RV Marquette Women’s Basketball Preview: vs St. Francis (PA) Red Flash

Marquette is the unofficial #27 team in the country. They beat the #3 team and a team that was ranked #20. Their defense is their best part of the season. The Golden Eagles have a poor offense. They need to find a new gear on offense if they want to keep this season going in a good direction. It's possible that they could get to the NCAA tournament in March. This is a possibility. MU has put themselves in position to defend an NCAA at-large berth before anyone even took a turkey out of oven on Thanksgiving. That's incredible on face value. But it's even more impressive under the guise of "hoping they can play their way into an tournament spot by the time we get there".

Marquette won the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. They beat the #3 team in the country and a team that was ranked #20. Marquette is the unofficial #27 team. Their defense is their best part of the season. They have been playing well on both ends. The team's offense has been scattershot. It's their only game north of 0.90 points per possession allowed. This team needs to find a new gear on offense if they want to keep this season going in a good direction. MU has put themselves in position to defend an NCAA tournament at-large berth before anyone even took a turkey out of oven on Thanksgiving.

Marquette is 2-1 all time against St. Francis (PA) Red Flash. The Red flash won the first meeting back in 2002. Marquette has taken the next two games, one in 2009 and one in 2016.

St. Francis (PA) Red Flash lost their sixth straight game on Friday, falling to Loyola Chicago 69-56. They are currently 0-6 on the season. The Red flash were picked to finish fourth in the NEC this season, but they also went 8-22 last year. Junior Aaliyah Moore is the most notable player on their team. She is leading the team in rebounds at 8.5 per game. She also leads the assists with 3. 5 per night. Her team shot 23% from the field. There will be a lot of fans at the McGuire Center.