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THE VITALS: #12 Marquette Golden Eagles (17-3, 6-1 Big East) at Xavier Musketeers (11-9, 3-4 Big East)
THE DATE: Saturday, January 26, 2019
THE TIME: 1pm Central
THE LOCATION: Cintas Center, Cincinnati, OH
THE TELEVSION: FS1, with Thom Brennaman and Doug Gottlieb on the call
THE STREAMING: Fox Sports Go
THE RADIO: 540 ESPN Milwaukee, available through the TuneIn app, with Steve “The Homer” True and Tony Smith on the call
THE LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats
THE LINE: Marquette -2
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 59% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 73-70.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom gives this game a Thrill Score of 62.4, the sixth best score of the 144 games scheduled for the day.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Markus Howard (24.3 pts, 4.0 rebs, 4.4 asts, 1.1 stls)
- Sacar Anim (7.3 pts, 3.2 rebs, 1.2 asts)
- Sam Hauser (15.2 pts, 6.9 rebs, 2.3 asts)
- Joey Hauser (10.6 pts, 5.9 rebs, 2.3 asts)
- Theo John (6.7 pts, 4.9 rebs, 2.3 blks)
XAVIER PROBABLE LINEUP
- Paul Scruggs (13.0 pts, 4.9 rebs, 3.2 asts, 1.4 stls)
- Kyle Castlin (4.9 pts, 3.6 rebs)
- Naji Marshall (13.1 pts, 7.3 rebs, 3.4 asts, 1.2 stls)
- Tyrique Jones (10.8 pts, 7.4 rebs)
- Zach Hankins (10.6 pts, 4.8 rebs, 1.4 blks)