The Golden Eagles head out east to start the post-Christmas portion of the schedule.
THE VITALS: #8 Marquette Golden Eagles (11-2, 2-0 Big East) at Providence Friars (7-6, 1-1 Big East)
THE DATE: Tuesday, December 31, 2024
THE TIME: 5pm Central
THE LOCATION: Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, Rhode Island
THE TELEVISION: FS1, with Emmanuel Berbari and Vin Parise on the call
THE STREAMING: FoxSports.com/live or the Fox Sports app
THE RADIO: 94.5 ESPN Milwaukee, available online at Wisconsin On Demand or The Varsity Network
THE LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats
THE LINE: Marquette -5.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 69% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 72-67.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 65.0, making it the third most potentially exciting game out of the 30 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? St. John’s at Creighton.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (11.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.2 apg, 2.4 spg)
- Kam Jones (20.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 6.4 apg, 1.6 spg)
- Chase Ross (10.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.4 apg, 2.2 spg)
- David Joplin (14.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.2 spg, 1.1 bpg)
- Ben Gold (8.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.5 apg)
MARQUETTE INJURY UPDATE: Junior guard Sean Jones remains out while recovering from ACL surgery in January.
PROVIDENCE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Jayden Pierre (12.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.5 apg)
- Bensley Joseph (11.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.2 spg)
- Rich Barron (3.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg)
- Wesley Cardet (9.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 apg)
- Anton Bonke (1.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg)
PROVIDENCE INJURY UPDATE: Bryce Hopkins made his season debut on December 3rd after missing PC’s first eight games while recovering from an ACL tear back in January. He played in three games, but has now missed each of PC’s last two games with knee soreness. That last missed game was back on December 20th, so it’s hard to say what his status is here.
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