Marquette Golden Eagles (13-6) vs Xavier Musketeers (14-3)
Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Musketeers enter with a mark of 4-2 in the Big East. On the road they have wins to DePaul and Butler with a loss at Villanova. In conference the Musketeers struggle offensively on the glass and from three where they hit 32%. Defensively defending a paint a weakness by surrendering 52.6%. Marquette 5-3 in conference with home win to Seton Hall, DePaul and Providence with losses to Creighton and UCONN. Golden Eagles sit tops in the Big East in effective field goal percentage behind 39.7% shooting from three and 51.8% from two. Defensively Golden Eagles second in conference in effective field goal percentage holding opponents to 29.3% from three and 44.4% inside. They do force turnovers to Big East opponents. Golden Eagles carries a five game Big East win streak. Play Marquette +2