Northern Illinois at Marquette 11/27/21 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Northern Illinois Huskies will limp into Fiserv Forum Saturday night for a matchup with the Maquette Golden Eagles. Northern Illinois is struggling through the first five games of the year coming into Saturday 1-4 overall riding a four game losing streak following a seven point loss to Little Rock. Offensively Northern Illinois couldn't throw the ball in the ocean converting on only 34.6% of their shots and committing 18 turnovers as a team.

Kaleb Thornton Led the way for the NIU offense with 15 points and five rebounds in 32 minutes of action. Trendon Hankerson Chipped in 10 points on three of 11 shooting, while Zool Kueth added twelve points in 24 minutes off the bench.

The Marquette Golden Eagles Have been lights out to the first six games of the year coming into Saturday 5-1 overall despite a 16 point loss to Saint Bonaventure last Sunday. Defensively Marquette struggled against the Bonnies as Saint Bonaventure scored 70 points on 47.5% shooting from the floor.

Marquette has relied on a strong offense to the first six games of the season shooting 42% from the floor to score 74 points per game. Justin Lewis does it all for Marquette leading the team with 17.7 points to go along with a team high 8.5 rebounds. Darryl Morsell Chips in a second best 17.3 points on 47.6% shooting.