Marquette won its first NCAA game in a decade and advanced to face seventh-seeded Michigan State on Sunday in the East Regional for a spot in the Sweet 16. Oso Ighodaro scored 14 points and David Joplin added 12 as Marquette (29-6) left the Catamounts behind in the last 10 minutes. That’s what allowed us to break the game open.” ‘Hey, just be you, man.’ And I thought he did a great job. “And we just tried to encourage him, all the coaches and players tried to encourage him. “Kam, second half, he looked a little down, like somebody took his puppy dog in the timeout,” coach Shaka Smart said. Jones scored 18 of his 19 points in one stretch of the second half as second-seeded Marquette pulled away from Vermont en route to a 78-61 rout in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. It all just clicked for Jones from there. Then the guard received a round of encouragement from the Marquette bench during an early second-half timeout. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Kam Jones managed just a single point in the first half against Vermont.
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