MU-Pittsburgh Postgame Notes

By Scott Kuykendall on February 18, 2010 11:19 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Series History: Pitt leads 7-6
Lazar Hayward moved into the fifth spot on the MU scoring list with his first points of the contest, a 3-pointer at the 16:41 mark of the first half. Hayward scored 11 points in the game, his second-lowest total of the season, and now has 1,700 points for his career. The native of Buffalo, N.Y. passed both Brian Wardle (1,690) and Tony Smith (1,691) in the game.
Hayward is now the only player in MU history to record 1,700 career points and over 800 career rebounds.
Tonight's matchup pitted the only two teams to each claim at least 10 BIG EAST Conference victories per year over the past four seasons.
Marquette trailed 31-25 at the half, marking its first home halftime deficit since a 74-72 loss to Villanova on Jan.2.
With MU holding a 15-8 lead, the Panthers closed out the first half on a 23-7 run until a Darius Johnson-Odom trey with 44 seconds remaining pulled the halftime score to 31-25.
Through games as of Feb. 14, MU was fourth in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.53. Tonight Marquette turned the ball over 10 times with only nine assists. It was only the fourth time this season MU had a negative assist-to-turnover ratio and only the third time that MU had less than 10 assists.

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