Marquette relied on defense and offensive rebounding on Wednesday to snag a 62-52 win over New Mexico to wrap up non-conference play. The Golden Eagles head to their first Big East game of the season next week with a record of 9-2 on the season.
It was a struggle for both teams to make shots in front of the excitable crowd of Milwaukee Public Schools students, with neither team eclipsing the 35% mark overall or the 38% mark when you switch it over to effective field goal percentage. Marquette made up for their shooting struggles by grabbing up 16 offensive rebounds in the game, which accounted for 33% of their missed shots.