 MATTHEWS, Wesley.... g 3-9 1-2 2-2 3 3 6 0 9 5 1 0 1 3005 FITZGERALD, Dan..... 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 1 2 2 4 0 0 2932 CHAPMAN, Joe........ 0-3 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1643 AMOROSO, Ryan....... 11-17 3-4 5-6 4 8 12 2 30 0 0 0 1 3051 LOTT, Jamil......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 TEAM................ 2 2 Totals.............. 30-66 13-28 19-22 16 21 37 11 92 20 12 0 5 225TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-27 51.9% 2nd Half: 13-31 41.9% OT: 3-8 37.5% Game: 45.5% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd Half: 6-13 46.2% OT: 1-4 25.0% Game: 46.4% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 8-8 100 % 2nd Half: 6-8 75.0% OT: 5-6 83.3% Game: 86.4% 1,1--------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOME TEAM: South Carolina 4-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN33 Wallace,Brandon..... f 4-8 2-3 0-2 3 1 4 2 10 2 2 1 2 3634 Balkman,Renaldo..... f 7-10 0-0 2-3 3 5 8 4 16 6 1 3 0 3001 Kelley,Tre.......... g 9-16 5-8 0-0 0 1 1 2 23 1 3 0 0 4010 Trice,Rocky......... g 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 3 4 3 3 5 2 0 1 3321 Kinsey,Tarence...... g 8-15 2-4 2-3 1 5 6 4 20 5 3 1 1 4402 McDowell,Stephen.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 304 Sheldon,Bryce....... 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 914 Tisby,Antoine....... 4-8 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 3 8 0 1 1 0 1923 Day,Dwayne.......... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 624 Konate,Ousmane...... 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 37-68 11-21 4-8 11 21 32 20 89 21 12 6 4 225TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 18-31 58.1% 2nd Half: 15-30 50.0% OT: 4-7 57.1% Game: 54.4% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% OT: 1-2 50.0% Game: 52.4% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 1-1 100 % 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% OT: 0-0 0.0% Game: 50.0% 2,1--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Officials: Kelly Self, Gabby Lujan, Tim GabuteroTechnical fouls: Marquette-None. South Carolina-None.Attendance: 7496Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT TotalMarquette..................... 42 38 12 - 92South Carolina................ 43 37 9 - 89Men's Game 12: 2005 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout (championship)Carrs/Safeway Player of the Game: R.Amaroso (MARQ)Points in the paint-MARQ 32,SC 38. Points off turnovers-MARQ 12,SC 13.2nd chance points-MARQ 20,SC 10. Fast break points-MARQ 8,SC 2.Bench points-MARQ 32,SC 17. Score tied-9 times. Lead changed-21 times.Last FG-MARQ OT-00:28, SC OT-00:49.Largest lead-MARQ by 6 2nd-14:41, SC by 8 1st-07:06.
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