ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands ? Darius Johnson-Odom scored 20 points and Jae Crowder had a tiebreaking dunk with 1:09 left, leading No. 16 Marquette to a 59-57 victory over Norfolk State in the Paradise Jam championship game Monday night.
The Golden Eagles (5-0) never trailed and Johnson-Odom was selected tournament MVP after he scored at least 20 points in each game.
Crowder sparked a 10-2 run for Marquette with consecutive 3-pointers. The surge lifted the Golden Eagles to a 47-33 lead with 11:40 left, but Norfolk State (3-2) would not go quietly. The Spartans countered with two separate 7-0 spurts and tied it at 57 on a 3 by Pendarvis Williams with 2:03 remaining.
The dunk by Crowder put Marquette back in front but Johnson-Odom missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 30 seconds left. A 3-pointer by Norfolk State's Kyle O'Quinn with about 8 seconds to go rimmed out, and Marquette grabbed the rebound and held on.
Crowder, who played the final 8 minutes with four fouls, finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
O'Quinn and Chris McEachin had 10 points each to pace the Spartans.
The teams also met Nov. 14 at Marquette in a game that was affiliated with the Paradise Jam but the result - a 99-68 rout for the Golden Eagles - had no influence in the single-elimination tournament.
According to NCAA rules, a team can play up to four games in multiteam events and that's why the extra game was added to the schedule. When they arrived on St. Thomas, each team had a clean slate in the tournament standings.
The Spartans defeated Drexel and Texas Christian to advance to the championship game, while the Golden Eagles rolled past Winthrop and Ole Miss.
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