The Golden Eagles look to stay unbeaten in Big East action when they visit the Musketeers in Cincinnati.
THE VITALS: #9 Marquette Golden Eagles (10-2, 1-0 Big East) at Xavier Musketeers (8-4, 0-1 Big East)
THE DATE: Saturday, December 21, 2024
THE TIME: 11am Central
THE LOCATION: Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
THE TELEVISION: Fox, with Brandon Gaudin and Robbie Hummel on the call
THE STREAMING: FoxSports.com/live or the Fox Sports appTHE RADIO: 94.5 ESPN Milwaukee, available online at Wisconsin On Demand or The Varsity Network
THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast
THE LINE: Marquette -5.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 63% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 78-74.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 73.8, making it the fourth most potentially exciting game out of the 105 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? UCLA vs North Carolina.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (11.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.3 apg, 2.3 spg)
- Kam Jones (20.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 6.3 apg, 1.7 spg)
- Chase Ross (11.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.5 apg, 2.3 spg)
- David Joplin (14.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.1 spg)
- Ben Gold (8.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.5 apg)
MARQUETTE INJURY UPDATE: Junior guard Sean Jones remains out while recovering from ACL surgery in January.
XAVIER PROBABLE LINEUP
- Davyvion McKnight (10.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 4.6 apg, 1.3 spg)
- Ryan Conwell (17.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.4 spg)
- Marcus Foster (8.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.3 apg)
- Dailyn Swain (8.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.8 spg)
- Jerome Hunter (5.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg)
XAVIER INJURY UPDATE: Zach Freemantle suffered a leg injury late in Xavier’s game against Cincinnati and is out indefinitely. Trey Green has missed Xavier’s last three games and is out indefinitely with an undisclosed health issue.
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