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 of their last six meetings against the Musketeers.
Crashing the boards and taking care of the ball
In their 80-70 win over the Bulldogs, the Golden Eagles shot just 20 percent (6-of-30) from 3-point range, but still came out on top, thanks to their rebounding effort and lack of turnovers.