Marquette Women’s Basketball Sets Home-and-Home With Missouri State, Including a Springfield Trip on Nov. 13

Marquette women’s basketball announced a home-and-home series with Missouri State that will place the Golden Eagles in Springfield, Missouri, during the 2026-27 season and bring the Bears to Milwaukee for the second meeting in 2027. The announcement is part of Marquette’s continued effort to shape a non-conference slate that mixes familiar regional opponents with programs from outside its usual orbit.

According to Marquette’s announcement, head coach Cara Consuegra will take her team to Springfield for the first game of the series on Friday, Nov. 13. The matchup is scheduled for the “front end” of the two-game set, which means it will be the road stop before the program returns to its own arena to complete the series.

The second game of the home-and-home is set for “some point in November or December of 2027,” with Marquette hosting Missouri State at the McGuire Center. While that date window does not specify an exact day, it does establish a clear planning target for both programs and gives Marquette a defined late-season non-conference home date in the following cycle.

For Marquette, non-conference scheduling matters because it can affect preparation, early-season benchmarks, and how teams measure their progress before conference play begins. A home-and-home format also creates a built-in continuity, giving both sides a chance to adjust after seeing each other’s styles on the first trip.

Missouri State, as the opponent, brings its own perspective to that process. Like Marquette, the Bears will be using the early encounter as a key test outside conference play, with the second game later serving as a second look at personnel, tactics, and in-season growth. For fans, the series provides a recurring storyline rather than a single one-off non-conference meeting.

The immediate thing to watch is how the exact 2027 date is finalized and publicized, since “November or December” leaves some flexibility for arena availability and broader league scheduling. It is also worth tracking whether Marquette’s finalized 2026-27 non-conference framework places this series early enough to serve as a key statement game, or later enough to reflect how the roster has evolved over the summer and early fall.

With the two-game set now officially announced, the next milestone is confirmation of the final home date, along with any additional non-conference opponents that Marquette uses to balance the schedule. For Missouri State, the Springfield road game also stands out on the calendar as a mid-November measuring stick, arriving late in the season’s second week of action. When both programs complete this series, it should offer an informative look at how each team develops across a full year span.