Marquette Golden Eagles vs Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Men's Basketball Championship - South Region - 1st Round

Western Kentucky HilltoppersWestern KYWKU

22-12

Final

	1	2	T
Western KY WKU	43	26	69
Marquette MARQ	36	51	87

Marquette Golden EaglesMarquetteMARQ

26-9

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

starters
Tyrone Marshall Jr.T. Marshall Jr.#24
Babacar FayeB. Faye#5
Don McHenryD. McHenry#2
Khristian LanderK. Lander#4
Brandon NewmanB. Newman#10
bench
BJ MarableBJ Marable#13
Rodney HowardR. Howard#0
Jaylen DorseyJ. Dorsey#22
Teagan MooreT. Moore#30
Enoch KalambayE. Kalambay#23
Jack EdelenJ. Edelen#15
Tyler OldenT. Olden#31
Dontaie AllenD. Allen#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
30	21	8-13	4-6	1-2	6	5	1	0	2	1	5	0
18	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	2	1	0	2	3	1
30	11	5-15	1-6	0-0	8	2	5	0	0	2	6	1
21	7	3-10	1-5	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	2	1	2
12	0	0-8	0-2	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	6	3-6	0-0	0-0	7	0	2	1	0	1	6	1
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	2	0-3	0-0	2-2	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	2
20	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	4	0	2	1	0	1	3	2
12	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	3
1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1
	69	28-69	8-24	5-6	44	17	18	5	4	14	30	15
		41%	33%	83%

Marquette Golden Eagles

starters
David JoplinD. Joplin#23
Oso IghodaroO. Ighodaro#13
Kam JonesK. Jones#1
Stevie MitchellS. Mitchell#4
Tyler KolekT. Kolek#11
bench
Jack RileyJ. Riley#42
Ben GoldB. Gold#12
Al AmadouA. Amadou#21
Jonah LucasJ. Lucas#41
Chase RossC. Ross#2
Cameron BrownC. Brown#55
Zaide LoweryZ. Lowery#10
Tre NormanT. Norman#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
28	13	5-12	3-9	0-0	11	3	0	1	2	4	7	1
33	4	2-7	0-0	0-0	8	3	2	0	5	2	6	1
34	28	10-16	5-10	3-5	2	2	3	1	0	0	2	1
32	16	6-9	1-3	3-4	4	3	1	3	3	2	2	2
38	18	7-13	2-5	2-4	6	11	3	2	0	2	4	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	8	3-8	2-7	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	87	33-69	13-36	8-15	37	23	10	9	11	11	26	9
		48%	36%	53%

Game Information

Indianapolis, IN

TBS

Referee:John Gaffney

Referee:Michael Greenstein

Referee:Alfred Smith

NCAA Division I

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	17-3	-	26-8
Sam Houston	13-7	4	22-12
Louisiana Tech	11-9	6	20-14
Western Kentucky	11-9	6	18-14
Middle Tennessee	11-9	6	17-15
Kennesaw State	10-10	7	21-14
Jacksonville State	10-10	7	15-17
New Mexico State	8-12	9	16-16
Missouri State	8-12	9	16-18
Florida International	8-12	9	15-17
UTEP	7-13	10	11-20
Delaware	6-14	11	10-21

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

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