National Basketball Association
Marquette 78, Arizona St. 71
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Where: BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Officials:
# Jamie Luckie, # Terry Oglesby, # Mike Roberts
Attendance:
12736
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Marquette 78, Arizona State 71: Jajuan Johnson
scored a career-high 22 points as the Golden Eagles downed the visiting Sun
Devils.
Indiana transfer Luke Fischer added career highs in
points (19), rebounds (nine) and blocks (five) in a dazzling debut for
Marquette (5-4), which was coming off a 38-point game in an 11-point loss to
visiting Wisconsin on Dec. 6. The Golden Eagles, who also received 19 points
from Duane Wilson and nine points and five assists from Matt Carlino, shot a
season-best 57.1 percent from the field with 23 assists on 28 field
goals.
Gerry Blakes scored 20 and Kodi Justice added 12 for
Arizona State (6-4), which is 0-2 in true road games. The Sun Devils, who also received eight points and 10 rebounds from Eric Jacobsen, shot
38.7 percent and had 16 turnovers.
Marquette took a 43-32 advantage into the second
half and the lead grew to 55-35 as Arizona State missed its first 10 shots during
the opening 7:30. The Sun Devils never got closer than seven points down the
stretch.
Arizona State pulled within 21-19 on Blakes’ trey
with a little less than nine minutes to play in the opening half, but Marquette
reeled off an 18-5 run over the next 5:30 and took the 11-point lead into
the break. The Golden Eagles had a 28-14 first-half scoring advantage in the
paint, thanks largely to Fischer, who was 5-of-6 from the field with 10 points,
seven rebounds and four blocks in the opening 20 minutes.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Marquette’s opponents are averaging 16.3 turnovers per game. … UNLV transfer Savon Goodman had seven
points off the bench before fouling out late in his Arizona State debut. … It
was the second loss at the Bradley Center in nine months for the Sun Devils,
which fell to Texas 87-85 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in March.
Top Game Performances
| Arizona St. |
|
Marquette |
|
Gerry Blakes 20 |
Scoring |
JaJuan Johnson 22 |
|
Tra Holder 5 |
Assists |
Juan Anderson 7 |
|
Eric Jacobsen 10 |
Rebounds |
Luke Fischer 9 |
|
Gerry Blakes 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Duane Wilson 9 |
|
Tra Holder 2 |
Steals |
JaJuan Johnson 3 |
|
Chance Murray 1 |
Blocks |
Luke Fischer 5 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Arizona St.
|
71 |
38.7 |
8-21 |
15-20 |
14 |
30 |
1 |
8 |
16 |
| Marquette
|
78 |
57.1 |
1-6 |
21-32 |
23 |
29 |
6 |
11 |
13 |
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