Georgetown Hoyas vs Xavier Musketeers Prediction, 1/19/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Georgetown Hoyas vs Xavier Musketeers

Date: Friday, January 19, 2024

Location: Cintas Center in Cincinnati, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Xavier Musketeers (9-8) are hosting the Georgetown Hoyas (8-9) at Cintas Center on Friday.

The Georgetown Hoyas faced off with Connecticut and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 80-67 in their last contest. In reference to fouls, the Hoyas finished with 21 and Connecticut finished the game with 23 fouls. They made 13 of their 24 shots from three-point range. Connecticut finished shooting 76.0% when shooting free throws by making 19 of 25 tries. Furthermore, Connecticut grabbed 28 rebounds (7 offensive, 21 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Connecticut doled out 18 assists and had 5 steals in this game. In relation to the defense, Georgetown let their opponent shoot 51.1% from the floor on 24 out of 47 shooting. They also dished out 4 assists for the matchup as well as forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and having 5 steals. Concerning pulling down rebounds, they earned 27 with 13 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Hoyas made 29 of their 38 attempts for a rate of 76.3%. Georgetown walked away from the contest with a 34.0% FG percentage (17 of 50) and made 4 of their 16 shots from distance.

Supreme Cook is a guy who came through for the contest. He walked away from this one shooting 71.4% from the field and also earned 1 assist. He was on the court for 31 minutes played and totaled 13 rebounds. He ended up with 18 points on 5 out of 7 shooting.

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Georgetown will enter this contest with a win-loss mark of 8-9 so far this season. They currently have an average of 71.9 points per contest (251st in college hoops) while connecting on 42.3% from the field. The Hoyas are hitting 34.6% on shots beyond the perimeter (140 of 405) and 71.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, Georgetown is snagging 35.4 rebounds per game and has tallied 211 assists for the year, which is 267th in the nation in terms of passing. They lose possession via turnover 13.1 times per contest and as a squad they commit 15.6 personal fouls per game.

Defensively, the Hoyas are forcing 12.0 turnovers per game and they draw 16.9 personal fouls. They surrender 32.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 215th in D-1 in PPG allowed (72.7). The Hoyas defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 45.9% (460 of 1,003) and they concede 34.3 boards per game as a group. They are ranked 252nd in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 236 relinquished this season.

In their last game, the Xavier Musketeers took home the win by a final score of 85-71 when they played Butler. The Musketeers collected 32 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 42 in this matchup. They also coughed it up 9 times, while getting 4 steals for the contest. Butler had 19 personal fouls for the contest which took the Musketeers to the free throw line for a total of 19 attempts. They were able to knock down 15 of those for a rate of 78.9%. With regard to shooting from 3-point land, Xavier buried 10 of their 21 tries (47.6%). When all was said and done, the Musketeers went 30 out of 65 from the floor which had them sitting at 46.2%. The Musketeers allowed Butler to convert 24 out of 68 tries from the floor which had them shooting 35.3% in this game. They finished 33.3% from 3-point land by connecting on 8 out of 24 and ended up going 15 out of 21 from the free throw line (71.4%). When discussing attacking the glass, Xavier permitted Butler to get 31 overall (9 on the offensive glass).

Desmond Claude was important for the Musketeers in this matchup. He made 9 of 19 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 47.4%, and earned 3 rebounds. He accumulated 26 points in his 34 minutes on the court and had 4 assists in this matchup.

Xavier has a win-loss mark of 9-8 on the season. The Musketeers commit 17.4 personal fouls every game and they hit 73.0% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 16.9 times per contest (27th in college basketball) and they are losing possession via turnover 12.1 times per contest. Xavier has accumulated 1,289 points for the season (75.8 per game) and they average 40.4 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Musketeers are connecting on 44.0% from the floor, which ranks 227th in the country.

The Musketeers are ranked 135th in D-1 in points allowed per contest with 69.8. They are able to force 11.6 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 40.2% from the floor (46th in Division 1). The Xavier defense gives up 30.6% on three-point shots (114 of 372) and their opposition makes 67.9% of their free throw shots. They have surrendered 15.3 assists and 36.4 boards per contest, which ranks 334th and 260th in college hoops.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Xavier

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