Basketball Game Preview: Marquette Redmen vs. St. Francis Gladiators

The Marquette Redmen will venture away from home to challenge the St. Francis Gladiators at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Tuesday, Marquette came up short against Houghton and fell 61-50. While losing is never fun, the Redmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 266th, while the Gremlins are ranked 97th).

Meanwhile, St. Francis was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a hard 51-35 fall against Petoskey.

St. Francis' defeat dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Marquette, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-10.