The Georgetown Hoyas (9-1) host the North Texas Mean Green (7-5) in a non-conference game that will take place at the Capital One Arena Washington, in District of Columbia at 7:00 PM ET. Georgetown are the 9.5-point home favorite with the total line offered at 144.5.
In their last game North Texas was on the road where they battled San Diego into overtime to get an 86-83 victory. Roosevelt Smart was the high scorer for the Mean Green picking up 31 points on 11/22 shooting and he hit seven of his 14 3-pointers. Tyler Williams was the high scorer for San Diego going for 18 points off the bench on 6/12 shooting. Three starters for North Texas scored at least 14 points and for the game they shot 48.2% from the floor and San Diego shot 42.6%. The Mean Green easily got the point spread win as a 9.5-point underdog with the combined 169 points crushing the total line of 131.5. The win over San Diego was North Texas’ first on the road this season and the Mean Green have won three in a row overall.
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Georgetown was at home in their last game where they battled Syracuse through overtime before falling 86-79. Jessie Govan led the Hoyas with 21 points on 8/16 shooting and also added eight rebounds while Jagan Mosely came off the bench to score 20 points. Tyus Battle was the high scorer for the Orange with 29 points on 8/23 shooting and fellow starter Oshae Brissett had 25 points and 14 rebounds. While Georgetown shot 45.6% from the floor and they held Syracuse to 40.6% shooting they only shot a 3-pt FG% of 11.8% (2/17). The Hoyas failed to cover the spread in the game as a 5.5-point underdog and the total of 136.5 was passed in regulation. The loss for Georgetown was their first of the season and it dropped their home record to 7-1 at home.
North Texas ranks 113th in the nation in ppg and 195th in opponents’ ppg and Georgetown ranks 62nd in ppg and 76th in opponents’ ppg.
This is the first ever match-up between these teams.
This season North Texas is 5-1 ATS with an O/U record of 3-3 and Georgetown is 1-5 ATS with an O/U record of 3-3.
SAGARIN RATINGS
North Texas: 80.55
Georgetown: 84.42
North Texas at Georgetown NCAAB Key Betting Trends
- NT is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games
- NT is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games
- NT has an Over record of 14-6-1 in their last 21 games
- GT is 16-35 ATS in their last 51 home games
- GT is 7-19 ATS in their last 26 games
- GT has an Under record of 9-2 in their last 11 games
INJURY REPORT
NORTH TEXAS
[G] 11/15/2017 – Umoja Gibson is out for season ( Ankle )
[G] 12/19/2017 – Jorden Duffy is upgraded to “?” Wednesday vs Georgetown ( Knee )
[F] 12/06/2017 – Mark Tikhonenko is out indefinitely ( Eligibility )
GEORGETOWN
[F] 12/19/2017 – George Muresan is “?” Wednesday vs North Texas ( Strep Throat )
[F] 11/25/2017 – Trey Mourning is out indefinitely ( Undisclosed )
