Friday, November 27, 2009

Marquette foils Xavier in Old Spice Classic

Athos, Porthos and Aramis were no match for Hayward, Butler and Acker as the Marquette Warriors (5-0) raced to a surprising and convincing 71-61 win over the Xavier Musketeers (3-1) in the opening round of the Old Spice Classic. Hayward led MU with 27 points, while Bulter finished with 15 and Acker chipped in with 11.

With the win MU advances to play the Michigan Wolverines today at 11am Marquette Standard Time on ESPN. The 15th-ranked Wolverines topped Creighton 83-76 in overtime on Thursday.

Rob is warming up on the evaluating the Four Factors -- check out his quick assessment of the game and a look ahead to today's tilt over on MUScoop.

Media update
Rosiak recaps the win
gomarquette.com recap (AP)
Rosiak blog recap
MU fans are happy
Xavier fans are not happy
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownFriday, November 27, 2009 8:04:00 AM

    The game is today, Friday, at noon EST.

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  2. TBFriday, November 27, 2009 8:23:00 AM

    Eric, good call.....the MU site indicates the game is 11am CT on Sunday,

    http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112609aaa.html

    ESPN has it listed for Friday

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide

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