Wisconsin vs Marquette Golden 12/4/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Marquette Golden Eagles (7-1) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (6-1)
December 4, 2021 12:30 pm EDT
The Line: Wisconsin Badgers -5.5 / Marquette Golden Eagles +5.5; Over/Under: -134.5
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The Marquette Golden Eagles and the Wisconsin Badgers meet in college hoops action from the Kohl Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Marquette Golden Eagles come into this game looking to build on an 83-54 beatdown win over Jackson State last time out. Justin Lewis leads the Golden Eagles in scoring and rebounding with 16.1 PPG and 8 RPG while Darryl Morsell has 15.3 PPG with 3.4 RPG and 3.1 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Marquette up to this point in the year. Tyler Kolek also has 8.1 PPG and a team-high 5 APG as well for Marquette this season. As a team, Marquette is averaging 75.9 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 70.6% from the foul line while allowing 68.3 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field and 31.2% from three this season.
The Wisconsin Badgers will be out to build on a 70-66 win over Georgia Tech in their last game. Johnny Davis leads the Badgers with 19.3 PPG, 5.7 RPG and 2.7 APG while Brad Davison has 15.3 PPG and 4.6 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Wisconsin up to this point in the season. Tyler Wahl has 9.3 PPG with 4.7 RPG and Steven Crowl’s also got 8.6 PPG and 4.9 RPG this season. As a team, Wisconsin is averaging 68 PPG on 40% shooting from the field, 30.1% from three and 80.5% from the foul line while allowing 56.7 PPG on 38.5% shooting from the field and 32.4% from three this season.
Marquette is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as a road underdog and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the over is 5-1-1 in their last 7 road games. Wisconsin is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Saturday games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall while the over is 4-0-1 in their last 4 Saturday games.
Both of these teams have gotten off to great starts this season, And Wisconsin’s surprised me a bit if I’m being honest. However, I think you can only get away winning games with that defensive style for so long before it comes back to bite you in the butt. Marquette’s picked up some solid wins of their own early on this season and while I’m not sure they win this one outright, I do think they bag a cover with the points here.
