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Marquette is coming in as a -9.5 favorite versus Villanova for Friday's college basketball game. Marquette has won the last seven games in this series, though only two of those were by more than the current spread of 9.5.
The Golden Eagles are 10-1 on their home court.
Marquette is coming off a lopsided 76-59 victory over Seton Hall.
Kam Jones scored 19 points and No. 10 Marquette forced 24 turnovers in a 76-59 victory over struggling Seton Hall on Tuesday night.
David Joplin added 12 points and Ben Gold had 11 as the Golden Eagles (16-3, 7-1 Big East) bounced back from a 59-57 loss to Xavier at home Saturday. Chase Ross made five of their 18 steals.
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Marquette moved into a first-place conference tie with No. 20 St. John's, which hosts Xavier on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
Marquette averages 9.0 turnovers per game and is 16-1 when it wins the turnover battle.
Marquette's average of 9.7 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.8 more made shots on average than the 8.9 per game Villanova gives up. Villanova averages 10.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.4 more made shots on average than the 6.8 per game Marquette gives up.
The Wildcats are 5-4 in Big East play. Villanova ranks seventh in the Big East with 9.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Enoch Boakye averaging 2.3.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kameron Jones is averaging 19.1 points, 6.5 assists and 1.7 steals for the Golden Eagles. David Joplin is averaging 14.9 points over the last 10 games.
Dixon is averaging 24.9 points and 5.1 rebounds for the Wildcats. Wooga Poplar is averaging 14.8 points and 6.3 rebounds over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Eagles: 8-2, averaging 75.2 points, 30.4 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 9.9 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 42.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.3 points per game.
Wildcats: 6-4, averaging 75.4 points, 31.5 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 4.8 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.8 points.
