Georgetown Hoyas vs Creighton Bluejays Prediction, 2/23/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Georgetown Hoyas vs Creighton Bluejays

Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025

Location: CHI Health Center Omaha in Greenville, NC

TV: ESPN+

CHI Health Center Omaha is the location where the Creighton Bluejays (18-8) will attempt to defeat the Georgetown Hoyas (16-10) on Sunday.

The Georgetown Hoyas faced Providence and notched a win by a score of 93-72 in their last game. Georgetown ended the game with a 50.8% field goal percentage (30 out of 59) and knocked down 10 of their 23 3-point shots. From the charity stripe, the Hoyas converted 23 of their 28 shots for a rate of 82.1%. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 31 with 7 of them being of the offensive variety. They also distributed 15 assists for the contest in addition to forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and getting 11 steals. In terms of the defense, Georgetown allowed the other team to go 37.1% from the floor on 23 out of 62 shooting. Providence dished out 10 assists and had 4 steals in this contest. On top of that, Providence pulled down 31 rebounds (11 offensive, 20 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Providence walked away from this one shooting 80.0% at the charity stripe by knocking down 16 of 20 tries. They knocked down 10 of 32 shots from distance. When it comes to fouls, the Hoyas finished with 18 while Providence accumulated 22 fouls.

Micah Peavy is someone who played a role for the contest. He went 50.0% from the floor and recorded 7 assists. He saw the court for 40 minutes and also grabbed 7 boards. He ended up with 30 points on 11 out of 22 shooting.

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Georgetown heads into this one with a mark of 16-10 for the campaign. They cough up possession 12.5 times per contest and as a group they are committing 15.8 fouls per game. As a team, Georgetown is snagging 36.3 boards per game and has earned 386 assists on the season, which has them ranked 131st in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Hoyas are connecting on 30.6% on 3-point shots (171 of 559) and 71.5% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 71.7 points per contest (249th in the country) while hitting 45.0% from the floor.

Defensively, the Hoyas are able to force 14.2 turnovers every game while drawing 15.3 fouls. They give up 33.7% on three-point shots and they are 40th in college hoops in PPG allowed (66.4). The Hoyas are allowing a FG percentage of 40.8% (602 of 1,477) and they relinquish 33.5 rebounds per contest as a unit. They are currently ranked 85th in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 320 relinquished so far this year.

In their last game, the Creighton Bluejays took a loss by a final score of 79-73 against St. John's. When discussing team rebounding, Creighton permitted St. John's to get 43 in all (18 on the offensive side). They went 33.3% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 6 out of 18 and finished the contest at 17 out of 29 at the free throw line (58.6%). The Bluejays allowed St. John's to bury 28 of their 73 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 38.4% in the matchup. When the game finished, the Bluejays walked away from this one shooting 27 for 65 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.5%. In the matter of shots from 3-point land, Creighton converted 8 out of their 30 tries (26.7%). They were able to knock down 11 of them for a rate of 73.3%. St. John's committed 19 fouls in this contest which took the Bluejays to the free throw line for 15 tries. They coughed it up 14 times, while recording 1 steal in the matchup. The Bluejays collected 28 defensive boards and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 37 in the game.

Steven Ashworth ended up being a factor for the Bluejays for this contest. He scored 23 points in his 38 mins on the court and tallied 11 dimes in the game. He made 7 of 17 in the game for a rate of 41.2%, and had 4 rebounds.

Creighton has a mark of 18-8 on the season. The Bluejays are committing 11.0 personal fouls per contest and they shoot 75.3% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 16.8 times per game (22nd in the country) and they turn it over 12.6 times per contest. Creighton has totaled 1,954 points so far this season (75.2 per contest) and they average 37.5 boards per game. When it comes to executing on offense, the Bluejays are shooting 47.2% from the floor, which ranks them 55th in the nation.

The Bluejays are ranked 82nd in college in PPG given up with 68.7. They are able to force 8.2 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 40.2% from the field (30th in college). The Creighton defense gives up 30.6% on shots from distance (184 of 602) and their opponents are making 73.4% of their free throw shots. They surrender 11.3 dimes and 34.9 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 44th and 221st in the nation.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Creighton

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