Basketball Recap: De Smet Jesuit Beats Marquette for Their Seventh Straight Victory

Spartans

Previous Games

12/30/24 vs Marquette	61-50
12/29/24 vs Vianney	70-58
12/28/24 vs Lafayette	66-40
12/27/24 vs Troy-Buchanan	91-22
12/20/24 vs Christian Brothers	73-54
+ 2 more games

De Smet Jesuit had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.2 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They walked away with a 61-50 victory over the Marquette Mustangs. The Spartans have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Mustangs, too.

De Smet Jesuit's win bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Marquette, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.

De Smet Jesuit will square off against Moline at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Moline knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 15 games -- so hopefully De Smet Jesuit likes a good challenge. As for Marquette, they will challenge Howell Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Marquette is facing Howell Central at the right time seeing as Howell Central is stuck on a four-game losing streak.