The Marquette Golden Eagles (8-6, 0-3 Big East) will be looking to halt a four-game losing skid when hosting the No. 16 Providence Friars (13-1, 3-0 Big East) on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at Fiserv Forum. It will air at 9:00 PM ET.
Marquette fell at home to Creighton 75-69 last time out, led by Oso Ighodaro (22 PTS, 83.3 FG%) and Darryl Morsell (13 PTS, 2 STL, 38.5 FG%). Providence defeated DePaul 70-53 on the road last time out, led by Aljami Durham (17 PTS, 50.0 FG%, 2-3 from 3PT) and Justin Minaya (12 PTS, 11 REB, 2 BLK, 50.0 FG%, 2-4 from 3PT).
David Duke scored a team-high 31 points to lead the Friars past Koby McEwen (13 points) and the Golden Eagles 72-63 in their last matchup on January 27, 2021.
Matchup at a glance
- Game Day: Tuesday, January 4, 2022
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Arena: Fiserv Forum
- Spread: Marquette -1
- Total: 140.5
- Moneyline: Marquette, Providence
Marquette player stats
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Lewis | 14 | 15.2 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| Darryl Morsell | 14 | 12.8 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Oliver-Maxence Prosper | 2 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Kam Jones | 14 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Greg Elliott | 10 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
Providence player stats
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Watson | 14 | 13.9 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Aljami Durham | 14 | 13.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| A.J. Reeves | 14 | 10.7 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Noah Horchler | 14 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Jared Bynum | 10 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
Marquette stats
- The 72.4 points the Golden Eagles score on average is 11.3 more than the Friars concede.
- When Marquette scores more than 61.1, it has a record of 8-4.
- The Golden Eagles are averaging 37.1 rebounds, 0.3 fewer than the Friars’ average.
- When Providence has a rebounding advantage, it is 9-0. When posting fewer boards, Marquette is 4-6.
- The Golden Eagles shot 42.9% from the field, 4.2% higher than the Friars concede defensively.
- Marquette has an 8-3 straight-up record when shooting higher than 38.7% from the field.
Betting on Marquette
- The Golden Eagles have an implied moneyline win probability of 0.0% in this matchup.
- Marquette has played 14 games, with eight wins against the spread.
- The Golden Eagles have covered the spread once this season when favoured by 1 point or more (in five chances).
- The Golden Eagles and their opponents averaged 141.7 points per game in 2021, 1.2 more than Tuesday’s total.
