Villanova Wildcats vs Xavier Musketeers 2/22/2020 Odds, Predictions and Spread

Villanova Wildcats vs Xavier Musketeers 2/22/2020 –The Villanova Wildcats are on a three-game winning streak and they hope to extend that even further to climb up the Big East Conference. They will be visiting the Xavier Musketeers at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio this Saturday, February 22 at 2:30 pm Eastern Time. Fox is the official television partner for this game and SofaScore will be featuring the online live stream on their page. The Wildcats are seen by NCAA Games Today Odds to be the team carrying the slight upper hand in this game against the Musketeers.

Villanova Wildcats vs Xavier Musketeers 2/22/2020

Team	SP/RL	TOTAL	ML
Villanova Wildcats	-1 (-110)	136 o (-110)	-110
Xavier Musketeers	+1 (-110)	136 u (-110)	-110

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Villanova Wildcats

Villanova Wildcats are sitting at third place in the Big East Conference behind the Seton Hall Pirates and the Creighton Bluejays. Their current record stands at 20-6 and they have been doing well on the road with 6-3. Prior to their three-game winning streak, this team had a three-game slump. In the past ten games, the Wildcats won seven out of ten games. Gillespie is the top scorer for this team with 16.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game while Bey is also a prospective NBA draft pick and he does 15.6 points, 5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. James Robinson-Earl has been manning the paint for this team with 10.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2 assists per game. 

Players to watch: C. Gillespie G (26 GP 33.9 MIN 16.2 PTS 3.7 REB 4.5 AST 1.2 STL 0.1 BLK 1.9 TO 42.7 FG% 81.8 FT% 38.1 3PT%), S. Bey F (26 GP 33.8 MIN 15.6 PTS 5 REB 2.6 AST 0.7 STL 0.5 BLK 1.4 TO 47.4 FG% 77.6 FT% 46.4 3PT%), J. Robinson-Earl F (26 GP 32.2 MIN 10.9 PTS 9.3 REB 2 AST 1.2 STL 0.6 BLK 2.2 TO 44.8 FG% 82.1 FT% 30.8 3PT%).

Xavier Musketeers

The Xavier Musketeers are coming off from a bounce-back victory after losing to the Butler Bulldogs. If it was not for that loss, this team could have been on a five-game winning streak. Over the past ten games, the Musketeers have split their wins and losses to five and five. Marshall does 16.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game while Jones is an instant double-double with 13.8 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks. Scruggs also contribute well for Xavier as he does 13 points per night.

Players to watch: N. Marshall F (25 GP 35 MIN 16.1 PTS 6.1 REB 3.8 AST 1.3 STL 0.4 BLK 3.1 TO 43.6 FG% 68.5 FT% 29.4 3PT%), T. Jones F (26 GP 27.7 MIN 13.8 PTS 11.3 REB 1.5 AST 0.8 STL 1.2 BLK 1.8 TO 55.9 FG% 58.7 FT% 0 3PT%), P. Scruggs G (25 GP 33.6 MIN 13 PTS 4.4 REB 2.7 AST 1.1 STL 0.4 BLK 2.8 TO 46.7 FG% 70.5 FT% 36.1 3PT%).

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Villanova Wildcats

The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Villanova’s last 16 games.
Villanova is 16-4 SU in their last 20 games.
Wildcats are 12-3 ATS in their last 15 games against Xavier.
Villanova is 7-1 SU in their last 8 games against Xavier.
Wildcats are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 games on the road.

Xavier Musketeers

Xavier is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Xavier’s last 5 games.
Musketeers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
Xavier is 15-3 SU in their last 18 games at home.
Musketeers are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games when playing at home against Villanova.