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Round of 128- Pod 7
Game of the Pod
#78 UCLA vs. #51 Marquette
A great battle here between 2 teams that have a LOT of history in the NCAA tournament. Who can forget one of the legendary coaches in the game, UCLA's John Wooden. Marquette had one heck of a coach too in Al McGuire, who led them to their only national title in 1977. As for this tournament, both teams finished 7-3 in group play. However, both teams are good enough to make a long run in this tournament. So let's get to the action..
Defense was the key to the first half, as Marquette shot just 21.5% in the first half. UCLA wasn't much better, at 24%. UCLA led 26-21 at halftime. The second half saw neither team get a lead of more than 5 points, but in the last 15 seconds of the game Kyle Anderson took over for the Bruins. First he hit a jumper in the left corner with 15 seconds left to cut Marquette's lead to 57-56. Marquette made 1 of 2 free throws to take a 2 point lead. With 5 seconds left, Anderson hit a jumper from the top of the key. Then with 1 second on the clock, he got a steal. UCLA got a quick timeout, and on the inbounds, Larry Drew popped open and hit a jumper at the buzzer to end a thrilling game and send UCLA into the round of 64.
Final Score
#78 UCLA- 60
#51 Marquette- 58
Other Pod Games
#3 Syracuse- 87
#126 Iona- 62
#62 Montana- 64
#67 San Diego St.- 61
#30 Maryland- 91
#99 James Madison- 60
#35 Temple- 62
#94 Creighton- 51
#14 Oregon St.- 75
#115 SMU- 63
#110 Troy- 63
#19 UMass- 53
#83 Northeastern- 73
#46 Belmont- 63
Stars of the Pod
* Kyle Anderson of UCLA had 17 points, 13 boards, 5 assists, and 1 big steal at the end of the game in the win over Marquette.
* Devon Collier from Oregon St. had 22 points, 6 boards, and 3 blocks in the win over SMU.
* Khalif Wyatt of Temple had 26 points, and his teammate Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson had 11 points and 15 boards in the win over Creighton
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