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Mitchell leads No. 9 Marquette against No. 25 UConn after 22-point outing

UConn Huskies (15-6, 7-3 Big East) at Marquette Golden Eagles (18-3, 9-1 Big East)

Milwaukee; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 9 Marquette faces No. 25 UConn after Stevie Mitchell scored 22 points in Marquette’s 78-69 victory over the Butler Bulldogs.

The Golden Eagles are 11-1 on their home court. Marquette is third in the Big East with 36.6 points per game in the paint led by Kameron Jones averaging 11.1.

The Huskies are 7-3 in conference play. UConn averages 19.1 assists per game to lead the Big East, paced by Hassan Diarra with 6.4.

Marquette makes 45.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.3 percentage points higher than UConn has allowed to its opponents (42.8%). UConn has shot at a 49.0% rate from the field this season, 5.3 percentage points above the 43.7% shooting opponents of Marquette have averaged.

The Golden Eagles and Huskies face off Saturday for the first time in Big East play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jones is averaging 18.9 points, 6.3 assists and 1.5 steals for the Golden Eagles. David Joplin is averaging 15.0 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 41.4% over the last 10 games.

Solomon Ball is shooting 43.5% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Huskies, while averaging 14.6 points. Alex Karaban is shooting 41.4% and averaging 14.5 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Eagles: 9-1, averaging 76.6 points, 30.9 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 10.0 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.1 points per game.

Huskies: 7-3, averaging 76.1 points, 28.8 rebounds, 18.3 assists, 5.2 steals and 6.7 blocks per game while shooting 47.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.6 points.

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

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