Shaky wins are still wins, and so we get to celebrate and high five after YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles beat SIU Edwardsville 88-77 on Tuesday night in the 2021-22 season debut for both squads.
Things started about as nicely as you could want with Darryl Morsell raining a three on MU’s first shot of the season and Justin Lewis doing the same off a dish from Tyler Kolek on possession and shot #2 of the season. 6-0, just 74 seconds into the season. Then they turned on Marquette, and the fight was officially on. The visiting Cougars, coached by Marquette grad Brian Barone, scored the next 13 points of the game to put the Golden Eagles down seven less than five minutes in.