The Golden Eagles head down I-94 for their early not-really-a-road-game visit to see the Blue Demons.
THE VITALS: #7 Marquette Golden Eagles (14-2, 5-0 Big East) at DePaul Blue Demons (9-8, 0-6 Big East)
THE DATE: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
THE TIME: 6pm Central
THE LOCATION: Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois
THE TELEVISION: CBS Sports Network, with Chris Lewis and Steve Lappas on the call
THE STREAMING: CBSSports.com or Paramount+
THE RADIO: 94.5 ESPN Milwaukee, available online at Wisconsin On Demand or The Varsity Network
THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast
THE LINE: Marquette -12.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette an 87% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 80-68.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 41.9, making it the 19th most potentially exciting game out of the 36 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Texas A&M at Kentucky.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (12.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.3 apg, 2.6 spg)
- Kam Jones (19.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 6.4 apg, 1.6 spg)
- Chase Ross (10.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 2.3 apg, 2.2 spg)
- David Joplin (14.0 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.1 apg, 1.1 spt, 1.1 bpg)
- Ben Gold (8.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.0 bpg)
MARQUETTE INJURY UPDATE: Junior guard Sean Jones will redshirt for the remainder of the season to continue his rehab/recovery from knee surgery.
DEPAUL PROBABLE LINEUP
- Conor Enright (7.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 6.6 apg)
- Jacob Meyer (14.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg)
- CJ Gunn (10.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg)
- Troy D’Amico (6.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.9 apg)
- NJ Benson (8.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.3 bpg)
DEPAUL INJURY UPDATE: 6’11” big man David Skogman missed three games with a leg injury after starting all of DePaul’s games up to that point. He has played in each of the Blue Demons’ last two contests, but saw just seven and 12 minutes of action. Skogman was averaging 8.8 points and 6.5 rebounds before the injury.
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