Did you realize that we haven’t had a Marquette home game since December 18th! It’s true!
THE VITALS: #8 Marquette Golden Eagles (12-2, 3-0 Big East) vs Creighton Bluejays (9-5, 2-1 Big East)
THE DATE: Friday, January 3, 2024
THE TIME: 8pm Central
THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
THE TELEVISION: FS1, with Jeff Levering and Stephen Bardo 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 -9.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette an 84% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 80-69.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 50.6, making it the fifth most potentially exciting game out of the 16 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Michigan State at Ohio State at 77.3.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (11.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.3 apg, 2.6 spg)
- Kam Jones (20.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 6.6 apg, 1.7 spg)
- Chase Ross (10.2 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.3 apg, 2.1 spg)
- David Joplin (14.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.1 spg, 1.1 bpg)
- Ben Gold (8.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.4 apg)
MARQUETTE INJURY UPDATE: Junior guard Sean Jones remains out while recovering from ACL surgery in January.
CREIGHTON PROBABLE LINEUP
- Steven Ashworth (17.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 6.2 apg)
- Jamiya Neal (10.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 4.8 apg)
- Jasen Green (2.9 ppg, 2.6 rpg)
- Jackson McAndrew (8.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg)
- Ryan Kalkbrenner (17.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.2 apg, 2.7 bpg)
CREIGHTON INJURY UPDATE: Pop Isaacs is out for the rest of the year, as he needs a second hip surgery to continue to correct the issue that was operated on back in the spring. He was averaging 16.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game in the eight contests he appeared in this season.
YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: Otherside by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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