Marquette coach Eric Price says the first couple of weeks of practice have been a struggle, but with a pair of starters back and a couple other players that saw floor time a season ago returning he feels his squad will be just fine.

“We have nine players on the roster, but we’ll go nine deep,” said Price, who enters his sixth season on the Crusaders’ sidelines with a career record of 81-54. “We are going to need contributions from all nine every game. Here to start practices we’re battling sickness and injuries, so I haven’t had all nine at the same practice, but we’ll be OK.”

With the limited practice time for some of the girls and a few new faces, Price understands the opening couple of weeks may look a little ragged, but he feels the team will find its way.

“We have four games at th

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