Who’s playing
Marquette Golden Eagles @ Seton Hall Pirates
Current records: Marquette 15-3, Seton Hall 6-12
How to watch
What you need to know
Seton Hall will be in front of its home fans on Tuesday, but a review of the broadcast shows they might need that home-field advantage. They and the Marquette Golden Eagles will face off in a Big East battle at 8 p.m. ET at the Prudential Center. Neither team had much success offensively in their last outing, scoring well below their season average.
Seton Hall heads into Tuesday’s game looking for a big change in momentum after losing its third straight game Saturday. There’s no need to mince words: Seton Hall lost to St. John’s, and Seton Hall lost badly. The score ended at 79-51. The Pirates were in a tough spot after the first half, already up 39-16.
The losing team was strengthened by Garwey Dual, who scored eight points in addition to six steals and three blocks. His performance made up for a slower game against Butler on Wednesday. Isaiah Coleman, on the other hand, was considerably less useful: he went 0-5 from long range.
Unsurprisingly, given the score, Seton Hall struggled to work together and finished the game with just seven assists. This is the fewest assists they have posted since March 2024.
Meanwhile, Marquette unfortunately saw its six-game winning streak end on Saturday. They fell just short of Xavier by a score of 59-57. This was the Golden Eagles’ lowest scoring game so far this season.
David Joplin had a good effort for the losing team, scoring 18 points and six rebounds. Additionally, he also had four assists, his most since February 2024.
Seton Hall’s loss dropped their record to 6-12. As for Marquette, their loss ended a ten-game home winning streak and dropped them to 15-3.
Seton Hall lost to Marquette at home by a decisive 75-57 margin in their previous meeting in January 2024. Will Seton Hall have better luck at home than on the road?
Odds
Marquette is a heavy 12-point favorite against Seton Hall, according to the latest college basketball odds.
Oddsmakers had a good idea of ​​the line for this one, as the game opened with the Golden Eagles as 12.5-point favorites.
The over/under is 137 points.
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History of the series
Seton Hall and Marquette both have 5 wins in their last 10 games.
- January 27, 2024 – Marquette 75 vs. Seton Hall 57
- January 06, 2024 – Seton Hall 78 vs. Marquette 75
- January 21, 2023 – Marquette 74 vs. Seton Hall 53
- December 27, 2022 – Marquette 83 vs. Seton Hall 69
- January 26, 2022 – Marquette 73 vs. Seton Hall 63
- January 15, 2022 – Marquette 73 vs. Seton Hall 72
- February 14, 2021 – Seton Hall 57 vs. Marquette 51
- December 17, 2020 – Seton Hall 70 vs. Marquette 63
- February 29, 2020 – Seton Hall 88 vs. Marquette 79
- January 11, 2020 – Seton Hall 69 vs. Marquette 55
