Villanova Wildcats vs Marquette Golden Eagles: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/10/2021

The No. 5 Villanova Wildcats (12-2) are heavy favorites (-11) as they try to extend a five-game home win streak when they host the Marquette Golden Eagles (9-10) on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at Finneran Pavilion. The game airs at 9:00 PM ET on FS1. The matchup's point total is set at 138.5.

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Villanova Leaders

• Jeremiah Robinson-Earl leads the Wildcats in scoring (15.3 points per game) and rebounding (7.3 rebounds per game).
• Collin Gillespie paces the squad with 4.8 assists per game.
• Gillespie connects on 2.2 three-pointers per game, the top mark for the Wildcats.
• Villanova's blocks leader is Robinson-Earl, who averages 0.6 per game. Gillespie leads the team averaging 1.0 steal an outing.

Marquette Leaders

• D.J. Carton's strong performances this season give him the top spot on the Golden Eagles scoring and assists leaderboards with 12.7 points per game and 3.5 assists per game.
• Dawson Garcia holds the top spot on the Golden Eagles rebounding leaderboard, averaging 6.7 boards per game while adding 12.5 points per game.
• Koby McEwen averages 1.6 made threes per game to lead the Golden Eagles.
• Marquette's Carton has the top spot on the team's steals leaderboard with 1.2 per game and Theo John is first in blocks with 1.8 per game.

Villanova vs Marquette: Last 5 Meetings

Villanova leads the past five matchups 3-2 over Marquette. The Golden Eagles have covered the spread more often than not against the Wildcats, holding a 2-1 record ATS in those head-to-head meetings.

Points Insights

• The 77.9 points per game the Wildcats score are 8.1 more points than the Golden Eagles give up (69.8).
• When Villanova puts up more than 69.8 points, it is 8-0 against the spread and 11-1 overall.
• Marquette has a 1-2 record against the spread and a 1-2 record overall when giving up more than 77.9 points.
• The Golden Eagles score an average of 71.5 points per game, only 3.6 more points than the 67.9 the Wildcats give up to opponents.
• When it scores more than 67.9 points, Marquette is 7-0 against the spread and 7-4 overall.
• Villanova's record is 3-2 against the spread and 4-1 overall when it allows more than 71.5 points.
• The Wildcats have out-scored their opponents by a total of 141 points this season (10 points per game on average), and the Golden Eagles have put up 31 more points than their opponents on the year (1.7 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Wildcats and the Golden Eagles rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 32.9 and 36.4 boards per game, respectively.
• When Marquette earns the rebounding advantage they are 7-5 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Villanova is 4-3.
• The Wildcats and the Golden Eagles collect offensive rebounds at similar rate (8.9 and 9.6 offensive rebounds per game, respectively).
• The Golden Eagles are 2-6 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Wildcats are 2-1 when they trail in offensive rebounds.
• Both teams tend to win the rebounding battle. The Wildcats record an average rebounding margin of +1.4 rebounds per game, and the Golden Eagles average a margin of +3.8 rebounds.