College hoops betting interest focuses on the Georgetown vs Howard battle Saturday at Verizon Center as the Hoyas look to defend home court and cover the NCAAB point spread.

Georgetown will face the 3-5 Bison, who own a 0-0 ATS mark on the season. In totals betting, the Hoyas are 2-3 favoring the UNDER so far this season while the Bison are 0-0 favoring the OVER.



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Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 25 (Hoyas) and the No. 271 (Bison) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 87-64 result in favor of the Hoyas has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
In the paint, the rebound battle will feature Georgetown's No. 108-rated squad against Howard's No. 199-rated roster. And in long-range shooting, Georgetown rates No. 51 in the country with 7.9 per game, while their foes tonight rank No. 325 nationally with 3.9 per match.

Defensively, Howard features the nation's No. 106-rated defense on the road, allowing 66.8 points per game. Georgetown, meanwhile, comes in at No. 39 nationally in scoring at home.

Howard was a 72-65 Sportsbook in their most recent outing at home against Delaware State. The Bison grabbed a 72-65 win over the Hornets on Tuesday, behind a 21-point effort from Prince Okoroh at Burr Gymnasium.

Georgetown was an 84-44 Sportsbook in their most recent outing at home against NJIT. The battle between the Hoyas and Highlanders didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all as NJIT was handed an 84-44 defeat on Saturday at Verizon Center.


Georgetown Hoyas Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing American are 2-1
After a win are 7-3

A few Bison at Hoyas trends to consider:
Georgetown is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Georgetown is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Howard
Georgetown is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Howard
Georgetown is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home


Next up:
Howard home to St. Francis NY, Monday, December 12
Georgetown home to American, Saturday, December 17