The Georgetown Hoyas and the Butler Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Hinkle Fieldhouse on Tuesday night. Who opens Big East conference play with a win? Let’s dive in and find out with our Georgetown vs. Butler Prediction.

Georgetown Team Preview

The Georgetown Hoyas come into this game looking to build on back-to-back wins after a 72-68 OT win over Notre Dame in their last matchup. Jayden Epps leads the Hoyas in scoring and assists with 18.9 PPG and 4.7 APG while Dontrez Styles has 15.2 PPG with 6.4 RPG. Supreme Cook has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 8.6 RPG to lead the Hoyas in rebounding this season. Ismael Massoud has 10.8 PPG with 6 RPG in three games so far this year to cap off the scoring in double figures for Georgetown so far this season. Rowan Brumbaugh and Jay Heath each have 9.5+ PPG as well for the Hoyas this season. As a team, Georgetown is averaging 76.6 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field, 37.1% from three and 69.7% from the foul line this season.

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Butler Team Preview

The Butler Bulldogs come into this one looking to add to their current six-game win streak after a 96-70 win over subdivision Saginaw Valley State last time out. Pierre Brooks leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 16.8 PPG while Jahmyl Telfort has 15.6 PPG with 4.8 RPG and DJ Davis has 12 PPG with 3.2 RPG and 2.5 APG as well this season. Posh Alexander has 10.9 PPG with a team-high 5.3 APG to lead the Bulldogs in assists while also capping off the scoring in double figures for Butler up to this point in the year. Jalen Thomas also has a team-high 6.6 RPG to lead the Bulldogs on the glass this season. As a team, Butler is averaging 84.7 PPG on 48.4% shooting from the field, 35.7% from three and 78.5% from the foul line this season.

Georgetown vs. Butler Prediction

I’m backing Butler here. The Hoyas have definitely taken steps to improve under Ed Cooley, but they’ve still had their hiccups as well and I’m just not about to jump on the Hoyas going into a difficult road environment at Hinkle Fieldhouse just yet. I’ve said before, this could be the best team that Butler’s had during Thad Matta’s tenure and I just feel like this is going to be a bit of a statement performance to let everyone know that Butler’s taking this seriously this year. Give me the Bulldogs laying the points.