Marquette lost against Houghton back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Marquette Redmen fell 61-50 to the Houghton Gremlins. 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).
This is the second loss in a row for Marquette and nudges their season record down to 6-10. As for Houghton, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 12-3.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Marquette will venture away from home to square off against St. Francis at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Marquette is facing St. Francis at the right time seeing as St. Francis is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Houghton, they will head out on the road to take on Hancock at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. Hancock is on a three-game streak of home wins, Houghton a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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