Both No. 9 Marquette men’s basketball and Xavier opened conference play Wednesday night, and while the Golden Eagles soared to victory over Butler, the Musketeers were bested in overtime by No. 11 UConn. Marquette (10-2, 1-0 Big East) will now travel to Cincinnati, Ohio to take on Xavier (8-4, 0-1 Big East), who is 7-0 at home so far this season. The Golden Eagles have won five … [Read more...] about PREVIEW: No. 9 Marquette travels to Cincinnati Saturday take on Xavier
Marquette’s seven-game win streak comes to an end at Bowling Green, 64-62
Like the saying goes, “all good things must come to an end.” For Marquette women’s basketball Wednesday evening, that was the case with its seven-game win streak. On the other hand, for Bowling Green, its home court is where it performs best. While one streak ended, another one continued, as the Falcons took down the Golden Eagles 64-62, extending their home win streak to … [Read more...] about Marquette’s seven-game win streak comes to an end at Bowling Green, 64-62
Marquette grabs 20 offensive rebounds to fend off poor shooting night against Butler in 80-70 win
It was an all too familiar feeling for Marquette men’s basketball. In fact, if you were to show a random person film of the first half of Wednesday night’s game and the last time these two teams met up inside Fiserv Forum a year ago — when MU lost 69-62 and shot 5-of-31 from three— they might not have been able to tell that they were two separate games. The Golden Eagles had … [Read more...] about Marquette grabs 20 offensive rebounds to fend off poor shooting night against Butler in 80-70 win
PREVIEW: No. 6 Marquette travels to duel Dayton and its LOWD student section
Last week, No. 6 Marquette men’s basketball (9-1) faced No. 3 Iowa State and No. 20 Wisconsin, in what was one of the more challenging weeks the team will have during the regular season. The Golden Eagles emerged from the gauntlet 1-1, dropping just one spot in the AP Poll. Saturday, Marquette will don their battle-tested armor to duel Dayton (8-2). This season, the Flyers have … [Read more...] about PREVIEW: No. 6 Marquette travels to duel Dayton and its LOWD student section
PREVIEW: Marquette hopes to soothe the sting of an unranked loss in Big East lid-lifter against Butler
No. 9 Marquette men’s basketball (9-2) was given quite the wake up call Saturday night. Relinquishing a 13 point lead and giving up 46 paint points in an eventual 71-63 loss to then-unranked Dayton. The last time the Golden Eagles had symbols crashed in their face this hard in the regular season was just under a year ago in their 69-62 loss against conference foe, Butler — a … [Read more...] about PREVIEW: Marquette hopes to soothe the sting of an unranked loss in Big East lid-lifter against Butler