With 60 minutes in the books, we now have a general idea of what Marquette is aiming to accomplish on offense this season. 10 days ago, all we really knew was that John Wagner was going to have to carry a heavy load, and that was borne true by Wagner’s two assists and a hat trick including the game winner with just seconds remaining against Jacksonville.
What we didn’t know was who else would score for the Golden Eagles. Hell, we didn’t even know who was going to start alongside Wagner. Turns out, the answer was “two freshmen on attack and three sophomores in the midfield, two of whom didn’t play much last year and another who was a defensive middie in 2017.