The Marquette Golden Eagles and the Wisconsin Badgers meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Kohl Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Wisconsin vs Marquette Prediction.
Marquette Golden Eagles Recap
The Marquette Golden Eagles come into this game looking to add on to their 75-72 win over Valparaiso last time out to sit at 5-4 this season. After this game, Marquette heads on the road for a game against the Purdue Boilermakers.
Golden Eagles Alternate Wins & Losses In 4 Straight
Chase Ross leads the Golden Eagles in scoring with 20.3 PPG and in assists with 4 APG along with 4.3 RPG while Nigel James Jr. has 12.3 PPG along with 2.3 RPG and 3.7 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Marquette up to this point in the year. Ben Gold also has 9.8 PPG with a team-high 7.8 RPG to lead the Golden Eagles in rebounding while Zaide Lowery’s added 9 PPG with 3.4 RPG and Royce Parham has 7.9 PPG with 5.1 RPG as well this season. As a team, Marquette is averaging 81.4 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field, 31.1% from three and 73.9% from the foul line this season.
Why the Marquette Golden Eagles will win
- Marquette has won seven of its last eight games after coming off overtime.
Wisconsin Badgers Recap
The Wisconsin Badgers come into this game looking to add on to their 85-73 win over Northwestern last time out to sit at 6-2 this season. After this game, Wisconsin head on the road for a game against Nebraska.
Badgers Alternate Wins & Losses In 5 Straight
Nick Boyd leads the Badgers in scoring and assists with 20.9 PPG and 3.3 APG along with 2.8 RPG while John Blackwell has 19.9 PPG with 6.1 RPG and Nolan Winter has 13.1 PPG with a team-high 9.4 RPG to lead the Badgers in rebounding so far this season. Austin Rapp has 10.5 PPG with 4.3 RPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Wisconsin up to this point in the year. As a team, Wisconsin is averaging on 86.9 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 79.7% from the foul line so far this season.
Why the Wisconsin Badgers will win
- Wisconsin has won each of its last 16 games against non-Conference opponents at Kohl Center.
- Marquette has lost eight of its last nine day games against the Big Ten Conference.
Total Points Facts
- Forty-four of Wisconsin’s last 48 day games at Kohl Center have produced a total of 155 or fewer points.
- Each of Marquette’s last four road games against the Big Ten Conference have produced a total of 152 or fewer points.
Wisconsin vs Marquette Prediction
I’m on Wisconsin in this game. I just think this might be the worst team that Shaka Smart has had in his Marquette tenure, and Wisconsin to me is just absolutely loaded from a talent perspective. The Badgers have been a really strong team at home over the years, especially in conference play, and I think the Badgers get the win and cover at home in this one. Give me the Badgers laying the points here.