Coming off a disappointing home loss, Marquette will face another tough opponent when it faces Dayton on Wednesday night in Milwaukee.

Maryland beat Marquette 89-82 on Saturday despite playing without multiple injured starters.

Marquette (3-2) lost despite a career-high 31 points from Chase Ross, who hit 10 of 19 shots from the floor. Ben Gold added 18 points and Zaide Lowery had 14 points and eight rebounds, but the Golden Eagles shot just 36.8% from the field and 27.5% from deep.

"Just really, really disappointing last 15 minutes of that game," coach Shaka Smart said of his team, which took a 55-46 lead at the 15:02 mark. "We just didn't sustain the defensive intensity we had to have. We give up 89 points; that's not the pathway for us to win."

Offense was also a part of Marquette's

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