Georgetown Hoyas vs DePaul Blue Demons Prediction, 12/29/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Georgetown Hoyas vs DePaul Blue Demons

Date: Thursday, December 29, 2022

Location: Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL

TV: Youtube TV

The Georgetown Hoyas (5-8) are on their way to Wintrust Arena on Thursday where they will try to defeat the DePaul Blue Demons (6-7).

The Georgetown Hoyas faced off with Connecticut and took a loss by a score of 84-73 in their last contest. Georgetown wrapped up the contest having earned a 45.8% field goal percentage (27 out of 59) and buried 3 out of their 11 shots from distance. At the free throw line, the Hoyas made 16 of their 23 attempts for a rate of 69.6%. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they collected 35 with 9 of them being on the offensive end. They also doled out 6 assists in this game while forcing the opposition into 7 turnovers and getting 2 steals. When talking about defense, Georgetown allowed the other team to shoot 49.2% from the floor on 30 of 61 shooting. Connecticut distributed 24 dimes and had 9 steals in this contest. Additionally, Connecticut totaled 26 rebounds (5 offensive, 21 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Connecticut finished the game at 86.7% from the charity stripe by making 13 of their 15 attempts. They also converted 11 out of their 30 attempts from distance. With respect to personal fouls, the Hoyas ended up with 16 and Connecticut accounted for 16 personal fouls.

Primo Spears is one guy who was a contributor in this contest. He accumulated 19 points on 8 out of 17 shooting. He played for 38 mins and totaled 5 rebounds. He finished the game at 47.1% from the field and distributed 3 assists.

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Georgetown comes into this matchup with a record of 5-8 this season. They turn it over 12.4 times per game and as a squad are committing 15.4 fouls per game. As a team, Georgetown is pulling down 36.7 boards per game and is sitting with 153 dimes for the year, which has them ranked 273rd in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. The Hoyas are hitting 32.6% on shots from 3-point land (77 of 236) and 71.7% from the charity stripe. They average 75.0 pts per game (139th in the country) while hitting 44.9% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Hoyas have forced 12.9 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 16.6 fouls. They currently rank 347th in Division 1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 216 surrendered this year. The Hoyas are allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 44.5% (365 of 820) and they surrender 37.5 boards per game as a group. They are giving up 35.1% on 3-point shots and they are 344th in college basketball in PPG allowed (77.1).

The last time they took the court, the DePaul Blue Demons walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 80-65 against Creighton. Concerning how they cleaned up the glass, DePaul allowed Creighton to collect 38 in total (4 offensive). They finished shooting 55.2% from three-point range by connecting on 16 out of 29 and ended up going 10 of 16 from the free throw line (62.5%). The Blue Demons allowed Creighton to knock down 27 of their 50 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 54.0% for the game. In all, the Blue Demons shot 25 out of 73 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 34.2%. In the matter of shots from beyond the perimeter, DePaul knocked down 8 out of their 27 attempts (29.6%). They were able to bury 7 of the free throw tries for a rate of 77.8%. Creighton was called for 10 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Blue Demons to the free throw line for 9 attempts. They turned it over 10 times, while recording 9 steals for the game. The Blue Demons snagged 23 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive boards totaling 34 for the game.

Umoja Gibson was important for the Blue Demons for the matchup. He buried 5 out of 15 for the game for a rate of 33.3%, and had 2 rebounds. He scored 14 points in his 35 mins of playing time and accumulated 3 assists in the game.

DePaul has a mark of 6-7 on the season. The Blue Demons have committed 17.5 fouls every game and they hit 79.3% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 13.0 times per game (223rd in college basketball) and they are turning it over 13.9 times per game. DePaul has tallied 936 points for the year (72.0 per contest) and they collect 34.3 rebounds per contest. When it comes to offensive execution, the Blue Demons are hitting on 41.1% from the field, which is 324th in Division 1.

The DePaul defense surrenders 34.4% from downtown (97 of 282) and their opponents are making 69.4% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 14.2 dimes and 38.3 rebounds per game, which ranks them 285th and 339th in college hoops. The Blue Demons defensively are ranked 324th in college hoops in PPG given up with 75.5. They are able to force 13.7 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 44.7% from the floor (278th in the nation).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take DePaul

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