Valparaiso visits Marquette following Ross’ 21-point game

By Canadian Press on December 1, 2025.

Valparaiso Beacons (5-2) at Marquette Golden Eagles (4-4)

Milwaukee; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Marquette plays Valparaiso after Chase Ross scored 21 points in Marquette’s 75-74 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Golden Eagles are 4-2 in home games. Marquette is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Beacons are 1-1 in road games. Valparaiso has a 1-0 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Marquette makes 43.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.8 percentage points higher than Valparaiso has allowed to its opponents (40.7%). Valparaiso averages 7.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 fewer makes per game than Marquette gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ross averages 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Eagles, scoring 20.9 points while shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc. Nigel James Jr. is shooting 44.4% and averaging 11.3 points.

Rakim Chaney is scoring 14.0 points per game and averaging 3.1 rebounds for the Beacons. Shon Tupuola is averaging 8.6 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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