Let’s just jump to the front of the line on this: Yes, that is an 11am tipoff time on a Tuesday you’re looking at. Yes, this is the Milwaukee Public Schools game. Yes, I might bring my earplugs with me, because 3,000 MPS kids shout at a very particular frequency and volume. Yes, it will be a big week for my earplugs because I’m going to see Jack White at Landmark Credit Union Live on Tuesday night.
Where was I?
Oh, right, the basketball.
There were good things and bad things about Marquette’s 87-79
loss to #17 Minnesota on Saturday. Bouncing back from the awful 12-0 start was a good thing, falling behind by double digits after coming all the way back to take a lead was a bad thing. Shooting an effective field goal percentage of 66% was a very good thing, turning the ball over on 24% of possessions was a bad thing.
Some of the bad can be explained merely by playing the preseason #17 team in the country. The question is how much of the bad is because of that and how much is because maaaaybe Marquette isn’t a great basketball team, at least not yet this season.
The effort required to rally back and keep on fighting to make the fourth quarter interesting against Minnesota is a good sign for this 2026-27 season. It’s very clear that this roster needs to keep on growing together as a team, and it’s clear from head coach Cara Consuegra’s reactions on the sideline that they are nowhere close to what she wants or even what she thinks they should be right now. To that end, it’s one game at a time and the Golden Eagles can only just keep getting better in 40 minute chunks. Tuesday is a great opportunity to do that in front of an incredibly boisterous and partisan crowd.
Game #3: vs Presbyterian Blue Hose (0-2)
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Time: 11am Central
Location: McGuire Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Streaming: ESPN+
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
Bluesky Updates: @AnonymousEagle
This is the first ever meeting between Marquette and Presbyterian.
Presbyterian is coming off two road losses to start their season. They dropped their opener, 58-50 at UNC Greensboro back on Monday night, then they followed that up with an 85-53 loss at Wake Forest on Thursday night. They actually outscored Greenboro in the second half by 13, but they were down 21 at halftime and never got it closer than seven points in the fourth quarter. The Wake game went the other way where it was just a 10 point game at intermission and then the Demon Deacons threw a 29-13 third quarter at the Blue Hose.
This is where I note that head coach Tiffany Sardin took over a Presbyterian team coming off a 21-15 season in 2024 with Alaura Sharp guiding them to the NCAA tournament and it has gone poorly since. Sardin is just 9-53 with the two losses already this season, and they’re currently on a 13 game losing streak dating back into last season.
The Big South preseason poll was not particularly friendly to Presbyterian, as they ended up picked to finish eighth out of nine teams in their league. However, Krystal Haddock did make it onto the preseason all-Big South Second Team. After transferring in from Tennessee State, Haddock averaging 7.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game for PC last season while starting in 25 of 28 appearances. She had 9 & 6 against Greensboro, but Wake Forest kept her under wraps better, limiting Haddock to just four points and three rebounds in 24 minutes.
Yolanda Floyd is the early leading scorer for Presby, getting 25 points across their two games, and Azjah Reeves was right behind her with 21. No one on the roster appears to be a threat to shoot it, as they are 4-for-22 from behind the three-point line as a team with Reeves going 2-for-7 to lead all shooters so far.
