When Marquette and Providence first met this season, the Golden Eagles were starving for a Big East win. They had dropped their first two conference games, both by double digits, before going into the Dunkin' Donuts Center and nipping the No. 8 Friars, 65-64.
When the teams meet again at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, desperation will be the theme on both sides.
Marquette (15-9, 4-7 Big East) is coming off a pair of losses at Seton Hall and Xavier, a trip that ended a streak of three straight wins. Providence (18-6, 6-5) has lost three of its last four games, including a seven-point defeat at DePaul last Tuesday.