MILWAUKEE (AP) - Junior Cadougan and Vander Blue scored 16 points each to help Marquette hold off North Carolina Central 75-66 Saturday in its final tuneup before Big East Conference play.
Todd Mayo added 12 points for Marquette (9-3), which opens Big East play Tuesday at home against Connecticut.
Jeremy Ingram scored 20 points and Stanton Kidd had 19 for North Carolina Central (6-7).
NC Central went on a 10-2 run to cut Marquette's lead to 54-53 when Ingram hit a 3-pointer with 11:03 remaining. Ingram's driving layup with 6:27 left tied the score at 60-60.
Marquette scored the next seven points, including four by Cadougan, to grab a 67-60 lead with 3:08 remaining.
Ray Willis' 3-pointer trimmed the lead to 67-63, but Cadougan hit two free throws with 2:26 left and Blue hit a 3-pointer from the corner to push the lead to 72-63 with 1:30 remaining and put the game away.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Carolina Central (6-7) | 37 | 29 | 66 |
| Marquette (9-3) « | 43 | 32 | 75 |
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| North Carolina Central Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Kidd, F | 40 | 7-14 | 3-3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| D. Williams, F | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Ingram, G | 40 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| R. Willis, G | 30 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| E. Chapman, G | 26 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Houston | 24 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Jawara | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| D. Ferguson | 14 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Totals | 26-56 | 6-9 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 66 | |
| 46.4% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Marquette Golden Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Anderson, F | 17 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| C. Otule, C | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Blue, G | 34 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| J. Cadougan, G | 24 | 5-8 | 6-7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| T. Lockett, G | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mayo | 24 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| D. Gardner | 20 | 2-4 | 6-7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Wilson | 19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Wilson | 18 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Taylor, Jr. | 15 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Thomas | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Ferguson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-40 | 22-27 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 75 | |
| 60% | 81.5% | ||||||
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