The Georgetown Hoyas and the Villanova Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the Finneran Pavilion on Monday.
The Georgetown Hoyas will try to snap an eight-game losing streak after a 66-51 loss to Seton Hall last time out. Primo Spears leads the Hoyas in scoring with 15.3 PPG along with 5.1 APG while Brandon Murray has 15 PPG and 3.6 APG this season. Qudus Wahab has 10.2 PPG with 7.7 RPG and Jay Heath has 13.4 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Georgetown up to this point in the year. As a team, Georgetown is averaging 71.3 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field, 31.4% from three and 70.2% from the foul line this season.
The Villanova Wildcats will be out to snap a three-game losing skid after a 79-71 loss to Butler last time out. Caleb Daniels leads Villanova in scoring and assists with 16.7 PPG along with 4.7 RPG and a team-high 3.4 APG while Eric Dixon has 16.5 PPG and a team-high 6.5 RPG to lead Villanova in rebounding this season. Brandon Slater has 10.7 PPG with 5.4 RPG and Cam Whitmore has 13.1 PPG and 5.5 RPG across 11 games to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Villanova up to this point in the year. As a team, Villanova is averaging 71.1 PPG on 43.9% shooting from the field, 32.9% from three and 84.3% from the foul line this season.
Georgetown is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 10-27 ATS in their last 37 games following a double-digit home loss while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 road games against a team with a winning home record. Villanova is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 2-7 ATS in their last 9 home games while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 games as a favorite.
I get the case to be made either way in this game, but I’m backing the over here. Georgetown’s really struggled defensively on the road and while Villanova hasn’t been great this season, they should be able to score at will on Georgetown as lots of teams have this season. On the other side I still expect Georgetown to do their share of scoring, so give me the over here.