Marquette Golden Eagles vs Villanova Wildcats Prediction, 1/19/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Marquette Golden Eagles vs Villanova Wildcats

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Location: Finneran Pavilion in Villanova, PA

TV: CBSSN

The Villanova Wildcats (13-4) will play the Marquette Golden Eagles (12-6) at Finneran Pavilion on Wednesday.

The Marquette Golden Eagles played Seton Hall and earned the victory with a final of 73-72 in their last game. Marquette finished having earned a 42.4% field goal percentage (25 out of 59) and made 11 out of their 22 shots from 3-point land. From the charity stripe, the Golden Eagles converted 12 of 16 shots for a percentage of 75.0%. With respect to hauling in boards, they collected a total of 26 with 7 of them being on the offensive end. They also recorded 19 assists for this game as well as forcing the opposition into 19 turnovers and earning 11 steals. With regard to defense, Marquette allowed the other team to go 41.7% from the field on 25 out of 60 shooting. Seton Hall recorded 6 dimes and had 5 steals in this contest. On top of that, Seton Hall grabbed 45 boards (17 offensive, 28 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Seton Hall ended up going 69.6% from the charity stripe by making 16 of their 23 tries. They buried 6 of 21 shots from distance. In regard to personal fouls, the Golden Eagles finished with 16 and Seton Hall had 17 personal fouls.

Darryl Morsell is one guy who was a major factor for the matchup. He finished the contest at 66.7% from the floor and totaled 3 assists. He saw the court for 36 minutes and also pulled down 5 boards. He scored 26 points on 8 of 12 shooting.

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Marquette enters this one with a mark of 12-6 this year. They are turning it over 12.8 times per game and as a team are committing 17.9 fouls every game. As a unit, Marquette is collecting 36.3 boards per game and has earned 319 dimes this year, which has them ranked 4th in D-1 in terms of passing. The Golden Eagles are connecting on 34.0% on three-point shots (152 of 447) and 72.2% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 75.2 points per game (110th in the country) while connecting on 45.1% from the field.

On defense, the Golden Eagles are forcing their opponents into 14.5 turnovers per game while drawing 16.1 fouls. They are ranked 303rd in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 246 surrendered for the year. The Golden Eagles are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 40.7% (462 of 1,134) and they relinquish 39.7 boards per contest as a unit. They concede 31.3% from 3-point land and they are ranked 224th in the nation in PPG allowed (70.3).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Villanova Wildcats went home victorious with a score of 82-42 when they played Butler. The Wildcats snagged 26 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 32 in this game. They also gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while getting 6 steals for this game. Butler was called for 15 personal fouls in this contest which got the Wildcats to the free throw line for 15 shots. They were able to knock down 14 of the free throw tries for a rate of 93.3%. Regarding shots from 3-point land, Villanova buried 12 of their 19 attempts (63.2%). When the final whistle blew, the Wildcats went 28 out of 47 from the field which had them shooting 59.6%. The Wildcats allowed Butler to make 16 of 52 attempts from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 30.8% for the contest. They wrapped up this game 26.9% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 7 of 26 and walked away from this one shooting 3 of 6 from the free throw line (50.0%). Concerning cleaning the glass, Villanova permitted Butler to get 17 overall (6 on the offensive side).

Justin Moore ended up being important for the Wildcats for this game. He made 4 out of 8 for this game giving him a rate of 50.0%, and had 7 rebounds. He earned 15 points in his 28 minutes on the hardwood and added 5 dimes in this game.

Villanova has a win-loss mark of 13-4 on the campaign. The Wildcats are committing 15.6 fouls every game and they hit 81.5% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 13.1 times per game (195th in college basketball) and they are turning it over 9.4 times per contest. Villanova has accumulated 1,243 points on the year (73.1 per contest) and they collect 36.2 rebounds per contest. As an offensive unit, the Wildcats are shooting 43.5% from the floor, which has them ranked 222nd in Division 1.

The Wildcats on the defensive side of the court are 21st in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 60.4. They have forced 12.3 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 39.8% from the floor (47th in college basketball). The Villanova defense allows 29.8% from downtown (118 of 396) and opponents are making 74.0% of their foul shots. They relinquish 10.2 dimes and 31.9 boards per game, which is ranked 37th and 64th in those categories.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Marquette

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