Georgetown Hoyas vs Seton Hall Pirates Prediction, 3/9/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Georgetown Hoyas vs Seton Hall Pirates

Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: FS1

Madison Square Garden is the location where the Seton Hall Pirates (20-9) will try to defeat the Georgetown Hoyas (6-24) on Wednesday.

The Georgetown Hoyas stepped onto the hardwood against Xavier and took a loss by a final of 97-75 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Hoyas finished with 15 and Xavier totaled 18 personal fouls. They made 14 out of their 25 shots from long range. Xavier ended up shooting 72.2% at the free throw line by making 13 of 18 tries. Moreover, Xavier pulled down 33 rebounds (7 offensive, 26 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Xavier dished out 32 assists and had 8 steals for the matchup. Pertaining to defense, Georgetown allowed the other team to shoot 54.7% from the field on 35 out of 64 shooting. They also recorded 8 assists for the game while creating 9 turnovers and having 6 steals. In regard to hauling in rebounds, they collected a total of 34 with 12 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Hoyas made 16 of their 23 tries for a rate of 69.6%. Georgetown ended having earned a 41.5% field goal percentage (27 out of 65) and made 5 of their 20 shots from 3-point land.

Aminu Mohammed is one player who came through in the matchup. He went 37.5% from the field and distributed 2 dimes. He played for 39 mins and pulled down 16 boards. He ended up scoring 15 points on 6 out of 16 shooting.

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Georgetown heads into this game with a record of 6-24 on the year. They are giving up possession 13.3 times per contest and as a team they are committing 16.2 fouls every game. As a unit, Georgetown is pulling down 36.9 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 357 dimes for the campaign, which is 258th in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Hoyas are shooting 34.3% on shots from distance (229 of 668) and 74.5% from the charity stripe. They average 71.3 points per outing (169th in the country) while going 40.3% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Hoyas are able to force 12.8 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.1 personal fouls. They rank 355th in college basketball in giving up assists with 516 conceded this year. The Hoyas defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 46.2% (840 of 1,819) and they relinquish 37.2 rebounds per game as a unit. They concede 37.0% on three-point shots and they rank 341st in Division 1 in PPG allowed (77.7).

When they last stepped on the court, the Seton Hall Pirates walked away with a victory by a final of 65-60 against Creighton. In regard to how they cleaned up the glass, Seton Hall permitted Creighton to get 34 in all (8 on the offensive glass). They finished the game shooting 33.3% from downtown by going 8 out of 24 and finished the game at 10 out of 12 at the charity stripe (83.3%). The Pirates allowed Creighton to make 21 of 54 tries from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 38.9% in this contest. In all, the Pirates went 27 out of 65 from the field which gave them a percentage of 41.5%. In terms of three-point shots, Seton Hall buried 7 of 17 attempts (41.2%). They were able to convert 4 of those for a percentage of 57.1%. Creighton had 10 personal fouls in this game which took the Pirates to the free throw line for a total of 7 shots. They gave up possession of the ball 7 times, while getting 11 steals for this contest. The Pirates earned 25 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds totaling 35 for the game.

Jared Rhoden ended up having an impact for the Pirates for this game. He converted 8 of 18 for the matchup giving him a rate of 44.4%, and tallied 6 rebounds. He had 19 points in his 39 mins on the court and had 3 assists in this matchup.

Seton Hall has a win-loss mark of 20-9 on the year. As an offense, the Pirates are shooting 42.7% from the floor, which ranks them 260th in Division 1. Seton Hall has accounted for 2,151 pts for the campaign (74.2 per game) and they grab 39.3 rebounds per contest. They are assisting teammates 10.5 times per contest (338th in D-1) and they turn it over 12.0 times per game. The Pirates have committed 15.7 personal fouls per contest while shooting 76.1% from the charity stripe.

The Pirates are ranked 113th in D-1 in PPG allowed with 66.9. They are able to force 12.6 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.4% from the field (38th in the country). The Seton Hall defense surrenders 30.8% on shots from behind the 3-point line (182 of 590) and their opponents are knocking down 77.4% of their free throw shots. They have surrendered 11.5 dimes and 34.9 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is 97th and 208th in those defensive categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Georgetown

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