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The Marquette Golden Eagles and Seton Hall Pirates will renew their Big East basketball rivalry on Saturday at Prudential Center. Tip-off is at noon ET.
Marquette (11-3 SU, 7-6-1 ATS, and 4-10 O/U) beat Creighton 72-67 in its most recent game. The Golden Eagles are 2-1 in conference competition this season.
Seton Hall (9-5 SU, 6-8 ATS, and 5-9 O/U) beat Providence 61-57 in its latest game. The Pirates are 2-1 in Big East play.
Last season, the Golden Eagles beat the Pirates in both of their meetings. Marquette leads the all-time series 23-13.
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Marquette averages 78.0 points (110th) on 46.5 percent shooting (102nd), including 32.7 percent from three-point range (224th). It converts 73.6 percent of its foul shots (90th) and averages 31.6 rebounds (261st), 15.6 assists (54th), and 10.6 turnovers (61st) per game.
The Golden Eagles surrender 66.4 points per game (83rd), and their opponents shoot 41.6 percent overall (124th), including 31.8 percent from deep (137th), with 31.7 rebounds per game (190th). Marquette averages 2.3 blocks (312th), 8.8 steals (34th), and 15.4 fouls (53rd) per game.
KenPom ranks the Golden Eagles 12th in the nation. The Golden Eagles rank 25th in offensive efficiency, 9th in defensive efficiency, and 93rd in tempo (schedule-adjusted).
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