The Golden Eagles hit the road for the first time this season and tangle with a power conference program for the first time as well.
THE VITALS: #15 Marquette Golden Eagles (3-0) at RV Maryland Terrapins (3-0)
THE DATE: Friday, November 15, 2024
THE TIME: 7pm Central
LOCATION: Xfinity Center, College Park, Maryland
THE TELEVISION: FS1, with Brandon Gaudin and Bill Raftery 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 +2.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Maryland a 61% chance of victory with a predicted score of 73-70.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 71.6, making it the fourth most potentially exciting game out of the 47 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Alabama at Purdue.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (9.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.7 spg)
- Kam Jones (22.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 6.3 apg, 2.3 spg)
- Chase Ross (15.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 4.0 apg, 3.3 spg)
- David Joplin (15.3 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 2.3 spg)
- Ben Gold (8.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.7 bpg)
MARQUETTE INJURY UPDATE: Junior guard Sean Jones remains out while recovering from ACL surgery in January. Freshman forward Damarius Owens is likely out for the time being after suffering a foot injury in Marquette’s super duper ultra top secret scrimmage with Oklahoma.
MARYLAND PROBABLE LINEUP
- Ja’Kobi Gillespie (13.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.3 spg)
- Selton Miguel (8.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 1.3 apg)
- DeShawn Harris-Smith (5.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.3 apg)
- Julian Reese (13.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.0 bpg)
- Derik Queen (13.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.7 spg, 1.3 bpg)
A MARYLAND STATISTICAL NOTE: Rodney Rice is Maryland’s leading scorer by average. He’s chipping in 16.7 points per game this season while coming off the bench in all three contests and averaging less than 20 minutes a night. His numbers are slightly tilted by getting 28 points against Mount Saint Mary’s and only getting 12 and 10 points in Maryland’s other two games.
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