Basketball Game Preview: Gladstone Braves vs. Marquette Redmen

By Team Reports Feb 4, 2025, 12:50am

Basketball Preview: Gladstone Braves vs. Marquette Redmen

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Gladstone is 1-9 against Marquette since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Gladstone Braves just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Marquette Redmen at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Gladstone is coming into the game on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight victories. They simply couldn't be stopped on Monday as they easily beat Manistique 73-31. That looming 73-31 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Braves yet this season.

Meanwhile, Marquette had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They came out on top against the Maroons by a score of 52-43. The 52-point effort marked the Redmen's lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Marquette's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2. As for Gladstone, their victory bumped their record up to 5-11.

Gladstone took a serious blow against Marquette in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, falling 76-36. Can Gladstone avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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