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Marquette women’s basketball (8-3) wrapped up non-conference play with an exclamation point, cruising to a dominating 87-42 victory over the Stonehill Skyhawks (4-8) for Marquette’s sixth straight victory at the Al McGuire Center in a wire-to-wire victory on Saturday. After dropping a close road contest to Bowling Green State on Dec. 18, Marquette kept this one far out of … [Read more...] about Marquette cruises past Stonehill 87-42 to cap off non-conference play behind Skylar Forbes’ career-high 25 points

With 6:09 to play, Marquette looked like it was on its way to cruising into the holidays with an undefeated conference record and back-to-back wins. Despite a lackluster offensive first-half, the Golden Eagles had grinded their way to a 63-50 lead. Then, the offense went stagnant — with Kam Jones on the floor this time too. In the Golden Eagles’ previous two road games, it had … [Read more...] about Joplin and Jones make history as Marquette holds on for 72-70 win at Xavier

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

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

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