=== Louisville Hands MU Their First Loss of the Season ===
After beating [[St. Thomas (MN)|St. Thomas]] College of Minnesota, 69-49, in the season opener, the Warriors bowed to the [[Louisville]] Cardinals, 73-60, at the Milwaukee Arena on December 5th.

Marquette, using coach [[Al McGuire]]'s slow, deliberate "free lance" style of basketball, baffled [[Louisville]] in the first half; the Warriors held the Cardinals to a 29-29 tie at halftime.  The Warriors held the ball until they could shoot from near the basket and also controlled the rebounds.  In the second half, the Cardinals made 65% of their field goal attempts.  this effectively countered the Warriors' rebounding strength.

The performance by junior forward [[Tom Flynn]] was one of few encouragements for Marquette.  Flynn scored 28 points and took 11 rebounds.  Coach McGuire said, "the boys played a fine game but lost the ball too many times...  The defense was good, but the offense has to improve."