The #10 Marquette Golden Eagles will resume conference play on Saturday afternoon against the #22 Creighton Blue Jays with tipoff scheduled for 1 p.m. CT on CBS. Creighton has a 9-3 overall record on the year and they are 0-1 in Big East Conference play.
As for Marquette, they have a 10-3 record overall and a 1-1 record in Big East Conference play to start the season. Both teams have not played in over a week due to the holiday and it will be interesting to see how both teams come out.
There will be some early rust possibly, but this is a huge game early on in the season. These two Big East Conference teams have NCAA Tournament aspirations. The Golden Eagles have National Championship Aspirations and the Blue Jays were just in the Elite 8 a season ago.
In the last game for the Marquette Golden Eagles on December 22, Marquette easily defeated the Georgetown Hoyas 81-51. Three players were in double figures for Marquette in that matchup. David Joplin led the way with 20 points and nine rebounds.
Oso Ighodaro and Tyler Kolek each scored 13 points for the Golden Eagles against the Georgetown Hoyas. In every game this season, Shaka Smart’s squad has had a different leading scorer and this goes to show how deep they are.
Players To Watch For On the Creighton Blue Jays When They Face the Marquette Golden Eagles
Creighton is a very talented basketball team and it is a team that should not be taken lightly. The Blue Jays can go on the road and steal a win in conference play against Marquette. The Creighton Blue Jays lost its last match-up against the Villanova Wildcats back on December 20, 66-64.
In that contest, they had three players who scored in double figures. Trey Alexander and Baylor Scheierman each scored 16 points for Creighton. Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 14 points and also grabbed eight rebounds for the Creighton Blue Jays.
There is tons of talent on the floor for this matchup. This is the kind of game that the Marquette Golden Eagles may need to shorten the bench and go with their top seven players and eight max. Creighton and Marquette are going to come down to the wire. The home-court advantage could prevail at the end for the Golden Eagles, but the Blue Jays can also come out on top.
