For now, Marquette ladies’s basketball is 6-3 on the yr however extra importantly 2-0 within the Big East. They are one in all simply two 2-0 groups within the league with solely three extra standing at 1-0. That goes to alter quickly come Wednesday when the Golden Eagles hit the street to go to the opposite 2-0 workforce within the league… which additionally occurs to be the #1 workforce within the nation… however that’s an issue for a future date.
For now, Marquette is wandering off the Big East path for a second to play a non-conference sport in opposition to an opponent that, on paper, is essentially the most overmatched squad on the schedule for the Golden Eagles. Le Moyne is available in additional down the ol’ BartTorvik.com rankings than a Winthrop workforce that Marquette beat by 32. Much additional down than a Bowling Green workforce that Marquette beat by 16. Further down than a Milwaukee workforce that Marquette beat by 32.
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And we are able to’t ignore the truth that Marquette is coming off a pair of wins to begin off Big East play with margins of 31 and 25 factors. The Golden Eagles are rolling groups which are additional down the chain than them and that’s all the time a great way to undergo issues.
With that stated, Marquette hasn’t been out on the ground in a sport that counted since December seventh. That’s due to Finals Week on campus, and it’s a secure wager that the common apply schedule for the workforce bought a bit tossed round as a result of Finals Week tosses everybody’s schedules round. So maaaaaaybe Marquette’s easy working engine of three-point taking pictures — the Golden Eagles have shot over 35% in every of their final six video games and are actually #13 within the nation in three-point taking pictures proportion! — is kind of so easy working. Maybe their defensive communication isn’t fairly so scorching. And so on, all due to a jumble of per week.
But that’s positive. That’s why you schedule a sport in opposition to a workforce that, on paper, shouldn’t provide you with an excessive amount of bother. That’s why you give your self an opportunity for positive tuning earlier than you tangle with the #1 workforce within the nation a number of days later.
As lengthy as Marquette wins with out an excessive amount of problem, then that’s A-OK by me.
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Game #10: vs Le Moyne Dolphins (1-7)
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025
Time: 1pm Central
Location: McGuire Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Streaming: ESPN+
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteWBB
This is the primary ever assembly between Marquette and Le Moyne, which is extra about this being Le Moyne’s third season in Division 1 than the rest.
At 1-7 with no wins in regulation, I feel it’s secure to say that this season is kind of going nicely for head coach Nick DiPillo and the Dolphins. Then once more, Le Moyne began 2024-25, DiPillo’s first season in cost, with 15 straight losses, so one win of their first eight is an enchancment from that. In phrases of the place their season goes, the losses are extra a operate of what their schedule seems to be like than the place Le Moyne may find yourself within the NEC. They’ve performed six BartTorvik.com high 250 opponents after beginning the yr at #351 themselves, and solely two of their video games have been at residence. Strangely, their additional time victory over Lafayette was on the street, whereas the additional time loss to Cornell — the worst workforce they’ve performed this season, at the least based on Torvik’s rankings — was at residence. After all of that, it’s necessary to do not forget that the Dolphins have been picked to complete fourth within the NEC this yr, and as of proper now, they’re fifth of their league within the Torvik rankings and sixth out of 10 within the NET.
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Le Moyne doesn’t have a double digit scorer, however preseason all-NEC honoree Eli Clark is the closest at 9.8 per sport. Clark shot 33% from behind the three-point line final season, so I can perceive why she’s taking pictures greater than half of her pictures behind the arc this season. She’s simply not developing with makes so far of the yr at below 29%. Clark leads the workforce in assists with three per sport, and I presume an honest chunk of that comes from throwing it to Peyton Dincher. The 5’10” freshman is connecting on 46% of practically 5 lengthy vary makes an attempt per sport, and if DiPillo goes to teach the squad to have one of many 30 highest three-point try ratios within the nation, they need to most likely lean into letting Dincher shoot it so much.
After all, she’s the one one over 34%, and 5’8” freshman Kayden Clark (33.3%) is the one different Dolphin north of 30%. Yes, that’s Eli’s youthful sister.
Even with that sort of taking pictures, Le Moyne remains to be #136 within the nation in three-point taking pictures proportion this season, so it’s not like DiPillo’s system is de facto that flawed. However, they actually don’t do a lot else very nicely. BartTorvik.com has the Dolphins someplace within the 300s in 5 of the mixed eight classes for the Four Factors on offense and protection. The taking pictures is without doubt one of the different three, though their two-point taking pictures is #311. The remaining two are defensive rebounding and defensive free throw charge. They’re not good at defensive rebounding, merely not terrible, and at #123 at FTR, they’re possibly merely good, not excellent. I presume that their offensive turnover charge can be so much higher and not using a 42% that they put up in a 100-28 loss to Illinois.
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