Seton Hall Pirates vs Marquette Golden Eagles Prediction, 1/27/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seton Hall Pirates vs Marquette Golden Eagles

Date: Saturday, January 27, 2024

Location: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI

TV: ESPN+

The Seton Hall Pirates (13-7) are hitting the road to Fiserv Forum on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the Marquette Golden Eagles (14-5).

The Seton Hall Pirates took the court against Providence and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 67-63 in their last game. In reference to personal fouls, the Pirates left the arena with 13 and Providence finished the game with 15 personal fouls. They made 7 out of their 22 attempts from three-point range. Providence finished 94.1% from the charity stripe by converting 16 of their 17 tries. Additionally, Providence totaled 29 rebounds (7 offensive, 22 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Providence distributed 14 assists and had 7 steals for the contest. Pertaining to defense, Seton Hall let their opponent shoot 44.9% from the field on 22 of 49 shooting. They also distributed 7 assists in this contest as well as forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 7 steals. In relation to hauling in rebounds, they earned 37 with 18 of them being on the offensive end. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Pirates buried 16 of 17 shots for a percentage of 94.1%. Seton Hall finished having earned a 32.3% FG percentage (21 of 65) and knocked down 5 of their 16 3-pointers.

Al-Amir Dawes is one player who came through for the game. He ended up shooting 40.9% from the floor and also earned 3 assists. He saw the court for 36 minutes and collected 2 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 26 points on 9 out of 22 shooting.

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Seton Hall comes into this game with a record of 13-7 so far this year. They lose possession by turning the ball over 13.0 times per game and as a squad they are committing 15.6 personal fouls per game. As a unit, Seton Hall is pulling down 38.8 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 256 assists for the year, which is 182nd in college basketball in terms of passing the rock. The Pirates are shooting 32.9% on three-point shots (113 of 343) and 78.0% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 74.5 points per outing (184th in college hoops) while hitting 45.1% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Pirates are forcing 12.5 turnovers per game while drawing 17.0 fouls. They are conceding 34.2% on shots from distance and they are 133rd in the nation in PPG allowed (70.0). The Pirates are allowing an opponent FG percentage of 41.7% (490 of 1,176) and they relinquish 32.2 boards per game as a unit. They currently rank 321st in the country in allowing assists to their opponents with 285 relinquished on the year.

The last time they took the court, the Marquette Golden Eagles walked away with a victory by a final of 86-73 when they faced DePaul. In relation to rebounding, Marquette permitted DePaul to snag 24 overall (4 on the offensive side). They shot 45.8% from beyond the perimeter by going 11 out of 24 and ended up going 10 out of 15 at the free throw line (66.7%). The Golden Eagles permitted DePaul to knock down 26 of their 55 tries from the field which left them with a rate of 47.3% in this matchup. When the game finished, the Golden Eagles went 30 out of 55 from the field which had them at 54.5%. In the matter of 3-pointers, Marquette buried 15 of their 33 tries (45.5%). They were able to convert 11 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 91.7%. DePaul had 13 fouls in the matchup which got the Golden Eagles to the charity stripe for 12 attempts. They also coughed up the ball 12 times, while recording 3 steals in this contest. The Golden Eagles were able to collect 23 defensive boards and 5 offensive rebounds totaling 28 for the contest.

Tyler Kolek pitched in for the Golden Eagles in this matchup. He earned 22 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and totaled 7 assists in this contest. He knocked down 8 of 14 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 57.1%, and accumulated 2 rebounds.

Marquette has a win-loss mark of 14-5 so far this year. The Golden Eagles have committed 15.2 personal fouls every game and they connect on 73.3% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 16.3 times per game (37th in D-1) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 10.3 times per contest. Marquette has scored 1,475 pts on the season (77.6 per contest) and they average 33.4 boards per game. As an offense, the Golden Eagles are hitting on 46.9% from the floor, which ranks them 71st in college hoops.

The Golden Eagles are ranked 102nd in D-1 in points given up per game with 68.2. They are forcing their opponents into 16.0 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 42.8% from the field (149th in college hoops). The Marquette defense gives up 33.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter (158 of 467) and their opponents are converting on 71.5% of their foul shots. They concede 13.8 assists and 35.1 rebounds per contest, which ranks 262nd and 195th in college hoops.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Marquette

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