Villanova vs. Georgetown betting: College basketball preview for January 20

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The Georgetown Hoyas (12-6, 3-4 Big East) are 8-point underdogs as they attempt to break a four-game losing streak when they visit the Villanova Wildcats (12-7, 5-3 Big East) on Monday, January 20, 2025 at The William B. Finneran Pavilion. The game airs at 6:00 PM ET on Fox Sports 1. The matchup’s point total is set at 135.5.

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Villanova Cover -8 vs Georgetown -108

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Villanova vs. Georgetown betting lines

  • Villanova moneyline odds to win: -369
  • Georgetown moneyline odds to win: +289
  • Spread: Villanova (-8)
  • Total: 135.5

Villanova statistics, trends and more

As the home team

  • Villanova has done a better job covering the spread at home (7-4-0) than it has in road games (1-4-0).
  • When playing at home, the Wildcats go over the over/under 63.6% of the time (seven of 11 games). They’ve hit the over in 60% of away games (three of five contests).
  • Villanova has performed better as a moneyline favorite when playing at home, sporting a home record of 9-1, compared to going 0-1 in away games.

Recent trends

  • The Wildcats’ offense has been better over their last 10 games, racking up 78.5 points per contest compared to the 77.6 they’ve averaged this year.
  • Villanova’s points-allowed average over its past 10 games (69.9) is 1.9 more points per game than the team is allowing over the entire season (68.0).
  • While the Wildcats are making fewer threes per game over their past 10 contests (10.1 per game) when compared to their season-long average (10.2), they are doing so while shooting a higher percentage (41.9% from deep over the last 10, 40.3% on the season).

Villanova betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 10-9-0 (Home: 7-4-0; Away: 1-4-0)
  • ATS Record When Favored by 8+: 5-4-0 (As Favorite: 7-6-0; As Underdog: 3-3-0)
  • O-U-P: 13-6-0 (Home: 7-4-0; Away: 3-2-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 10-3 (Home: 9-1; Away: 0-1)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 2-4 (Home: 1-0; Away: 1-3)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
47.9 (48th in nation) 42.9 (150th) 31.7 (236th) 25.7 (fifth) 13.4 (214th) 8.9 (eighth)

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Georgetown statistics, trends and more

As the away team

  • Against the spread, Georgetown has had better results away (3-2-0) than at home (7-6-0).
  • Hoyas games have gone above the over/under more often at home (five times out of 13) than away (zero of five) this year.
  • The Hoyas’ winning percentage at home when moneyline underdogs is .333 (1-2), and away it is .000 (0-3).

Recent trends

  • While the Hoyas are scoring 72.8 points per game in 2024-25, they have fallen short of that in their previous 10 games, tallying 68.1 points per contest.
  • Georgetown is giving up 65.5 points per contest in its past 10 games, compared to its season average of 64.4 points allowed.
  • The Hoyas are making 0.1 fewer treys per game over their last 10 games (6.5) compared to their season average (6.6), but they are producing a better three-point percentage over their last 10 contests (34.9%) compared to their season mark (31.8%).

Georgetown betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 10-8-0 (Home: 7-6-0; Away: 3-2-0)
  • ATS Record When Underdog by 8+: 2-1-0 (As Favorite: 7-5-0; As Underdog: 3-3-0)
  • O-U-P: 5-13-0 (Home: 5-8-0; Away: 0-5-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 11-1 (Home: 9-1; Away: 2-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 1-5 (Home: 1-2; Away: 0-3)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
46.3 (111th in nation) 38.7 (14th) 34.3 (96th) 29.4 (87th) 15.2 (102nd) 12.8 (294th)
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