Overview
- Tipoff is 7 p.m. CT at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, with streaming on ESPN+ and Little Rock radio coverage on KBZU-FM 106.7.
- Marquette enters 2-1 and Little Rock 1-1, as the Trojans continue a seven-game road stretch after Monday’s 92-72 loss at Milwaukee.
- Shaka Smart emphasized guarding the ball and playing connected after Marquette shot 4-for-16 from three and finished with 10 assists against Indiana.
- Chase Ross scored 19 for Marquette in the Indiana game, with Nigel James Jr. adding 16 off the bench, while Little Rock’s Braxton Bayless led with 19 in Monday’s defeat.
- Series history favors Marquette 2-0; Shaka Smart recently logged his 100th Marquette win, and Little Rock was picked to win the Ohio Valley Conference in the preseason coaches poll.