Well, it’s official: Marquette men’s basketball won a game by playing defense in the 2018-19 season.
Pretty solid decision to do it in game #1, honestly.
UMBC shot 22.6% from the field for the game and under 20% in the second half as Marquette meandered away from them over 40 minutes for the 67-42 victory. MU moves to 1-0 on the season and 1-0 in the brand new Fiserv Forum.
We have to say that Marquette won this game with defense, because they sure as hell didn’t win it with what has been their trademark fireball offense over the past two seasons under the guidance of Steve Wojciechowski.