No. 19 Marquette welcomes the No. 25 Illinois Fighting Illini into the Al McGuire Center Saturday night for a Top 25 Matchup as part of the Marquette Invitational.
It is the third ranked opponent of the season that the Golden Eagles will face, but the first at home.
“I watched some of Illinois last weekend and they serve really aggressive, they’re physical,” Marquette head coach Ryan Theis said. “We’ll have our hands full for sure.”
Marquette enters Saturday’s match on a five-game winning streak and a 7-1 record, with its only loss coming to then-No. 6 Wisconsin.