Marquette Golden Eagles vs Iowa State Cyclones Prediction, 12/4/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Marquette Golden Eagles vs Iowa State Cyclones

Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Location: Hilton Coliseum in Ames, IA

TV: ESPN+

The Marquette Golden Eagles (8-0) are headed to Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday where they will attempt to beat the Iowa State Cyclones (5-1).

The Marquette Golden Eagles stepped onto the hardwood against Western Carolina and walked away with a win by a score of 94-62 in their last contest. In regard to personal fouls, the Golden Eagles ended up finishing with 16 while Western Carolina accounted for 13 personal fouls. They buried 8 of their 27 attempts from distance. Western Carolina finished the contest at 66.7% when shooting free throws by burying 8 of 12 attempts. In addition, Western Carolina pulled down 31 rebounds (5 offensive, 26 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Western Carolina earned 15 dimes and had 7 steals in the matchup. In regard to defending, Marquette allowed the other team to go 38.3% from the field on 23 out of 60 shooting. They also dished out 21 assists in this contest while creating 18 turnovers and having 15 steals. When talking about rebounding, they collected 35 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Golden Eagles buried 6 of their 10 tries for a percentage of 60.0%. Marquette ended with a 51.4% FG percentage (37 of 72) and knocked down 14 of their 40 3-point shots.

Kameron Jones is one guy who was a major factor for this contest. He accounted for 20 points on 9 of 14 shooting. He was on the court for 25 mins and also snagged 6 rebounds. He shot 64.3% from the field and also totaled 10 assists.

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Marquette enters this contest with a record of 8-0 so far this year. They are losing possession via turnover 9.8 times per game and as a group are committing 16.0 fouls every game. As a team, Marquette is snagging 34.4 boards per game and has accounted for 126 assists this season, which ranks 94th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. The Golden Eagles are hitting 34.0% on shots from distance (81 of 238) and 74.5% from the free throw line. They average 84.5 points per outing (41st in D-1) while hitting 48.5% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Golden Eagles are able to force 18.0 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 15.6 personal fouls. They are ranked 279th in college hoops in allowing assists to their opponents with 116 relinquished this season. The Golden Eagles defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 41.8% (185 of 443) and they relinquish 33.6 boards per game as a basketball team. They are giving up 29.9% on shots from distance and they are ranked 36th in college basketball in opponents PPG (63.6).

When they last stepped on the court, the Iowa State Cyclones walked away with a victory by a final of 99-71 when they played Colorado. The Cyclones snagged 22 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 28 in the game. They gave up possession of the ball 9 times, while recording 13 steals in the game. Colorado committed 17 fouls for this contest which took the Cyclones to the free throw line for a total of 23 shots. They were able to knock down 18 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 78.3%. In regard to shooting from downtown, Iowa State converted 11 of 25 tries (44.0%). Overall, the Cyclones ended up shooting 35 for 58 from the field which gave them a rate of 60.3%. The Cyclones permitted Colorado to convert 23 of their 55 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 41.8% in this game. They finished 42.1% from distance by hitting 8 out of 19 and walked away from this one shooting 17 of 18 from the free throw line (94.4%). In relation to how they attacked the glass, Iowa State allowed Colorado to pull down 23 in total (6 on the offensive side).

Milan Momcilovic ended up being a factor for the Cyclones in this game. He had 24 points in his 29 minutes on the court and added 3 assists for the game. He knocked down 9 of 13 in this game for a field goal rate of 69.2%, and accounted for 1 rebound.

Iowa State has a record of 5-1 so far this season. On the offensive side of the court, the Cyclones are connecting on 50.9% from the field, which has them ranked 14th in college hoops. Iowa State has scored 521 points on the year (86.8 per game) and they pull in 33.3 rebounds per contest. They are dishing out assists 16.2 times per contest (68th in college hoops) and they are turning it over 9.0 times per game. The Cyclones commit 15.5 fouls every game and they shoot 77.8% from the free throw line.

The Cyclones are ranked 58th in Division 1 in PPG given up with 65.0. They are able to force 16.7 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 42.1% from the field (164th in college basketball). The Iowa State defense allows 31.1% on shots from beyond the arc (42 of 135) and their opponents are connecting on 78.8% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 12.5 assists and 29.3 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is ranked 152nd and 14th in the nation.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Marquette

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