Marquette will look to get again on observe Wednesday evening when it continues its non-conference slate towards Little Rock in Milwaukee.
The Golden Eagles (2-1) had been dealt with by Indiana 100-77 in a neutral-site battle at United Heart in Chicago on Sunday.
Chase Ross led Marquette with 19 factors whereas Nigel James Jr. got here off the bench to attain 16. The Golden Eagles had been simply 4-for-16 from 3-point vary, whereas Indiana was 14-for-28.
“We knew coming into the sport that that they had a whole lot of offensive weapons,” Marquette coach Shaka Sensible mentioned. “You possibly can’t hope they miss. Now we have to protect the basketball higher. Now we have to have 5 guys related as one.”
Offensively, Marquette recorded solely 10 assists as a group.
“I assumed the ball caught a bit of bit at this time. Transition is the place we’re at our greatest,” Sensible mentioned. “Once we received to the half-court, there have been too many pauses.”
Little Rock (1-1) is extending its keep within the metropolis after it confronted Milwaukee on Monday, falling 92-72.
Braxton Bayless led the Trojans with 19 factors. Johnathan Lawson added 15 and Cameron Wallace 12. Little Rock trailed by simply three at halftime and shot 48.2% from the ground for the evening.
“We did not play properly sufficient within the second half to win,” Trojans coach Darrell Walker mentioned. “We knew these highway video games had been going to be powerful. We’ll watch some movie and prepare for Marquette.”
Little Rock was chosen to win the Ohio Valley Convention within the preseason coaches ballot.
“I like our group; it is a good group of fellows, they usually’ve been enjoyable to educate,” Walker mentioned. “It is at all times our aim to win a convention championship. This 12 months is not any completely different.”
–Subject Degree Media
