Villanova Wildcats vs Georgetown Hoyas Prediction, 1/22/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Villanova Wildcats vs Georgetown Hoyas

Date: Saturday, January 22, 2022

Location: Capital One Arena in Washington, DC

TV: FOX

The Villanova Wildcats (13-5) are traveling to Capital One Arena on Saturday where they will compete against the Georgetown Hoyas (6-8).

The Villanova Wildcats faced off with Marquette and went home with a loss by a final score of 57-54 in their last game. Villanova wrapped up the contest with a 37.9% FG percentage (22 out of 58) and made 6 of 24 three-point attempts. When they shot from the free throw line, the Wildcats buried 4 of their 5 tries for a rate of 80.0%. Regarding pulling down boards, they earned a total of 32 with 6 of them being offensive. They also distributed 11 assists for the game while creating 11 turnovers and having 5 steals. When talking about the defense, Villanova allowed the other team to shoot 41.2% from the field on 21 of 51 shooting. Marquette earned 14 dimes and had 7 steals for this contest. On top of that, Marquette collected 27 rebounds (1 offensive, 26 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Marquette shot 100.0% from the charity stripe by knocking down 2 of their 2 tries. They made 13 of their 29 tries from 3-point range. In relation to personal fouls, the Wildcats ended up with 7 while Marquette totaled 14 personal fouls.

Collin Gillespie is a player who was a major contributor for this contest. He accumulated 10 points on 4 of 13 shooting. He played 38 minutes and also pulled down 8 boards. He ended up going 30.8% from the field and also dished out 4 assists.

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Villanova enters this matchup with a record of 13-5 this year. They cough up possession 9.4 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 15.2 fouls every game. As a team, Villanova is pulling down 36.2 boards per contest and has racked up 234 dimes for the year, which ranks 142nd in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Wildcats are connecting on 35.6% on 3-pointers (168 of 472) and 81.4% from the free throw line. They are averaging 72.1 points per game (180th in Division 1) while hitting 43.2% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Wildcats are able to force 12.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.7 personal fouls. They are ranked 107th in college hoops in giving up assists with 188 surrendered for the campaign. The Wildcats defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 39.9% (388 of 972) and they relinquish 31.7 boards per game as a squad. They relinquish 30.8% on shots from downtown and they are ranked 19th in college basketball in points per game allowed (60.2).

The last time they took the court, the Georgetown Hoyas took a loss by a score of 88-69 when they faced St. John's. In the matter of team rebounding, Georgetown permitted St. John's to snag 27 in total (8 offensive). They finished 38.9% from three-point range by going 7 out of 18 and ended up shooting 21 of 29 at the charity stripe (72.4%). The Hoyas permitted St. John's to convert 30 of their 58 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 51.7% in the game. In all, the Hoyas walked away from this one shooting 24 out of 61 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 39.3%. In reference to 3-pointers, Georgetown converted 9 of 26 tries (34.6%). They were able to convert 12 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 66.7%. St. John's earned 16 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Hoyas to the free throw line for a total of 18 attempts. They turned it over 20 times, while getting 4 steals for this contest. The Hoyas were able to snag 18 defensive boards and 16 offensive boards totaling 34 for the contest.

Aminu Mohammed was important for the Hoyas in the matchup. He made 5 out of 7 in this matchup for a field goal percentage of 71.4%, and accumulated 12 rebounds. He scored 13 points in his 38 minutes on the court and had 2 dimes in this game.

Georgetown has a record of 6-8 so far this year. As an offense, the Hoyas are hitting on 42.1% from the field, which ranks them 285th in college basketball. Georgetown has 1,038 pts so far this year (74.1 per game) and they collect 40.6 rebounds per contest. They are earning an assist 13.1 times per game (195th in the country) and they turn it over 14.8 times per game. The Hoyas are responsible for committing 15.9 personal fouls per game while shooting 70.7% from the charity stripe.

The Georgetown defense allows 35.0% from downtown (126 of 360) and opponents are making 68.3% of their free throw shots. They relinquish 16.5 dimes and 35.9 rebounds every game, which is 351st and 250th in the nation. The Hoyas on defense are ranked 316th in the country in points per game surrendered with 75.4. They are forcing 12.9 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.0% from the floor (252nd in D-1).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Villanova

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