Here’s JT Pettigrew playing against Kentucky, because there are no pictures of Valparaiso’s dog mascots that they introduced FOUR YEARS AGO. MORE MASCOT PICTURES, PLEASE. | Credit: Jordan Prather-Imagn ImagesAndrew FleckTue, December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM UTC·2 min readTHE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (4-4) vs Valparaiso Beacons (5-2)
THE DATE: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
THE TIME: 7pm Central
THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
THE STAKES: Marquette is looking to avoid dropping under .500 after December 1st in a normal season for the first time since the last game of the 2014-15 season. The Golden Eagles fell under .500 on January 31 that year and never got back above the marker.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTHE TELEVISION: Nope. We went over this for the opener.
THE STREAMING: ESPN+ with Josh Maurer & Brian Butch on the call
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THE RADIO: 94.5 FM/ESPN Milwaukee, available online via The Varsity Network.
THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast
THE LINE: Marquette -19.5 according to our friends at FanDuel.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 90% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 80-66.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 19.8, making it the 36th most potentially exciting game out of the 51 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Connecticut at Kansas with a score of 83.2.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
Nigel James (11.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.5 spg)
Chase Ross (20.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 4.1 apg, 1.8 spg)
Zaide Lowery (10.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.4 spg)
Ben Gold (8.9 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.0 spg)
Caedin Hamilton (5.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg)
MARQUETTE INJURY NOTE: Redshirt junior guard Sean Jones suffered some sort of shoulder injury in practice on November 11th and has not played since. He had his arm in a sling that keeps things immobilized, and after the Little Rock game, head coach Shaka Smart said that the medical staff was still evaluating the best path forward for Jones… but he would probably be out “for a little while.” Jones was no longer wearing the sling as of November 22nd when MU faced Central Michigan.
VALPARAISO PROBABLE LINEUP
Rakim Chaney (14.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.9 spg)
Brody Whitaker (7.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg)
Isaiah Barnes (6.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.1 apg)
JT Pettigrew (8.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg)
Shon Tupuola (8.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 1.7 bpg)
YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: Even Flow by Pearl Jam
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