Marquette Golden Eagles vs Creighton Bluejays Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 02/20/2022

Game Time: 3:00 pm ET, Sunday, February 20, 2022

Venue:  CHI Health Center, Omaha, NE

Where to Watch:  Fox Sports 1

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Marquette +1.5, Creighton -1.5; Over/Under:  140.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Marquette +1.5, Creighton -1.5; Over/Under:  140.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Marquette +1.5, Creighton -1.5; Over/Under:  140.5 points

 

Marquette Golden Eagles:  17-9 (5th place, Big East)

Creighton Bluejays:  17-8 (4th place, Big East)

 

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Marquette Golden Eagles:  2-3 last 5

Creighton Bluejays:  4-1 last 5

 

 

 

Marquette is coming into this game with a 17-9 record overall and they are 4-5 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. This will be their 16th conference matchup of the year and they are currently 9-6 in their conference games this season. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games but are coming off of a win in their last game which snapped a 2 game losing streak that they were on. Their 2 losses in that span were against the UConn Huskies and the Butler Bulldogs while their win came against the Georgetown Hoyas in their last game. Kameron Jones led the team in points in that game off the bench with 19 while Kur Kuath was next on the team with 15 points. Tyler Kolek led the team in assists in that game with 11 while Justin Lewis led the team in rebounds with 8. They were 46.2% from the field, 36.4% from 3-point range, and 71.4% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 74.3 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 69.8 PPG against them. Marquette has an ATS record of 15-11 this season and their O/U record is 13-12-1.

 

 

Creighton is coming into this game with a 17-8 record overall and they are 9-3 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. This will be the 15th conference matchup on their schedule this year and they are currently 9-5 in their conference games this season. They have won 5 of their last 6 games and are coming into this one on a 4 game winning streak after another win in their last game. Their last loss was against the Seton Hall Pirates while their 4 straight wins since then came against the Butler Bulldogs, the Georgetown Hoyas twice, and the DePaul Blue Demons in their last game. Ryan Hawkins led the team in points in that game with 25 while Ryan Nembhard was next on the team with 19 points. Nembhard led the team in assists in that game with 6 while Ryan Kalkbrenner led the team in rebounds with 13. They were 41% from the field, 27.3% from 3-point range, and 75% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 69.3 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 65.7 PPG against them. Creighton has an ATS record of 12-12-1 this season and their O/U record is 8-16-1.

 

Marquette has not been playing well in their recent games but they are coming off of a win in their last one against the worst team in the Big East. They have not been playing well on the road this season as they are 4-5 but their conference record only has 1 more loss than Creighton's and they both have the same number of wins. Creighton has been good at home though with a 9-3 record there and they have been gaining a lot of steam in their recent games. They were going through a slump a few weeks ago but they have broken out of that with 4 straight wins. All 4 of those wins came against the bottom 3 teams of the Big East though and they even struggled to win by a lot in some of those. Marquette will be looking to finish their season strong and even if they cannot get the win here they should be able to keep this game close and within single digits. Creighton will win this game at home by a few points.

 

Marquette Creighton Prediction:  Our NCAAB Pick for Sunday, February 20, 2022 (3:00 pm ET start time) is Creighton 76 Marquette 71.

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Marquette Golden Eagles: 11-17 ATS after 4 straight games forcing opponent to commit 14 or less turnovers. 7-1 UNDER after 2 straight games committing 11 or less turnovers.

Creighton Bluejays: 25-18 ATS when the total is 140 to 149.5. 31-22 ATS against conference opponents. 24-17 UNDER when the total is 140 to 149.5.

 

 

Marquette Golden Eagles:  K. Itejere (F) out for season - Redshirt.

Creighton Bluejays:  D. Davis (G) Ques Sun - Undisclosed injury. A. Kaluma (F) Late Feb - Knee injury. S. Mitchell (G) out for season - Foot injury.

 

 

“Nice to be back in the win column. Last week was tough in a lot of ways for our team.” - Shaka Smart on his team’s win against Georgetown.

 

 

“I always talk about wanting to play meaningful games in February and our games are meaningful now.” - Greg McDermott on his team being in a good position right now.

 

 

 

T. Kolek 

K. Kuath 

J. Lewis 

D. Morsell 

O. Prosper

 

R. Hawkins 

Ryan Kalkbrenner 

A. Kaluma 

Ryan Nembhard 

A. O'Connell

 

 

PPG: J. Lewis (16.8)

APG: T. Kolek (6)

RPG: J. Lewis (8)

 

PPG: R. Hawkins (13.9)

APG: R. Nembhard (4.3)

Reb/G: R. Hawkins (7.5)

 

Coaches:

Marquette Golden Eagles: Shaka Smart (1st season)

Creighton Bluejays: Greg McDermott (12th season)