Marquette has stumbled in the polls after two straight lopsided losses on the road. To stay in the top 25 at all, the 21st-ranked Golden Eagles will likely have to extend their winning streak at home.

DePaul will look to end Marquette's 12-game home winning streak as the Blue Demons visit the Bradley Center on Saturday, also looking to end their own six-game losing streak there.

The Golden Eagles (13-4, 3-3 Big East) have dropped consecutive games for the first time this season, losing by an average of 18 points in two road games against unranked opponents that dropped them eight spots in the poll.

In losses to Louisville and Connecticut, they shot just 35.5 percent from the field and were outrebounded 80-55. The 89-73 defeat to UConn on Sunday would have been even uglier had they not outscored the Huskies 35-22 in the final nine minutes.

“I'm more concerned we're not making stops defensively,” Marquette coach Tom Crean said. “Hopefully we'll get something from the way we played the last 10, 12 minutes. We have to play with our hair on fire to be good.”

Opponents have shot a combined 51.6 percent from the field in Marquette's last two games, but the Golden Eagles have been much better at home this season. They haven't lost at the Bradley Center since last February, and are 10-0 there this season, winning by an average of more than 25 points.

Opponents are shooting just 37.0 percent there, while Marquette shoots 48.6 percent. Home-court advantage may mean more in the Big East than in most conferences, as road teams are just 13-36 overall thus far in Big East play.

However, at least some of Marquette's recent struggles can be attributed to leading scorer Dominic James, who has battled a sore wrist. James, who averages 13.8 points, has a total of just 12 in the last two games, and is shooting just 5-of-15 over that span.

The UConn game was also his first this season without a steal.

“He's tough, he's not asking out, but he's just not 100 percent,” Crean said. “He hurt it again against Louisville. We'll just have to see how he feels.”

DePaul standout senior Draelon Burns may feel nostalgic as he plays his final collegiate game in his hometown of Milwaukee. Burns leads the Blue Demons (9-9, 4-2) with 17.9 points per game, but he was 0-for-6 from 3-point range while scoring 16 points during his last game at Marquette in January 2006, a 62-47 loss.

The Blue Demons haven't won at the Bradley Center since the 1999-2000 season, losing by an average of more than 15 points in the six defeats. But they beat Marquette at home 72-67 last season despite just nine points on 2-of-9 shooting from Burns.

DePaul has won back-to-back games and seven of nine overall. The Blue Demons are coming off a 92-60 non-conference win over Florida Gulf Coast on Monday, when Burns and Will Walker led DePaul with 19 points each.

Freshman forward Dar Tucker had 14 points for his sixth straight game in double figures.

DePaul is looking for its second win in seven games against ranked teams this season, having defeated then-No. 18 Villanova 84-76 on Jan. 3.