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Article: MARQUETTE 67, RUTGERS 47; A winter tuneup; Golden Eagles roll to their eighth-straight Big East victory
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 8, 2007
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It wasn't pretty, but the Marquette Golden Eagles nonetheless ran
their Big East-best winning streak to eight games Wednesday night,
beating the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, 67-47, at the Bradley Center.
Five players scored in double figures for 11th-ranked MU (21-4, 8-
2), led by Ousmane Barro's 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Jerel McNeal, Wesley Matthews, Dan Fitzgerald and David Cubillan
all finished with 10 points for the Golden Eagles, who rode a 40-28
advantage on the glass.
Marquis Webb scored 12 points to pace Rutgers (9-15, 2-9), an
awful offensive team that slowed the game down early in hopes of
sticking in it to the end.
"It's not too often in the Big East where teams try to slow it
down ...