The Golden Eagles aim to run the table at the multi-team event that they invented for themselves.
THE VITALS: #15 Marquette Golden Eagles (2-0) vs Central Michigan Chippewas (1-1)
THE DATE: Monday, November 11, 2024
THE TIME: 8pm Central
THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
THE TELEVISION: FS1, with Chris Vosters, Terrence Oglesby, and WESLEY FREAKING MATTHEWS 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 -27.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 98% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 86-62.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 12.3, making it the 24th most potentially exciting game out of the 30 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Chattanooga at Austin Peay.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (6.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 2.5 spg)
- Kam Jones (28.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 5.5 apg, 2.0 spg)
- Chase Ross (17.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 3.0 spg)
- David Joplin (20.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2.0 spg)
- Ben Gold (7.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.0 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.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN PROBABLE LINEUP
- Anthony Pritchard (12.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 6.0 apg, 5.5 spg)
- Cayden Vasko (8.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.5 apg, 2.5 spg)
- Jakobi Heady (14.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.0 spg, 1.5 bpg)
- Bryan Ndjonga (5.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.5 apg)
- Hunter Harding (6.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 apg)