Georgetown at St. John's 1/16/22 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Georgetown Hoyas visit Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on Sunday to play the St John's Red Storm in a Big East Conference clash. Georgetown dropped to 6-7 overall and 0-2 in the Big East following its 72-58 loss to the Butler Bulldogs on Thursday. Tyler Beard was the leading scorer for Georgetown with 15 points and the Hoyas played without their head coach Patrick Ewing on the bench due to covid.

Aminu Mohammed is the leading scorer and rebounder for Georgetown with averages of 13.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game while Dante Harris is the leader in assists with an average of 5.0 per game. Georgetown has four players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the Hoyas are scoring an average of 74.5 points per game. Georgetown is shooting 42.3% overall and 36.9% from 3-point territory.

St. John's fell to 9-5 overall and 1-2 in the Big East following its 86-78 loss to the UConn Huskies in overtime on Wednesday. Julian Champagnie was the leading scorer for St John's with 27 points, while Posh Alexander scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Red Storm. St. John's has lost two straight and three of its last four.

Julian Champagnie is the leading scorer and leader in rebounds for St John's with averages of 21.2 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Posh Alexander is the second-leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 15.4 points and 4.9 assists per game. St John's has three players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team in scoring an average of 82.1 points per game.