Marquette Rolls Past DePaul

Ninth-ranked Marquette, led by Dwyane Wade with 16 points, capped an undefeated home season Friday night by defeating DePaul, 72-53, at Milwaukee.

The victory keeps the Golden Eagles alive in their quest for a Conference USA title.

“It was a great way for us to close out the [regular] season,” Marquette Coach Tom Crean said.

Marquette (24-5, 13-3) would be the American Division co-champion if Memphis, the National Division champion, wins Sunday at No. 4 Cincinnati (26-3, 13-2).

Cordell Henry added 10 points for Marquette, which had lost its last two games--at Cincinnati and East Carolina.

Lance Williams scored 12 points and Andre Brown 10 for the Blue Demons (9-19, 2-14), who shot 30% (16 of 54).

They started nine of 14, then went seven of 40.

“You’re not going to win shooting like that,” DePaul Coach Pat Kennedy said.

The Golden Eagles opened the second half with a 12-4 run to take a 53-38 lead. The Blue Demons didn’t get closer than 10 the rest of the game.

The sellout crowd of 18,788 at the Bradley Center set a record as the largest to watch a college basketball game in Wisconsin. The previous record of 18,753 fans watched the Golden Eagles defeat Louisville on Feb. 16.

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OTHER GAMES

Yale 77, Harvard 72--Alex Gamboa scored 17 to lead the Bulldogs (18-9, 10-3 in Ivy League) past the Crimson (14-11, 7-6) at New Haven, Conn.

Princeton 61, Cornell 57--Kyle Wente scored 14 points as the Tigers (15-9, 10-2 in Ivy) held off the Big Red (5-21, 2-11) at Ithaca, N.Y.

Penn 51, Columbia 47--Ugonna Onyekwe scored 14 points to help the Quakers (22-6, 9-3 in Ivy)defeat the Lions (11-16, 4-9) at New York.