The Golden Eagles have been searching for any spark in what has been a dark 2025-26 season, including several changes to the starting lineup.

The Georgetown Hoyas and Marquette Golden Eagles meet Wednesday for an 8:30 p.m. ET tip at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Big East openers.

The Marquette Golden Eagles and No. 6 Purdue Boilermakers meet Saturday at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana, with tip-off set for 2 p.m. ET.

That’s things going sideways at best or downwards in a hurry for head coach Greg McDermott and head coach-in-waiting Alan Huss, but Creighton got a bit of a bright spot on Wednesday night. That bright spot was a 36-5 run bridging halftime in their 98-57 victory on the road against Xavier in the Big East opener for both teams.

No. 6 Purdue hosts Marquette on Saturday afternoon in Mackey Arena. Here are five things to know about the Golden Eagles ahead of this weekend's matchup.

Creighton faces the Marquette Golden Eagles after Austin Swartz scored 27 points in Creighton's 98-57 victory against the Xavier Musketeers.

And so, I clicked on the Marquette men’s lacrosse schedule icon on GoMarquette.com just to get an idea of when the Golden Eagles started their season last year to try to make some kind of plans, and lo and behold,

The Golden Eagles are trying to avoid a 0-2 start in the Big East for the first time since the 2021-22 season, Shaka's Smart's first at the school.