St. Thomas visits No. 7 Marquette following Ighodaro’s 20-point game

Saint Thomas Tommies (6-4) at Marquette Golden Eagles (8-2)

Milwaukee; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Eagles -24.5; over/under is 140

BOTTOM LINE: No. 7 Marquette hosts the Saint Thomas Tommies after Oso Ighodaro scored 20 points in Marquette’s 78-59 victory against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

The Golden Eagles are 5-0 on their home court. Marquette has a 1-1 record in one-possession games.

The Tommies are 2-3 on the road. St. Thomas is the leader in the Summit League allowing just 61.1 points per game while holding opponents to 42.7% shooting.

Marquette averages 8.8 made 3-pointers per game, 3.1 more made shots than the 5.7 per game St. Thomas allows. St. Thomas averages 8.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.6 more made shots on average than the 7.1 per game Marquette gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kam Jones is scoring 15.9 points per game with 2.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists for the Golden Eagles. Tyler Kolek is averaging 15.3 points and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 56.3% for Marquette.

Parker Bjorklund is scoring 13.9 points per game and averaging 4.8 rebounds for the Tommies. Raheem Anthony is averaging 11.0 points for St. Thomas.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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