Xavier Musketeers vs Creighton Bluejays Prediction, 1/29/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Xavier Musketeers vs Creighton Bluejays

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Location: CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, NE

TV: ESPN+

The Creighton Bluejays (14-6) will go up against the Xavier Musketeers (13-8) at CHI Health Center Omaha on Wednesday.

The Xavier Musketeers faced off with Connecticut and notched a win by a score of 76-72 in their last game. In the matter of personal fouls, the Musketeers ended up with 15 while Connecticut accounted for 22 personal fouls. They also buried 7 out of their 26 shots from distance. Connecticut ended up shooting 76.5% at the charity stripe by making 13 of their 17 shots. Furthermore, Connecticut grabbed 33 boards (9 offensive, 24 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Connecticut recorded 15 dimes and had 5 steals for this game. With regard to the defense, Xavier allowed 47.3% from the field on 26 out of 55 shooting. They also doled out 14 assists in the game in addition to forcing 12 turnovers and getting 6 steals. In regard to getting rebounds, they collected 24 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Musketeers buried 17 of their 24 attempts for a percentage of 70.8%. Xavier walked away from the contest having earned a 47.3% field goal percentage (26 of 55) and converted 7 of 17 three-point shots.

Dailyn Swain is a guy who was a factor for the matchup. He finished the contest at 85.7% from the field and also distributed 4 assists. He was on the hardwood for 32 minutes and pulled down 3 rebounds. He accumulated 15 points on 6 of 7 shooting.

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Xavier will enter this matchup with a win-loss mark of 13-8 for the year. They turn it over 11.5 times per game and as a team are committing 16.4 fouls per game. As a team, Xavier is grabbing 34.3 boards per game and has tallied 351 assists on the year, which has them ranked 21st in the nation in terms of passing the rock. The Musketeers are shooting 38.3% on shots beyond the perimeter (171 of 446) and 78.1% from the charity stripe. They average 77.0 points per game (116th in college hoops) while going 45.4% from the field.

On defense, the Musketeers are forcing their opponents into 12.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.2 personal fouls. They surrender 32.3% on shots from distance and they rank 115th in college in opponents PPG (69.4). The Musketeers defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 42.5% (525 of 1,234) and they concede 33.6 boards per game as a team. They are currently ranked 270th in college in giving up assists with 291 surrendered on the year.

The last time they took the court, the Creighton Bluejays got the win with a final of 79-54 against Seton Hall. Regarding rebounds, Creighton allowed Seton Hall to snag 23 in all (4 on the offensive glass). They finished 33.3% from 3-point land by going 3 of 9 and ended up going 5 of 6 from the free throw line (83.3%). The Bluejays permitted Seton Hall to convert 23 of their 54 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.6% in this contest. When the game finished, the Bluejays walked away from this one shooting 28 out of 48 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 58.3%. In reference to shooting from 3-point land, Creighton converted 11 of their 26 tries (42.3%). They were able to bury 12 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 70.6%. Seton Hall was called for 17 personal fouls for the game which took the Bluejays to the free throw line for a total of 17 shots. They gave up possession of the ball 12 times, while getting 5 steals for this game. The Bluejays recorded 23 defensive rebounds and 4 offensive rebounds totaling 27 for the matchup.

Ryan Kalkbrenner ended up being a major contributor for the Bluejays in this contest. He recorded 23 points in his 31 minutes on the hardwood and accumulated 3 dimes for this contest. He made 9 out of 10 for the game for a rate of 90.0%, and had 9 rebounds.

Creighton has a win-loss mark of 14-6 on the season. The Bluejays commit 10.4 personal fouls per game and they go 75.4% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 17.0 times per contest (28th in college) and they are losing possession via turnover 12.9 times per game. Creighton has scored 1,510 pts for the year (75.5 per contest) and they pull in 37.4 boards per contest. As an offensive team, the Bluejays are shooting 47.6% from the field, which has them ranked 53rd in college.

The Bluejays on defense are ranked 88th in the country in points per game surrendered with 68.3. They are forcing their opponents into 8.7 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 40.4% from the field (44th in college hoops). The Creighton defense surrenders 30.3% on 3-pointers (138 of 455) and opponents are connecting on 73.8% of their free throw shots. They have relinquished 11.2 dimes and 34.4 boards per contest, which is ranked 48th and 179th in college.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Creighton and under the total points

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