WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team hosts the Villanova Wildcats on Wednesday evening with tipoff set for 6:30 p.m. at Capital One Arena. The Hoyas are coming off an 80-51 setback to Butler on Sunday evening while Villanova is coming off a 68-66 loss to Marquette on Saturday
 
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Wednesday's matchup can be seen live on FS1 with Jeff Levering calling the play-by-play and Tarik Turner providing analysis.
• The game will be broadcasted locally on The Team 980 and nationally on Sirius XM 382 with Rich Chvotkin on the call for his 49th season.
• A link to the live stats can be found on GUHoyas.com.

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• The Hoyas enter Wednesday's game with a 5-10 overall record and an 0-4 mark in BIG EAST action after dropping their last contest to Butler on Sunday.
• Akok Akok led the Hoyas on Sunday with 12 points, nine rebounds, two blocks and two assists.
• Brandon Murray and Bryson Mozone also found themselves in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Murray added two rebounds, four assists and one block while Mozone added five rebounds.
• Spears' 16.0 ppg leads a quartet of Hoyas averaging double figures, followed by Brandon Murray (15.5 ppg), Heath (13.4 ppg) and Wahab (11.1 ppg).
• On the glass, Wahab leads the team with 8.1 rpg while Akok Akok chips in 6.9 rpg.
• Spears paces the offense with 4.9 apg, good enough for sixth in the BIG EAST Conference.

 
ABOUT THE WILDCATS

• Villanova (7-7, 1-2 BIG EAST) is coming off a 68-66 loss to Marquette on Saturday afternoon.
• Cam Whitmore, Caleb Daniels and Eric Dixon all reached double figures. Whitmore filled the stat sheet adding eight rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal.
• Daniels and Dixon are both averaging 16.0 ppg while shooting 43.4% and 48.8% from the field, respectively, to lead a quartet of Wildcats in double figures.
• Daniels chips in 5.1 rpg and paces the offense with 3.4 apg while Dixon adds a squad-best 6.3 rebounds per game.
• Whitmore and Brandon Slater round out those in double figures with 11.7 ppg and 11.4 ppg, respectively.
• Kyle Neptune enters his first season at the helm of the Wildcats after serving as the head coach at Fordham University in 2021-22.

 
ABOUT THE SERIES

• Wednesday's matchup will be the 92nd all-time dating back to 1921-22. The Hoyas trail in the series 46-45.
• In the last matchup, the Hoyas fell 74-66 at Villanova. In the matchup, the Hoyas shot 42.9% (24-56) from the field while the 'Cats shot 43.6% (24-55). The Wildcats won the game at the line, knocking down 17 free throws to GU's 10.
• The last time these two squads faced each other at Capital One Arena, GU fell 85-74 with a quartet of Hoyas reaching double-figure scoring. VU shot 53.6% (30-56) while the Hoyas shot 44.6% (25-56).

 
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