zghztb.com
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season!
Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here.
Georgetown Hoyas (9-18, 2-14 Big East) at Villanova Wildcats (15-12, 8-8 Big East)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -15.5; over/under is 140
BOTTOM LINE: Georgetown visits the Villanova Wildcats after Jayden Epps scored 33 points in Georgetown’s 77-76 victory over the DePaul Blue Demons.
The Wildcats have gone 9-4 in home games. Villanova ranks eighth in the Big East in rebounding with 35.4 rebounds. Tyler Burton paces the Wildcats with 6.4 boards.
The Hoyas are 2-14 in Big East play.
Villanova scores 71.7 points per game, 5.6 fewer points than the 77.3 Georgetown allows. Georgetown averages 8.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 more makes per game than Villanova gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Brendan Hausen averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, scoring 6.8 points while shooting 42.1% from beyond the arc. Eric Dixon is averaging 16 points and 6.3 rebounds over the last 10 games for Villanova.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 4-6, averaging 67.3 points, 32.2 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 6.3 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 42.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.3 points per game.
Hoyas: 1-9, averaging 71.2 points, 33.3 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 5.0 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 40.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 85.2 points.
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.