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- The Marquette Golden Eagles and the Villanova Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Madison Square Garden.
Oddsmakers currently have the Wildcats listed as 5-point favorites versus the Golden Eagles, while the game's total is sitting at 140.
Marquette flew out to an early lead and held on for a hard-fought 57-55 victory over St. John's in the second round of the Big East Conference tournament on Wednesday. Marquette failed to cover the 4-point spread, while the combined score went UNDER the posted total of 125.5.
Lazar Hayward shot 6-for-11 from the field with 20 points for Marquette. David Cubillan netted 11 points and Maurice Acker added 10 in the win.
Villanova dropped a heart-breaking 68-66 overtime loss to West Virginia at the Wachovia Center Saturday.
WVU covered as a 3-point road underdog while the final score played UNDER the 152.5-point total.
Team records:
Marquette: 21-10 SU, 16-9 ATS
Villanova: 24-6 SU, 18-11 ATS
Marquette most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-2
After playing St. John's are 4-3
After a win are 7-3
Villanova most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
After playing West Virginia are 6-4
After a loss are 9-1
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Marquette's last 7 games when playing Villanova
Marquette is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Marquette's last 5 games
Marquette is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Villanova
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Villanova's last 7 games when playing Marquette
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Villanova's last 5 games
Villanova is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Marquette
Villanova is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games
Oddsmakers currently have the Wildcats listed as 5-point favorites versus the Golden Eagles, while the game's total is sitting at 140.
Marquette flew out to an early lead and held on for a hard-fought 57-55 victory over St. John's in the second round of the Big East Conference tournament on Wednesday. Marquette failed to cover the 4-point spread, while the combined score went UNDER the posted total of 125.5.
Lazar Hayward shot 6-for-11 from the field with 20 points for Marquette. David Cubillan netted 11 points and Maurice Acker added 10 in the win.
Villanova dropped a heart-breaking 68-66 overtime loss to West Virginia at the Wachovia Center Saturday.
WVU covered as a 3-point road underdog while the final score played UNDER the 152.5-point total.
Team records:
Marquette: 21-10 SU, 16-9 ATS
Villanova: 24-6 SU, 18-11 ATS
Marquette most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-2
After playing St. John's are 4-3
After a win are 7-3
Villanova most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
After playing West Virginia are 6-4
After a loss are 9-1
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Marquette's last 7 games when playing Villanova
Marquette is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Marquette's last 5 games
Marquette is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Villanova
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Villanova's last 7 games when playing Marquette
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Villanova's last 5 games
Villanova is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Marquette
Villanova is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games
