The 2 Marquette Golden Eagles will face the 11 North Carolina State Wolfpack in the Sweet 16 on Friday with tipoff scheduled for 6:09 p.m. CT on CBS. This game will be played in Dallas, Texas.
Marquette is looking to avoid the upset and advance to the Elite 8. If the Golden Eagles were to win this basketball game, they would face the winner of the 4 Duke Blue Devils and the 1 Houston Cougars on Sunday.
In the last game played for the Golden Eagles, they defeated the 10 Colorado Buffaloes on Sunday by a final score of 81-77. The Marquette Golden Eagles had five different players score in double figures for head coach Shaka Smart.
Tyler Kolek led the way for them with 21 points. He also grabbed five rebounds and recorded 11 assists. He is the best overall player on this basketball team. Kam Jones continues to be an effective scorer for Marquette as he scored 18 points, grabbed four rebounds, and recorded one assist against Colorado.
Chase Ross stepped up off the bench with 12 points, David Joplin scored 14 points, and Oso Ighodaro also scored 10 points for the Golden Eagles. Marquette will need to be sharp out of the games against a pesky Wolfpack basketball team. Entering this matchup, the Golden Eagles have a 27-9 record. The Wolfpack have a 24-14 record.
Players To Watch For On the North Carolina State Wolfpack Against the Marquette Golden Eagles
Kevin Keatts is the head coach of this North Carolina State basketball program. They last played against the 14 Oakland Golden Grizzlies on Saturday and won that game by a final score of 79-73 in overtime. The North Carolina State Wolfpack has won the last seven games played entering this matchup with the Golden Eagles.
One of the top players on this Wolfpack basketball team is D.J. Burns Jr. He scored 24 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, and recorded four assists against Oakland. Four other players scored in double figures against the Golden Grizzlies for the Wolfpack.
Michael O’Connell scored 12 points, grabbed two rebounds, and recorded eight assists. D.J. Horne, Casey Morsell, and Mohamed Diarra each scored 11 points. Diarra also grabbed 13 rebounds for the North Carolina State Wolfpack.
North Carolina State is hot entering this matchup and they have been a nice story for college basketball. However, they are the only double-digit seed to be in the Sweet 16 and it feels like their Cinderella story is going to come to an end against a more physical Marquette Golden Eagles basketball team.