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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Marquette 81, Howard 49
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, November 14, 2016
Where: BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Officials: # Clarence Armstrong, # Brian O'Connell, # Michael Stephens
Attendance: 11305

Marquette opened the second half with a 12-2 run and coasted to an 81-49 victory over Howard on Monday night at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.

Jajuan Johnson and Katin Reinhardt scored 14 points each for the Golden Eagles. Point guard Haanif Cheatham added 12 with seven rebounds, six assists and two steals

Sam Hauser hit three 3-pointers and finished with 10 points and with six rebounds for Marquette, which shot 50.9 percent from the floor and made 9 of 21 3-pointers.

Senior forward Solomon Mangham led Howard with 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including three 3-pointers, but the Bison shot just 30.4 percent from the field and went 4 of 15 from distance while committing 18 turnovers.

After Mangham opened the second half with a jumper to make it a 34-25 game, the Bison missed their next eight shots and didn't get another field goal until Mangham connected for a jumper with 14:15 left.

By then, Marquette was up 46-30 and went up by as many as 30 in the final minutes.

The Golden Eagles did get a scare early in the second half when Luke Fisher went to the ground hard after getting called for a block early in the first half. He went to the locker room for treatment on what the school called a left shoulder contusion but returned to the floor late and finished with six points on 3-of-4 shooting and four rebounds.

The loss dropped Howard, the preseason pick to win the MEAC but still without injured conference preseason player of the year James Daniel III, to 0-2. The Golden Eagles improved to 2-0 as they prepare to face Michigan on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
Top Game Performances
 
Howard   Marquette
Solomon Mangham 15 Scoring Jajuan Johnson 14
Damon Collins 4 Assists Haanif Cheatham 6
Damon Collins 6 Rebounds Haanif Cheatham 7
Dalique Mingo 3 Free Throws Made Haanif Cheatham 4
James Miller 4 Steals Haanif Cheatham 2
Marcel Boyd 1 Blocks Sandy Cohen III 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Howard 49 30.4 4-15 11-21 10 32 1 6 18
Marquette 81 50.9 9-21 14-18 22 37 3 8 12