No. 9 Marquette hits the road for the first time in Big East play when it faces host Xavier on Saturday at Cincinnati.Marquette (10-2, 1-0 Big East) survived ugly shooting and a late rush from visiting Butler to capture an 80-70 win in their conference opener Wednesday night.Xavier (8-4, 0-1) is coming off a heartbreaking road loss to UConn on Wednesday night. The Musketeers had their biggest lead at 69-64 with just over five minutes left in regulation.Xavier’s 94-89 loss in overtime was their second consecutive disappointing defeat to a ranked opponent. Xavier lost its rivalry game to then-No. 22 Cincinnati 68-65 last Saturday.Marquette was a pedestrian 6 of 30 (20.0 percent) from 3-point range against Butler but turned 20 offensive rebounds into a 28-shot advantage to reach double digits in wins.”Offensive rebounds, I think that’s just an effort thing,” Marquette guard Stevie Mitchell said. “It’s nice that the number reflects the effort that we wanted to bring into (the) game.”And just the spirit that we wanted to have, and the ability to win ugly. We didn’t shoot well from 3, so we got offensive rebounds. The more misses there are, the more opportunities there are to let our effort show.”Few teams take care of the ball better than Marquette, led by All-American guard Kam Jones. He has 75 total assists this season (6.3 per game) to go with just 17 turnovers, including one against Butler.The Golden Eagles committed just two total turnovers, allowing Marquette to hold off Butler’s pressure down the stretch. The two turnovers were the fewest for Maquette since two in an 89-81 loss to Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 2011.Jones, who had a game-high 23 points to go with five assists, is averaging 20.3 points per game to lead the Golden Eagles.