GameThread No. 12: Marquette (8-3) vs. North Carolina Central (6-6)

MARQUETTE PROBABLE STARTERS

• Junior Cadougan (8.9 ppg; 2.9 rpg; 4.8 apg)
• Vander Blue (13.1 ppg; 2.6 rpg; 1.7 apg)
• Trent Lockett (7.7 ppg; 4.8 rpg; 1.8 apg)
• Juan Anderson (3.2 ppg; 3.1 rpg; 1.1 apg)
• Chris Otule (5.3 ppg; 3.4 rpg; 0.1 apg)

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL PROBABLE STARTERS

• Jeremy Ingram (15.8 ppg; 3.1 rpg; 1.3 apg)
• Emanuel Chapman (3.8 ppg; 3.2 rpg; 5.6 apg)
• Ray Willis (12.8 ppg; 6.2 rpg; 1.9 apg)
• Stanton Kidd (14.4 ppg; 6.9 rpg; 1.0 apg)
• DavRon Williams (2.0 ppg; 2.0 rpg; 0.1 apg)

IS IT JUST ME, OR DOES 'NCCU'

• sound like it could be an NCIS spinoff starring Topher Grace (trying desperately to restart his career)?

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• Season's greetings, cats and kittens: today's Pint Touch is Lakefront Brewery's Holiday Spice Lager.