Georgetown Men’s Basketball Faces Villanova on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men’s basketball team will be back in action on Monday, January 20 as the Hoyas travel to Villanova, Pennsylvania to face the Villanova Wildcats at Finneran Pavilion. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FS1. Georgetown enters Monday’s contest with a 12-6 record overall and a 3-4 mark in league action following a 73-68 loss against DePaul on Friday night at Capital One Arena. 
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Monday’s game can be seen live on FS1 with Alex Faust calling the play-by-play and Jim Spanarkel providing analysis.
• The game can be heard locally on Team 980 and on the SiriusXM app with Rich Chvotkin on the call in his 51st season.
• A link to the live stats can be found on GUHoyas.com. 

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• On Friday, the shorthanded Hoyas couldn’t complete the comeback against the DePaul Blue Demons, falling 73-68 at Capital One Arena. Drew Fielder and Malik Mack led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures with 19 points apiece. Caleb Williams and Curtis Williams Jr. rounded out those in double figures with 10 and 10, respectively. Micah Peavy led the squad on the glass pulling down 10 rebounds followed by Fielder with eight. 
• Sorber leads a quartet of Hoyas averaging double figures posting 14.2 ppg, a mark that ranks 15th in the BIG EAST. Mack chips in 13.9 ppg, followed by Micah Peavy (13.3 ppg) and Jayden Epps (13.2 ppg). Georgetown is the only institution with four players ranking among the top 30 in scoring in conference play. 
• Sorber leads the squad on the glass managing 8.6 rpg, which leads the league, followed by Fielder (6.1 rpg) and Peavy (5.4 rpg). 
• Mack paces the offense dishing out 4.8 apg with Peavy behind him at 3.7 apg. 
• Peavy is 23rd in the country and ranks second in the BIG EAST in steals per game, picking 2.33 pockets per game. 
• Sorber has five double-doubles to his name, tied for second in the league. The five double-doubles are tied for fourth nationally among freshmen. 
• Defensively, the team leads the BIG EAST and ranks 15th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (38.7%). The Hoyas are third in the league in steals per game (8.3) and are forcing opponents to commit 14.11 turnovers per game, which ranks third in the conference. 
• In league games, Georgetown is fourth in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage, boasting an impressive 46.3% shooting efficiency.

 
ABOUT WILDCATS

• In its most recent outing, Villanova (12-7, 5-3 BE) defeated the Providence College Friars 75-73 on Friday night in Philadelphia. Eric Dixon led a quartet of Wildcats in double figures with 23 points followed by Jhamir Brickus (18), Wooga Poplar (15) and Jordan Longino (13). Poplar led the Wildcats on the glass pulling down 13 boards, while Brickus paced the Villanova offense with four assists. Villanova shot 43.3% (26-60) from the field, while knocking down seven shots from behind the arc. 
• Dixon leads the Wildcats and the nation in scoring, averaging 24.7 ppg. Poplar follows Dixon with 14.5 ppg while Brickus and Longino average 11.3 ppg and 10.6 ppg, respectively, rounding out the Wildcats in double figures. 
• Poplar leads Villanova on the glass grabbing 6.8 rpg, followed by Enoch Boakye (6.3 rpg). 
• Brickus paces the offense, dishing out 5.5 apg, which ranks fifth in the conference. 
• Villanova is led by Kyle Neptune, who is in his third season at the helm of the Wildcats. 

 
ABOUT THE SERIES WITH VILLANOVA 

• Monday night’s matchup will be the 97th all-time meeting between the two teams dating back to the 1921-22 season. 
• Georgetown trails 51-45 in the all-time series. The Blue & Gray’s last victory over Villanova was in 2021 when GU defeated the Wildcats 72-71 in the BIG EAST Tournament. 
• Head Coach Ed Cooley is 8-19 against Villanova in his career and is 2-2 all-time against Kyle Neptune.