By The Associated Press

MILWAUKEE - Kelly Schwerman scored 18 points to lead Marquette to a 62-54 victory Friday night as Cincinnati couldn't recover from a poor-shooting first half.

Cincinnati (9-6, 0-1 Conference USA) made only 8 of 29 field goal tries in the first half for 27.6 percent, as the Golden Eagles built a 31-22 halftime lead.

Marquette (11-3, 1-0) also got 11 points from Carolyn Kieger and 10 points and 8 rebounds from Crystal Weaver.

Debbie Merrill had 26 points, including 10 of 14 field goal tries, and Brittani Young added 10 points for Cincinnati. Merrill also had 8 rebounds.

CINCINNATI (9-6, 0-1 C-USA) - Merrill 10-14 5-6 26, Young 5-7 0-0 10, Stephens 0-1 2-2 2, Harvey 2-7 4-6 8, King 1-11 1-2 4, Slaughter 0-0 0-0 0, Twehues 2-12 0-0 4, Humphries 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 20-54 12-16 54.

MARQUETTE (11-3, 1-0 C-USA) - Kamm 1-4 2-4 4, Quaye 1-2 0-0 2, Weaver 3-6 4-10 10, Kieger 4-15 2-3 11, Schwerman 6-8 4-5 18, O'Grady 1-6 2-2 4, Osagie 3-5 1-3 7, Juedes 0-0 0-0 0, McCullough 1-2 0-0 2, Schouse 1-4 2-5 4. Totals: 21-52 17-32 62.

Halftime: M 31, UC 22. 3-pointers: UC 2-21 (Merrill 1-1, Young 0-1, Harvey 0-2, King 1-7, Twehues 0-9, Humphries 0-1), M 3-9 (Kamm 0-1, Kieger 1-3, Schwerman 2-3, O'Grady 0-2). Rebounds: UC 36 (Merrill 8, Twehues 8), M 40 (Weaver 8). Assists: UC 18 (Harvey 11), M 11 (Kieger 6). Technical fouls - None. Attendance - 1,489.

XAVIER 63, ST. BONAVENTURE 61

XAVIER (9-5) - Boothe 7-16 11-12 25, Olanrewaju 0-0 0-0 0, Green 3-4 1-2 7, Wallner 1-3 0-0 2, Granderson 9-20 0-0 22, Chowning 0-1 0-0 0, Geryak 1-3 0-0 3, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Wells 1-4 0-0 2, Henderson 0-0 2-2 2. Totals: 22-52 14-16 63.

ST. BONAVENTURE (4-9) - Valenti 1-3 0-0 2, Vyborny 5-9 4-6 14, Merlo 2-7 1-2 7, Crist 1-8 0-0 2, Collins 7-15 2-2 20, Humble 1-2 0-0 2, Maurer 4-9 4-4 14, Bodamer 0-1 0-0 0, Cable 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 21-54 11-14 61.

Halftime: XU 32, SB 26. 3-pointers: XU 5-11 (Granderson 4-9, Chowning 0-1, Geryak 1-1), SB 8-16 (Valenti 0-1, Merlo 2-5, Crist 0-1, Collins 4-5, Maurer 2-4). Rebounds: XU 36 (Boothe 9), SB 33 (Vyborny 7). Assists: XU 6 (Green 2, Henderson 2), SB 9 (Crist 3). Technical fouls - None. Attendance - 1,523.

THOMAS MORE 73, METHODIST 44

THOMAS MORE (14-5) - Hoffman 7-13 0-0 15, Clift 4-5 2-4 10, Schroeder 2-9 0-0 5, Bess 7-11 1-1 19, Byars 0-5 0-0 0, Brooks 2-5 0-0 5, Hubbard 0-1 0-0 0, Warner 2-6 3-4 7, Fields 0-1 1-2 1, Beam 0-1 2-2 2, Wood 2-4 3-4 7, Person 1-1 0-0 2, Sims 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 27-63 12-17 73.

METHODIST (2-5) - Dollyhigh 8-12 2-2 18, Holland 0-4 0-0 0, Snyder 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 1-4 3-6 5, Compton 1-8 1-3 3, Smith 0-1 1-2 1, Richards 0-1 0-0 0, Maloney 1-1 2-2 4, Robertson 0-0 0-0 0, Coe 5-7 1-4 11. Totals: 17-41 10-19 44.

Halftime: TMC 42, M 17. 3-pointers: TMC 7-24 (Hoffman 1-5, Schroeder 1-4, Bess 4-7, Byars 0-3, Brooks 1-4), M 0-4 (Dollyhigh 0-1, Holland 0-2, Snyder 0-1). Rebounds: TMC 38 (Hoffman 7), M 31 (Holland 6, Williams 6). Assists: TMC 18 (Warner 5), M 11 (Snyder 5). Technical fouls - None. Attendance - 33.