March 8, 2002

Recap

Official Basketball Box Score
Houston vs Marquette
03/08/02 5:10 p.m.EST at Cincinnati, Ohio (Firstar Center)
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VISITORS: Houston 18-14
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
15 TRUSCOTT, Louis..... f  7-8    0-0    6-11   3  4  7   2  20  1  1  0  0  40
24 SHELTON, Bryan...... f  3-4    2-3    0-0    0  1  1   4   8  1  2  0  0  36
43 OKAFOR, Patrick..... f  5-7    0-0    2-2    1  4  5   2  12  6  2  0  1  36
01 SMITH, Dominic...... g  4-16   2-6    4-4    0  3  3   5  14  2  1  0  0  38
03 OLIVER, Marcus...... g  7-14   2-4    3-4    1  3  4   1  19  1  2  0  2  40
05 McGUIRE, Jeremee....    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  0  1  1  0   8
31 PRICE, Terry........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   2
   TEAM................                         2  1  3
   Totals..............   26-50   6-13  15-21   7 16 23  16  73 11  9  1  3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-25 52.0% 2nd Half: 13-25 52.0% Game: 52.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 46.2% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 10-13 76.9% Game: 71.4% 4

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Marquette 26-5 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 00 BLANKSON, Odartey... f 3-7 0-1 3-4 2 3 5 2 9 1 2 1 1 22 05 MERRITT, Scott...... f 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 21 43 NNAMAKA, Oluoma..... f 3-4 1-1 4-4 1 3 4 2 11 2 1 1 0 37 03 WADE, Dwyane........ g 8-16 0-1 2-2 2 1 3 1 18 2 1 0 0 25 04 HENRY, Cordell...... g 9-16 3-5 6-6 0 1 1 1 27 6 2 0 0 38 10 DIENER, Travis...... 3-6 2-4 0-1 2 1 3 4 8 2 1 0 0 23 33 DIGGS, David........ 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 11 34 HARRIS, Jon......... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 19 40 SANDERS, Terry...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 TEAM................ 1 3 4 Totals.............. 31-54 8-14 15-17 8 18 26 17 85 13 8 2 1 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-28 60.7% 2nd Half: 14-26 53.8% Game: 57.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd Half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 57.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-5 100 % 2nd Half: 10-12 83.3% Game: 88.2% 1,1

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: (R) Tom O'Neill, (U) Mike Thibodeaux, Larry Ware Technical fouls: Houston-None. Marquette-None. Attendance: Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Houston....................... 34 39 - 73 Marquette..................... 45 40 - 85 2002 Conference USA Men's Basketball Championship. Marquette advances to the Championship game.

Points in the paint-HOU 28,MAR 28. Points off turnovers-HOU 6,MAR 13. 2nd chance points-HOU 9,MAR 6. Fast break points-HOU 0,MAR 10. Bench points-HOU 0,MAR 18. Score tied-1 time. Lead changes-2 times.

Play-By-Play

Play-By-Play Houston vs Marquette 03/08/02 5:10 p.m.EST at Cincinnati, Ohio (Firstar Center)

1st PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: Marquette TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: Houston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GOOD! 3 PTR by HENRY, Cordell 19:38 3-0 H 3 19:03 MISSED 3 PTR by SMITH, Dominic REBOUND (DEF) by BLANKSON, Odartey 19:03 GOOD! DUNK by WADE, Dwyane 18:56 5-0 H 5 ASSIST by BLANKSON, Odartey 18:56 18:33 MISSED LAYUP by SMITH, Dominic BLOCK by BLANKSON, Odartey 18:33 18:31 REBOUND (OFF) by OKAFOR, Patrick FOUL by MERRITT, Scott 18:30 18:30 5-1 H 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by OKAFOR, Patrick 18:30 5-2 H 3 GOOD! FT SHOT by OKAFOR, Patrick MISSED 3 PTR by BLANKSON, Odartey 18:16 REBOUND (OFF) by BLANKSON, Odartey 18:16 TURNOVR by BLANKSON, Odartey 18:13 17:55 5-4 H 1 GOOD! JUMPER by OKAFOR, Patrick TURNOVR by HENRY, Cordell 17:42 17:28 TURNOVR by TRUSCOTT, Louis GOOD! LAYUP by HENRY, Cordell 17:23 7-4 H 3 ASSIST by WADE, Dwyane 17:23 16:54 7-7 T 1 GOOD! 3 PTR by SHELTON, Bryan 16:54 ASSIST by OLIVER, Marcus TURNOVR by MERRITT, Scott 16:27 16:13 MISSED JUMPER by OKAFOR, Patrick REBOUND (DEF) by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 16:13 GOOD! LAYUP by HENRY, Cordell 16:06 9-7 H 2 16:06 FOUL by SMITH, Dominic GOOD! FT SHOT by HENRY, Cordell 16:06 10-7 H 3 FOUL by WADE, Dwyane 15:50 15:33 10-9 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis 15:33 ASSIST by OKAFOR, Patrick 15:21 FOUL by SHELTON, Bryan GOOD! FT SHOT by BLANKSON, Odartey 15:21 11-9 H 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by BLANKSON, Odartey 15:21 12-9 H 3 15:02 12-11 H 1 GOOD! JUMPER by OLIVER, Marcus 14:34 FOUL by SHELTON, Bryan GOOD! FT SHOT by WADE, Dwyane 14:34 13-11 H 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by WADE, Dwyane 14:34 14-11 H 3 14:17 14-13 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by OLIVER, Marcus MISSED 3 PTR by HENRY, Cordell 13:57 13:57 REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 13:42 14-15 V 1 GOOD! LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis 13:42 ASSIST by OKAFOR, Patrick MISSED JUMPER by BLANKSON, Odartey 13:22 13:22 REBOUND (DEF) by OKAFOR, Patrick 13:03 14-17 V 3 GOOD! JUMPER by OKAFOR, Patrick MISSED 3 PTR by HENRY, Cordell 12:47 12:47 REBOUND (DEF) by SMITH, Dominic TURNOVR by HENRY, Cordell 12:12 12:09 STEAL by OLIVER, Marcus 11:46 MISSED LAYUP by McGUIRE, Jeremee REBOUND (DEF) by HARRIS, Jon 11:46 11:46 FOUL by McGUIRE, Jeremee TIMEOUT media 11:44 MISSED 3 PTR by DIENER, Travis 11:29 11:29 REBOUND (DEF) by SMITH, Dominic 11:22 14-19 V 5 GOOD! JUMPER by SMITH, Dominic GOOD! LAYUP by HARRIS, Jon 11:05 16-19 V 3 10:44 MISSED JUMPER by OLIVER, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by DIGGS, David 10:44 GOOD! JUMPER by HARRIS, Jon 10:18 18-19 V 1 09:47 18-22 V 4 GOOD! 3 PTR by SMITH, Dominic GOOD! 3 PTR by HENRY, Cordell 09:33 21-22 V 1 09:11 MISSED 3 PTR by OLIVER, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by DIENER, Travis 09:11 GOOD! JUMPER by HENRY, Cordell 08:58 23-22 H 1 08:33 TURNOVR by McGUIRE, Jeremee GOOD! 3 PTR by DIGGS, David 08:33 26-22 H 4 ASSIST by DIENER, Travis 08:33 08:33 TIMEOUT 30sec FOUL by DIENER, Travis 08:01 07:45 26-24 H 2 GOOD! JUMPER by TRUSCOTT, Louis 07:45 ASSIST by OKAFOR, Patrick MISSED JUMPER by WADE, Dwyane 07:26 07:26 REBOUND (DEF) by OKAFOR, Patrick 07:07 TURNOVR by OKAFOR, Patrick TIMEOUT media 07:07 06:57 FOUL by SHELTON, Bryan MISSED 3 PTR by WADE, Dwyane 06:31 REBOUND (OFF) by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 06:31 MISSED LAYUP by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 06:25 REBOUND (OFF) by BLANKSON, Odartey 06:25 GOOD! LAYUP by BLANKSON, Odartey 06:20 28-24 H 4 06:08 28-27 H 1 GOOD! 3 PTR by SHELTON, Bryan 06:08 ASSIST by SMITH, Dominic GOOD! JUMPER by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 05:51 30-27 H 3 05:17 MISSED LAYUP by OLIVER, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by MERRITT, Scott 05:17 MISSED LAYUP by WADE, Dwyane 05:08 05:08 REBOUND (DEF) by SMITH, Dominic 04:37 MISSED LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis REBOUND (DEF) by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 04:31 GOOD! 3 PTR by HENRY, Cordell 04:28 33-27 H 6 FOUL by BLANKSON, Odartey 04:09 04:09 MISSED FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 04:09 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 04:09 MISSED FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis REBOUND (DEF) by BLANKSON, Odartey 04:09 MISSED LAYUP by WADE, Dwyane 03:59 03:59 BLOCK by McGUIRE, Jeremee 03:53 REBOUND (DEF) by OLIVER, Marcus 03:53 MISSED JUMPER by SMITH, Dominic 03:53 REBOUND (OFF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis FOUL by HARRIS, Jon 03:53 03:53 MISSED FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 03:53 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 03:53 33-28 H 5 GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 03:53 TIMEOUT media GOOD! 3 PTR by DIENER, Travis 03:31 36-28 H 8 03:10 36-30 H 6 GOOD! LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis GOOD! 3 PTR by DIENER, Travis 02:58 39-30 H 9 ASSIST by HENRY, Cordell 02:58 FOUL by HARRIS, Jon 02:33 02:24 39-32 H 7 GOOD! LAYUP by OKAFOR, Patrick 02:24 ASSIST by TRUSCOTT, Louis MISSED JUMPER by BLANKSON, Odartey 02:17 REBOUND (OFF) by DIENER, Travis 02:16 GOOD! LAYUP by BLANKSON, Odartey 01:54 41-32 H 9 ASSIST by HENRY, Cordell 01:54 FOUL by DIENER, Travis 01:43 01:43 MISSED 3 PTR by SMITH, Dominic 01:43 REBOUND (OFF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 01:43 41-33 H 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 01:43 41-34 H 7 GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis GOOD! JUMPER by WADE, Dwyane 01:25 43-34 H 9 ASSIST by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 01:25 00:59 TURNOVR by OLIVER, Marcus GOOD! DUNK by WADE, Dwyane 00:54 45-34 H 11 ASSIST by HENRY, Cordell 00:54 00:23 TURNOVR by SMITH, Dominic TIMEOUT 30sec 00:23 TURNOVR by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 00:08 00:05 STEAL by OKAFOR, Patrick 00:03 MISSED JUMPER by SMITH, Dominic BLOCK by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 00:03 00:03 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 00:01 MISSED 3 PTR by OLIVER, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by (DEADBALL) 00:01

Marquette 45, Houston 34

1st period-only InPaint Pts-T/O 2nd-Chc FastBrk BnchPts Ties Leads Houston 18 2 5 0 0 1 1 Marquette 18 9 4 6 13 0 1

2nd PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: Marquette TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: Houston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19:38 45-37 H 8 GOOD! 3 PTR by OLIVER, Marcus 19:38 ASSIST by OKAFOR, Patrick MISSED LAYUP by BLANKSON, Odartey 19:19 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 19:19 GOOD! JUMPER by MERRITT, Scott 19:04 47-37 H 10 ASSIST by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 19:04 FOUL by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 18:49 18:49 47-38 H 9 GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 18:49 47-39 H 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 18:37 FOUL by TRUSCOTT, Louis MISSED FT SHOT by BLANKSON, Odartey 18:37 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 18:37 GOOD! FT SHOT by BLANKSON, Odartey 18:37 48-39 H 9 18:13 MISSED LAYUP by OKAFOR, Patrick REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 18:13 GOOD! LAYUP by WADE, Dwyane 18:02 50-39 H 11 17:51 TIMEOUT 30sec 17:32 50-41 H 9 GOOD! LAYUP by OKAFOR, Patrick GOOD! JUMPER by WADE, Dwyane 17:18 52-41 H 11 16:56 TURNOVR by OLIVER, Marcus STEAL by BLANKSON, Odartey 16:55 GOOD! LAYUP by BLANKSON, Odartey 16:52 54-41 H 13 ASSIST by HENRY, Cordell 16:52 16:24 MISSED 3 PTR by SMITH, Dominic REBOUND (DEF) by WADE, Dwyane 16:24 GOOD! 3 PTR by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 16:14 57-41 H 16 ASSIST by WADE, Dwyane 16:14 15:43 TIMEOUT MEDIA 15:36 MISSED LAYUP by SMITH, Dominic REBOUND (DEF) by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 15:36 GOOD! JUMPER by WADE, Dwyane 15:22 59-41 H 18 14:51 MISSED 3 PTR by SHELTON, Bryan REBOUND (DEF) by BLANKSON, Odartey 14:51 GOOD! JUMPER by HENRY, Cordell 14:43 61-41 H 20 14:25 TIMEOUT 30sec 14:04 61-44 H 17 GOOD! 3 PTR by OLIVER, Marcus 14:04 ASSIST by SMITH, Dominic MISSED JUMPER by WADE, Dwyane 13:57 13:57 REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 13:50 TURNOVR by SHELTON, Bryan MISSED JUMPER by HENRY, Cordell 13:34 13:34 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 13:19 61-46 H 15 GOOD! LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis 13:19 ASSIST by OKAFOR, Patrick FOUL by SANDERS, Terry 13:19 13:19 61-47 H 14 GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis MISSED JUMPER by HENRY, Cordell 13:04 REBOUND (OFF) by WADE, Dwyane 13:04 MISSED TIP-IN by WADE, Dwyane 13:01 13:01 REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 12:52 61-49 H 12 GOOD! JUMPER by SHELTON, Bryan 12:28 FOUL by TRUSCOTT, Louis TURNOVR by DIENER, Travis 12:07 12:05 STEAL by OLIVER, Marcus 12:01 MISSED LAYUP by OLIVER, Marcus 12:01 REBOUND (OFF) by OLIVER, Marcus FOUL by HARRIS, Jon 12:00 12:00 61-50 H 11 GOOD! FT SHOT by OLIVER, Marcus 12:00 61-51 H 10 GOOD! FT SHOT by OLIVER, Marcus MISSED LAYUP by WADE, Dwyane 11:26 REBOUND (OFF) by WADE, Dwyane 11:26 FOUL by BLANKSON, Odartey 11:20 TURNOVR by BLANKSON, Odartey 11:20 10:51 61-53 H 8 GOOD! LAYUP by OLIVER, Marcus TURNOVR by WADE, Dwyane 10:35 10:11 MISSED JUMPER by SMITH, Dominic REBOUND (DEF) by HARRIS, Jon 10:11 GOOD! JUMPER by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 10:03 63-53 H 10 ASSIST by HENRY, Cordell 10:03 09:23 MISSED LAYUP by SMITH, Dominic REBOUND (DEF) by HENRY, Cordell 09:23 GOOD! LAYUP by WADE, Dwyane 09:19 65-53 H 12 ASSIST by HENRY, Cordell 09:19 FOUL by MERRITT, Scott 08:56 08:49 65-55 H 10 GOOD! DUNK by TRUSCOTT, Louis 08:49 ASSIST by OKAFOR, Patrick MISSED JUMPER by DIENER, Travis 08:26 REBOUND (OFF) by DIENER, Travis 08:26 MISSED JUMPER by WADE, Dwyane 08:21 08:21 REBOUND (DEF) by OKAFOR, Patrick 07:49 MISSED JUMPER by OLIVER, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 07:48 TIMEOUT MEDIA 07:48 MISSED JUMPER by HENRY, Cordell 07:14 07:14 REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis FOUL by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 07:12 06:48 TURNOVR by SHELTON, Bryan GOOD! JUMPER by HENRY, Cordell 06:34 67-55 H 12 06:09 FOUL by OKAFOR, Patrick 06:09 TURNOVR by OKAFOR, Patrick MISSED 3 PTR by DIENER, Travis 05:54 05:54 REBOUND (DEF) by SHELTON, Bryan 05:47 67-57 H 10 GOOD! JUMPER by TRUSCOTT, Louis 05:47 ASSIST by SHELTON, Bryan 05:45 TIMEOUT 30sec MISSED JUMPER by HENRY, Cordell 05:18 05:18 REBOUND (DEF) by OLIVER, Marcus 05:10 67-59 H 8 GOOD! JUMPER by SMITH, Dominic GOOD! 3 PTR by DIGGS, David 04:54 70-59 H 11 ASSIST by DIENER, Travis 04:54 FOUL by DIENER, Travis 04:24 04:24 MISSED FT SHOT by OLIVER, Marcus 04:24 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 04:24 70-60 H 10 GOOD! FT SHOT by OLIVER, Marcus GOOD! JUMPER by HENRY, Cordell 04:05 72-60 H 12 04:05 FOUL by SHELTON, Bryan GOOD! FT SHOT by HENRY, Cordell 03:46 73-60 H 13 03:31 73-63 H 10 GOOD! 3 PTR by SMITH, Dominic MISSED JUMPER by HENRY, Cordell 03:25 03:25 REBOUND (DEF) by OLIVER, Marcus FOUL by HENRY, Cordell 03:20 TIMEOUT 30sec 03:20 03:20 73-64 H 9 GOOD! FT SHOT by SMITH, Dominic 03:20 73-65 H 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by SMITH, Dominic 03:20 TIMEOUT MEDIA GOOD! JUMPER by WADE, Dwyane 02:43 75-65 H 10 02:32 MISSED LAYUP by SMITH, Dominic 02:32 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 02:15 75-67 H 8 GOOD! JUMPER by OKAFOR, Patrick 01:41 FOUL by OKAFOR, Patrick 01:40 FOUL by SMITH, Dominic GOOD! LAYUP by DIENER, Travis 01:10 77-67 H 10 01:00 MISSED 3 PTR by SMITH, Dominic REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 01:00 00:57 FOUL by SMITH, Dominic GOOD! FT SHOT by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 00:57 78-67 H 11 GOOD! FT SHOT by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 00:57 79-67 H 12 FOUL by MERRITT, Scott 00:51 00:51 79-68 H 11 GOOD! FT SHOT by SMITH, Dominic 00:51 79-69 H 10 GOOD! FT SHOT by SMITH, Dominic 00:48 FOUL by SMITH, Dominic MISSED FT SHOT by DIENER, Travis 00:48 00:48 REBOUND (DEF) by OKAFOR, Patrick 00:42 MISSED LAYUP by SMITH, Dominic 00:42 REBOUND (OFF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis FOUL by DIENER, Travis 00:41 00:41 MISSED FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 00:41 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 00:41 MISSED FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis REBOUND (DEF) by MERRITT, Scott 00:41 00:37 FOUL by OLIVER, Marcus GOOD! FT SHOT by HENRY, Cordell 00:37 80-69 H 11 GOOD! FT SHOT by HENRY, Cordell 00:37 81-69 H 12 00:31 81-71 H 10 GOOD! LAYUP by OLIVER, Marcus 00:31 TIMEOUT 30sec 00:29 FOUL by SMITH, Dominic GOOD! FT SHOT by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 00:29 82-71 H 11 GOOD! FT SHOT by NNAMAKA, Oluoma 00:29 83-71 H 12 00:27 83-73 H 10 GOOD! JUMPER by OLIVER, Marcus 00:20 FOUL by McGUIRE, Jeremee GOOD! FT SHOT by HENRY, Cordell 00:20 84-73 H 11 GOOD! FT SHOT by HENRY, Cordell 00:20 85-73 H 12 00:11 MISSED JUMPER by OLIVER, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by MERRITT, Scott 00:11

Marquette 85, Houston 73

2nd period-only InPaint Pts-T/O 2nd-Chc FastBrk BnchPts Ties Leads Houston 10 4 4 0 0 0 0 Marquette 10 4 2 4 5 0 0

Official Basketball Box Score -- 1st Half

Official Basketball Box Score -- 1st Half Houston vs Marquette 03/08/02 5:10 p.m.EST at Cincinnati, Ohio (Firstar Center) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Houston 18-14 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 15 TRUSCOTT, Louis..... f 4-5 0-0 3-6 2 1 3 0 11 1 1 0 0 20 24 SHELTON, Bryan...... f 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 16 43 OKAFOR, Patrick..... f 3-4 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 0 8 3 1 0 1 16 01 SMITH, Dominic...... g 2-7 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 5 1 1 0 0 20 03 OLIVER, Marcus...... g 2-6 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 20 05 McGUIRE, Jeremee.... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 31 PRICE, Terry........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 13-25 3-7 5-8 4 7 11 5 34 6 5 1 2 100

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-25 52.0% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5%

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Marquette 26-5 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 00 BLANKSON, Odartey... f 2-5 0-1 2-2 2 2 4 1 6 1 1 1 0 14 05 MERRITT, Scott...... f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 43 NNAMAKA, Oluoma..... f 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 19 03 WADE, Dwyane........ g 3-7 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 10 04 HENRY, Cordell...... g 6-8 3-5 1-1 0 0 0 0 16 3 2 0 0 19 10 DIENER, Travis...... 2-3 2-3 0-0 1 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 0 11 33 DIGGS, David........ 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 34 HARRIS, Jon......... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 9 40 SANDERS, Terry...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ Totals.............. 17-28 6-11 5-5 4 8 12 7 45 7 5 2 0 100

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-28 60.7% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% F Throw % 1st Half: 5-5 100 %

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: (R) Tom O'Neill, (U) Mike Thibodeaux, Larry Ware Technical fouls: Houston-None. Marquette-None. Attendance: Score by Periods 1st Houston....................... 34 Marquette..................... 45 2002 Conference USA Men's Basketball Championship. Marquette advances to the Championship game.

Points in the paint-HOU 18,MAR 18. Points off turnovers-HOU 2,MAR 9. 2nd chance points-HOU 5,MAR 4. Fast break points-HOU 0,MAR 6. Bench points-HOU 0,MAR 13. Score tied-1 time. Lead changes-2 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- 2nd Half

Official Basketball Box Score -- 2nd Half Houston vs Marquette 03/08/02 5:10 p.m.EST at Cincinnati, Ohio (Firstar Center) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Houston 18-14 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 15 TRUSCOTT, Louis..... f 7-8 0-0 6-11 3 4 7 2 20 1 1 0 0 40 24 SHELTON, Bryan...... f 3-4 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 4 8 1 2 0 0 36 43 OKAFOR, Patrick..... f 5-7 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 2 12 6 2 0 1 36 01 SMITH, Dominic...... g 4-16 2-6 4-4 0 3 3 5 14 2 1 0 0 38 03 OLIVER, Marcus...... g 7-14 2-4 3-4 1 3 4 1 19 1 2 0 2 40 05 McGUIRE, Jeremee.... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 31 PRICE, Terry........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM................ 2 1 3 Totals.............. 26-50 6-13 15-21 7 16 23 16 73 11 9 1 3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-25 52.0% 2nd Half: 13-25 52.0% Game: 52.0% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 46.2% F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 10-13 76.9% Game: 71.4%

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Marquette 26-5 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 00 BLANKSON, Odartey... f 3-7 0-1 3-4 2 3 5 2 9 1 2 1 1 22 05 MERRITT, Scott...... f 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 21 43 NNAMAKA, Oluoma..... f 3-4 1-1 4-4 1 3 4 2 11 2 1 1 0 37 03 WADE, Dwyane........ g 8-16 0-1 2-2 2 1 3 1 18 2 1 0 0 25 04 HENRY, Cordell...... g 9-16 3-5 6-6 0 1 1 1 27 6 2 0 0 38 10 DIENER, Travis...... 3-6 2-4 0-1 2 1 3 4 8 2 1 0 0 23 33 DIGGS, David........ 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 11 34 HARRIS, Jon......... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 19 40 SANDERS, Terry...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 TEAM................ 1 3 4 Totals.............. 31-54 8-14 15-17 8 18 26 17 85 13 8 2 1 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-28 60.7% 2nd Half: 14-26 53.8% Game: 57.4% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd Half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 57.1% F Throw % 1st Half: 5-5 100 % 2nd Half: 10-12 83.3% Game: 88.2%

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: (R) Tom O'Neill, (U) Mike Thibodeaux, Larry Ware Technical fouls: Houston-None. Marquette-None. Attendance: Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Houston....................... 34 39 - 73 Marquette..................... 45 40 - 85 2002 Conference USA Men's Basketball Championship. Marquette advances to the Championship game.

Points in the paint-HOU 28,MAR 28. Points off turnovers-HOU 6,MAR 13. 2nd chance points-HOU 9,MAR 6. Fast break points-HOU 0,MAR 10. Bench points-HOU 0,MAR 18. Score tied-1 time. Lead changes-2 times.

Play Analysis

Houston vs Marquette (03/08/02 - Period 2 00:00)

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS 1 2 - Tot Houston................. 2 4 - 6 Marquette............... 9 4 - 13

POINTS IN PAINT 1 2 - Tot Houston................. 18 10 - 28 Marquette............... 18 10 - 28

2ND CHANCE POINTS 1 2 - Tot Houston................. 5 4 - 9 Marquette............... 4 2 - 6

FAST BREAK POINTS 1 2 - Tot Houston................. 0 0 - 0 Marquette............... 6 4 - 10

BENCH POINTS 1 2 - Tot Houston................. 0 0 - 0 Marquette............... 13 5 - 18

SCORE TIED BY 1 2 - Tot Houston................. 1 0 - 1 Marquette............... 0 0 - 0

LEAD GAINED BY 1 2 - Tot Houston................. 1 0 - 1 Marquette............... 1 0 - 1