Marquette takes on Central Michigan in cross-conference matchup

Central Michigan Chippewas (2-3) at Marquette Golden Eagles (3-3)

Milwaukee; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Chase Ross and Marquette host Nathan Claerbaut and Central Michigan in non-conference action.

The Golden Eagles are 3-2 in home games. Marquette is ninth in the Big East with 15.8 assists per game led by Ross averaging 3.8.

The Chippewas are 0-1 on the road. Central Michigan gives up 73.2 points to opponents and has been outscored by 3.6 points per game.

Marquette is shooting 42.7% from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points lower than the 43.2% Central Michigan allows to opponents. Central Michigan averages 7.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 fewer makes per game than Marquette allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ross is scoring 19.8 points per game and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Golden Eagles. Ben Gold is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers.

Claerbaut is averaging 11.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks for the Chippewas. Logan McIntire is averaging 9.8 points.

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