Exhibition Takeaways: RV Marquette vs #6 Michigan State

First, the basics: Marquette men’s basketball hosted #6 Michigan State on Sunday afternoon at Fiserv Forum for their final tuneup for the 2026-27 regular season. In somewhat of a shocker, the Golden Eagles moved out into a lead in the first half, pushed it to 12 at intermission, weathered a Spartan rally, shoved the lead back out to as many as 17 points, then wrapped up a victory at 86-79. The listed attendance for the game is 13,020, but seeing as there were effectively no students in the building because Sunday was the final day of fall break, I extremely doubt the fact that we got over 13K as far as actually through the turnstiles.

Stat Leaders!

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Marquette

Points: Alex Egbuonu, 14
Rebounds: Royce Parham, 8
Assists: Nigel James, 7
Blocks: Sananda Fru & Alex Egbuonu, 1
Steals: Adrien Stevens, 2
Minutes: Royce Parham, 29

Michigan State

Points: Jasiah Jervis, 19
Rebounds: Cameron Ward, 4
Assists: Jeremy Fears, 7
Blocks: Jordan Scott, 4
Steals: Jordan Scott, 3

Four Factors

Marquette

Effective Field Goal Percentage: 67.0%
Turnover Rate: 31.6%
Offensive Rebounding Rate: 40.9%
Free Throw Rate: 70.2%
Points Per Possession: 1.13

Michigan State

Effective Field Goal Percentage: 48.1%
Turnover Rate: 17.1%
Offensive Rebounding Rate: 29.4%
Free Throw Rate: 69.8%
Points Per Possession: 1.04

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Highlights, courtesy of GoMarquette.com and absolutely no one else:

And 8 minutes of media availability from head coach Shaka Smart:

Big Picture Stuff: Michigan State couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn in the first half, shooting just 7-for-27 from the field and that includes a really bad 3-for-12 inside the arc. Even though Marquette coughed it up 13 times before intermission — five alone from Nigel James — the Spartans couldn’t do squat with all of that advantage and so Marquette’s 15-for-23 shooting — 10-for-13 inside the arc! — buried Michigan State by 12, 43-31, at halftime.

The Spartans fixed their shooting in the second half, connecting on nearly 54% of their shots, and they went…

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Publish date : 2026-10-25 22:38:00

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