The Georgetown Hoyas and the West Virginia Mountaineers meet Friday in college basketball action from the WVU Coliseum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Georgetown vs. West Virginia prediction.
Georgetown Recap
The Georgetown Hoyas come into this one looking to build on an 86-62 win over UMBC last time out to improve to 7-1 on the year. After this game, the Hoyas will continue on the road to take on Syracuse.
Hoyas Win 5th Straight
Thomas Sorber leads the Hoyas in scoring and rebounding with 15.8 PPG and 8.9 RPG along with 2.8 APG while Micah Peavy has 14.8 PPG with 3.8 RPG and 4.1 APG. Jayden Epps has 13.9 PPG as well and Malik Mack’s added 13 PPG with 4.5 RPG and a team-high 4.1 APG to lead the Hoyas in assists while capping off the group of double-digit scorers for Georgetown so far this season. As a team, Georgetown is averaging 78.8 PPG on 46.9% shooting from the field, 28.6% from three and 75.4% from the foul line this season.
Why the Georgetown Hoyas will win
- Georgetown has won nine of its last 10 games against non-Conference opponents.
- West Virginia has lost each of its last five games when playing with a rest advantage.
West Virginia Recap
The West Virginia Mountaineers come into this one looking to build on an 83-76 win over Arizona last time out to climb to 5-2 on the year. After this game, West Virginia will welcome NC Central to town.
Mountaineers Looking To Build On MTE Success
Javon Small leads the Mountaineers in scoring and assists with 19 PPG and 4.7 APG along with 4.3 RPG and 2.6 SPG while Tucker DeVries has 14.9 PPG with 4.6 RPG. Amani Hansberry has 12.6 PPG with a team-high 7.6 RPG to lead the Mountaineers on the glass and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for WVU so far this season. Toby Okani also has 9.7 PPG with 4.3 RPG on the year. As a team, West Virginia is averaging 78.4 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 35.4% from three and 75.6% from the foul line this season.
Why the West Virginia Mountaineers will win
- Georgetown has lost 14 of its last 15 away games when playing with a rest disadvantage.
- The home team has won each of Georgetown’s last five games.
Georgetown vs. West Virginia Prediction
I’m on the Mountaineers here. West Virginia looked really good in their MTE, even though they needed OT in all of those games, winning two of three. Georgetown just hasn’t been tested this season and the one time they were, they were blitzed by Notre Dame by 21 points at home. West Virginia isn’t an easy place to go on the road and compete, especially in your first true road game of the year. I’ll roll with WVU here.
