UNC 81, Marquette 63
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Golden Eagles (63) @ Tar Heels (81)
Friday, Mar 25, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
Prudential Center - Newark, New Jersey
| Final - 3.25.2011 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette Golden Eagles | 15 | 48 | 63 |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | 40 | 41 | 81 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette | 15 | 48 | 63 |
| North Carolina | 40 | 41 | 81 |
| Marquette | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Williams | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Butler | 36 | 6-12 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Chris Otule | 20 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Darius Johnson-Odom | 25 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 3-5 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Dwight Buycks | 21 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Vander Blue | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Junior Cadougan | 20 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Joseph Fulce | 8 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jamail Jones | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jae Crowder | 27 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4-1 | 11 |
| Robert Frozena | 1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Davante Gardner | 18 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 6-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Jamil Wilson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Reggie Smith | DNP - | ||||||||||
| David Singleton | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 23-63 | 2-16 | 15-20 | 42-18 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 17-1 | 63 | |
| .365 | .125 | .750 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| North Carolina | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henson | 32 | 7-16 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 12-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Harrison Barnes | 30 | 6-18 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 9-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-0 | 20 |
| Tyler Zeller | 27 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 12-7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 27 |
| Dexter Strickland | 34 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Kendall Marshall | 35 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Leslie McDonald | 21 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Daniel Bolick | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Van Hatchell | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Stewart Cooper | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| David Dupont | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Justin Watts | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Justin Knox | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Patrick Crouch | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| D.J. Johnston | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Reggie Bullock | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Larry Drew II | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-74 | 5-16 | 14-21 | 48-22 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 16-0 | 81 | |
| .419 | .313 | .667 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Mark Whitehead, Joe DeRosa, Tony Padilla
Duration:
Officials: - Mark Whitehead, Joe DeRosa, Tony Padilla
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