American Eagles vs Georgetown Hoyas Prediction, 11/23/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: American Eagles vs Georgetown Hoyas

Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Location: Capital One Arena in Washington, DC

TV: Hulu Live TV

The American Eagles (2-2) are en route to Capital One Arena on Wednesday where they will compete against the Georgetown Hoyas (3-2).

The American Eagles faced NJIT and walked away with a win by a score of 58-53 in their last game. Concerning fouls, the Eagles left the arena with 19 and NJIT finished the game with 15 fouls. They also converted 4 of their 12 shots from three-point range. NJIT ended up going 52.0% when shooting free throws by converting 13 of 25 shots. On top of that, NJIT snagged 32 rebounds (6 offensive, 26 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. NJIT totaled 6 dimes and had 4 steals for the game. In relation to the defense, American let their opponent shoot 39.1% from the field on 18 of 46 shooting. They also recorded 9 assists in this game in addition to forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 7 steals. In terms of hauling in boards, they collected a total of 32 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Eagles converted 11 of their 15 tries for a rate of 73.3%. American ended the contest having earned a 43.1% FG percentage (22 out of 51) and converted 3 of their 14 three-point attempts.

Elijah Stephens is a player who was a contributor in the matchup. He ended up walking away with 14 points on 6 of 11 shooting. He played 36 minutes played and also collected 5 boards. He ended up going 54.5% from the field and dished out 5 assists.

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American comes into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 2-2 on the year. They turn it over 12.5 times per contest and as a basketball team they commit 16.3 fouls every game. As a unit, American is pulling in 32.0 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 41 assists for the campaign, which is 338th in the country in terms of passing. The Eagles are shooting 36.4% from downtown (32 of 88) and 76.2% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 63.5 points per contest (327th in Division 1) while hitting 42.8% from the floor.

Defensively, the Eagles are able to force 11.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 13.0 fouls. They give up 44.3% on 3-point shots and they rank 129th in the nation in opponents PPG (65.8). The Eagles defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 46.0% (93 of 202) and they relinquish 33.0 boards per contest as a squad. They are 103rd in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 46 surrendered for the campaign.

When they last stepped on the court, the Georgetown Hoyas took home the win by a final score of 69-62 against La Salle. The Hoyas collected 34 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 42 for the game. They turned it over 12 times, while recording 6 steals in the matchup. La Salle committed 20 personal fouls in this game which got the Hoyas to the charity stripe for a total of 20 tries. They were able to knock down 16 of the free throws for a rate of 80.0%. Concerning shots from downtown, Georgetown knocked down 3 out of their 12 attempts (25.0%). When the final whistle blew, the Hoyas shot 25 out of 59 from the field which had them shooting 42.4%. The Hoyas allowed La Salle to knock down 25 of their 65 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 38.5% for the matchup. They finished the game shooting 20.0% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 5 of 25 and ended up shooting 7 out of 16 at the free throw line (43.8%). With respect to team rebounding, Georgetown allowed La Salle to grab 37 overall (12 on the offensive glass).

Qudus Wahab was important for the Hoyas for the contest. He accumulated 23 points in his 23 minutes on the hardwood, but wasn't able to tally an assist. He converted 8 out of 14 for this contest for a rate of 57.1%, and totaled 7 rebounds.

Georgetown has a win-loss record of 3-2 for the season. The Hoyas are responsible for committing 17.0 fouls per game while shooting 77.3% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 12.0 times per contest (266th in the country) and they are turning it over 13.2 times per contest. Georgetown has scored 389 points on the campaign (77.8 per contest) and they pull down 38.8 rebounds per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Hoyas are shooting 46.6% from the floor, which is ranked 117th in the nation.

The Georgetown defense allows 34.2% on shots from behind the 3-point line (53 of 155) and their opponents are making 68.1% of their foul shots. They surrender 13.8 dimes and 37.8 rebounds per game, which has them ranked 267th and 304th in those categories. The Hoyas defensively are ranked 281st in college hoops in PPG given up with 73.6. They are forcing 13.6 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 40.9% from the field (148th in college hoops).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Georgetown

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