It is finally basketball season at Marquette as the now Shaka Smart led Golden Eagles hosted Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville at Fiserv Forum on Tuesday night for their season opener, coming away with an 88-77 win.
The game was tightly contested throughout the first half as Marquette’s defense forced 15 SIUE turnovers, but the Cougars went into the break shooting 62% from the field and were trailing the Golden Eagles by just one, 39-38.
Despite forcing those 15 turnovers, the Golden Eagles shot just 38.5% from the field offensively. That included going 4-for-18 from beyond the 3-point line.