Wednesday college basketball and we will see the Marquette Golden Eagles travel to Madison Square Garden to take on the St John's Red Storm. The game has a start time of 7:00 pm (Eastern) and will be televised on Fox Sports 1. Current Vegas betting odds have St John's listed as 15 point favorites, while the total is set at 146.  

Analysis:  The Marquette Golden Eagles come in slumping a bit as they have won just 2 of their last 5 games. The Golden Eagles have played well at home this year, but in true road games they are 0-4, while overall they have gone 10-7. The Golden Eagles are 8-0 ATS in their last 8 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600 and 10-3 ATS in their last 13 games overall, but just 8-19-1 ATS in their last 28 vs. Big East. Marquette has been an average offensive team this year, ranking 181st in scoring (67.6 ppg), 67th in shooting (46.0%), 170th in 3 point shooting (34.5%) and 192nd in FT shooting (68.5%). Defensively the Golden Eagles have decent, ranking 128th in points allowed (63.6 ppg), 187th in defensive FG% (42.7%) and 103rd in 3 point defense (31.8%). 

The St John's Red Storm have also struggled of late, as they have won just 1 of their last 5 games. St Johns is now 12-5 on the year, including 1-4 in the Big East and 7-2 at home. The Red Storm are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 home games and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following a S.U. loss, but 5-1-1 the last 7 in the series. St John's has been a decent offensive team this year, ranking 85th in scoring (71.7 ppg), 113th in shooting (44.8%), 229th in 3 point shooting (32.3%) and 122nd in FT shooting (70.3%). Defensively the Red Storm have been decent, as they come in ranked 127th in points allowed (63.5 ppg), 40th in defensive FG% (38.9%) and 84th in 3 point defense (31.5%).  

Pick: I will look at Marquette to keep this one close vs a St John's team that may be caught looking ahead to a big game vs Duke on Saturday. The Red Storm have lost 4 of their last 5 games, including their last 2 at home and I just don't feel they are playing well enough right now to cover this number.  

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