Georgetown Hoyas vs Marquette Golden Eagles Prediction, 12/17/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Georgetown Hoyas vs Marquette Golden Eagles

Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Location: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI

TV: ESPN+

The Marquette Golden Eagles (5-6) will go up against the Georgetown Hoyas (7-3) at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday.

The Georgetown Hoyas faced St. Peter's and earned the victory with a final of 76-68 in their last game. When it comes to personal fouls, the Hoyas walked away with 24 and St. Peter's racked up 31 personal fouls. They also made 7 out of their 29 shots from three-point range. St. Peter's finished 65.5% from the charity stripe by making 19 of their 29 tries. On top of that, St. Peter's pulled down 25 boards (6 offensive, 19 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. St. Peter's distributed 11 assists and had 11 steals in the game. In relation to defense, Georgetown allowed 36.8% from the field on 21 of 57 shooting. They also doled out 19 assists for the game as well as forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and earning 3 steals. When it comes to pulling down boards, they collected 36 with 10 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Hoyas converted 24 of their 36 tries for a percentage of 66.7%. Georgetown finished the game having earned a 48.0% field goal percentage (24 of 50) and made 4 of their 16 three-point shots.

Julius Halaifonua is a guy who was a major factor in the game. He walked away from this one shooting 75.0% from the floor but had no assists when the game ended. He played for 32 minutes played and snagged 9 rebounds. He was able to score 22 points on 9 of 12 shooting.

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Georgetown will play this game with a record of 7-3 so far this season. They average 78.2 points per game (169th in the country) while connecting on 43.8% from the field. The Hoyas are hitting 29.0% on shots beyond the perimeter (63 of 217) and 73.6% from the free throw line. As a team, Georgetown is snagging 37.0 rebounds per game and has accounted for 159 assists for the season, which ranks 173rd in college hoops in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 8.8 times per game and as a squad they are committing 19.2 fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Hoyas are forcing their opponents into 12.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 20.4 personal fouls. They rank 65th in Division 1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 118 surrendered on the season. The Hoyas defense is giving up an opponent FG percentage of 42.3% (241 of 570) and they surrender 35.8 rebounds per contest as a squad. They give up 33.9% on 3-point attempts and they rank 210th in college in PPG from their opponents (74.1).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Marquette Golden Eagles took a loss by a final score of 79-59 when they played Purdue. The Golden Eagles were able to collect 14 defensive boards and 13 offensive rebounds for a total of 27 for the contest. They also coughed up the ball 12 times, while getting 8 steals for the game. Purdue committed 17 personal fouls in the game which took the Golden Eagles to the charity stripe for 15 attempts. They were able to knock down 11 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 73.3%. Pertaining to shooting from beyond the arc, Marquette buried 8 of their 31 tries (25.8%). When the final whistle blew, the Golden Eagles finished the game shooting 20 for 61 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 32.8%. The Golden Eagles permitted Purdue to convert 30 of their 56 tries from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 53.6% for this game. They finished 30.4% from downtown by connecting on 7 out of 23 and finished the contest at 12 of 15 at the free throw line (80.0%). Regarding cleaning up the glass, Marquette allowed Purdue to snag 34 in total (10 on the offensive glass).

Royce Parham pitched in for the Golden Eagles for the matchup. He made 7 of 15 for this contest for a rate of 46.7%, and earned 3 rebounds. He totaled 19 points in his 27 mins of playing time, but went home with no dimes.

Marquette has a record of 5-6 on the season. The Golden Eagles have committed 18.2 fouls per contest and they connect on 72.0% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 15.5 times per game (130th in the nation) and they turn the ball over 11.5 times per contest. Marquette has scored 868 points so far this season (78.9 per contest) and they average 37.6 boards per game. As an offense, the Golden Eagles are connecting on 41.7% from the floor, which is ranked 319th in college hoops.

The Marquette defense concedes 35.2% on shots from 3-point land (90 of 256) and opponents are converting on 75.0% of their shots from the free throw line. They have allowed 16.4 dimes and 37.1 rebounds per contest, which ranks them 328th and 286th in those categories. The Golden Eagles are ranked 259th in college in PPG surrendered with 76.6. They are forcing 15.3 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 44.9% from the floor (256th in college hoops).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Georgetown

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