The No. 10 Marquette Golden Eagles head to The Pavilion seeking the season sweep over the Villanova Wildcats. Marquette enters this contest riding a four-game winning streak, while Villanova is coming off a brutal three-game road swing in which it dropped each match. The Golden Eagles edged the Wildcats by one earlier this month but are a 5-point underdog in tonight’s game with the total Sportsbook at 142 points.
Marquette vs Villanova Game Center
Standout Stats
- Marquette is 12-1 SU and 10-3 ATS in its last 13 games, being an underdog just twice during that span and not only covering but winning outright in those contests as an underdog. Villanova is 6-0 SU but 3-3 ATS in its last six games at The Pavilion, having been favored by 6.5 or more points in each of those games.
- Villanova has gone UNDER in five of its last seven games, with two games going OVER 142 points. Marquette has gone UNDER in four of its last six, but only two games went UNDER 142 points.
- Both teams are consistent offensively wherever they play. Marquette averages 78.9 points per game this season to rank 37th overall and scores 79.8 ppg in away games. Villanova buries 74.9 ppg overall (95th) and averages 75.5 at home.
- Defensively, the Wildcats surrender 67.4 points per game (65th), falling slightly to 65.6 ppg at home, while Marquette gives up 15 more ppg in away games vs home up to 78.2 ppg.
- Villanova and Marquette get a lot of their offense from three-point range. The Wildcats score 42.9 percent of their points from beyond the arc, the sixth-highest percentage in the NCAA, and the Golden Eagles get 35.8 percent of their production from long range. Marquette shoots 39.9 percent from beyond the arc, increasing to 42.7 percent on the road. Villanova hits 35.3 percent of its three-point attempts.
- The Golden Eagles have the edge beyond the arc, but the Wildcats have the advantage inside the arc, hitting 54.9 percent of their two-point shots, while Marquette shoots 51.5 percent from two-point range.
- Marquette’s opponents are shooting 32.4 percent from long range, but that jumps to 42.1 percent in its road games, while Villanova’s foes convert 34.2 percent of their shots from three-point range, falling to 31.3 percent at The Pavilion.
My Best Bet for Marquette vs Villanova
Villanova -5
Marquette’s defense is a bit of a mess on the road, allowing 15 more ppg compared to its home average, while Villanova is surrendering two fewer ppg at home vs the road. These teams met on February 9 at Marquette and played to a 66-65 score with the Golden Eagles getting the win – the Wildcats had a late layup attempt to win the game but it failed to drop. Marquette’s opponents are shooting 42.1 percent from long range in its away games and Villanova gets 42.9 percent of its total offense from beyond the arc. Marquette is 6-2 SU and ATS on the road this season, but its two losses were by 20 and 23 points.
