National Basketball Association
Marquette 95, Grambling State 49
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Where: BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Officials:
# Nathan Farrell, # Robert Riley, # Doug Shows
Attendance:
11618
By The Sports Xchange
Jajuan Johnson scored 20 points off the bench and Marquette sank 13 3-pointers in a 95-49 rout of Grambling State Wednesday night at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
The Golden Eagles (5-2) missed their first four 3-point attempts but sank their next four in a row, including one by Jajuan Johnson with 10:53 left in the first half that made it a 23-2 game. In all, Marquette would hit 10 of its next 13 shots from distance, to go 13-for-21 from beyond the arc while shooting 58.6 percent from the field.
Johnson finished with four 3-pointers. Forward Henry Ellenson added 16 points and eight rebounds and center Luke Fisher added 14 with six boards.
It took Grambling (2-6) nearly seven minutes to score its first points of the game, getting on the board when Ugur Hortom connected on a jumper with 13:08 left in the first. A 13-4 run got the Tigers within 22 with 1:15 left but two free throws by Sandy Cohen sent Marquette into the break up, 46-23.
Guard Nigel Ribeiro finished with 16 points to lead the Tigers, who shot 26.3 percent from the field and committed 19 turnovers.
Top Game Performances
Grambling State |
|
Marquette |
Nigel Ribeiro 16 |
Scoring |
Jajuan Johnson 20 |
Nigel Ribeiro 5 |
Assists |
Traci Carter 10 |
Remond Brown 5 |
Rebounds |
Henry Ellenson 8 |
Nigel Ribeiro 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Luke Fischer 6 |
Nigel Ribeiro 2 |
Steals |
Sacar Anim 2 |
Ugur Hortum 1 |
Blocks |
Henry Ellenson 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Grambling State
|
49 |
26.3 |
5-25 |
14-15 |
9 |
23 |
1 |
7 |
19 |
Marquette
|
95 |
58.6 |
13-21 |
14-18 |
30 |
39 |
6 |
8 |
15 |