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The Janus Report: Georgetown at Notre Dame

The Georgetown Hoyas and Notre Dame Fighting Irish are both fresh off of upset losses in Big East Play. Georgetown lost at home to Pitt this weekend, while the Irish fell victim to St. John’s on the road. Both teams will try to get back on track in conference play in the only regular-season meeting between the two squads.  Notre Dame is favored by 3 points over Georgetown tonight.

The Hoyas came into their game against Pitt as 3.5 home favorites, but were quickly dismantled by the undefeated Panthers, 70-54. The loss marked the end of a 7 game winning-streak for Georgetown, who slipped to 10-2 overall and 1-1 in Big East Play. The Hoyas were riding high after a monster upset over UConn just a week ago, but they could not makes any shots and were dominated on the glass by Pitt on Saturday.

Notre Dame came into St. John’s as a 8.5 point road favorite, but weren’t able to find their offense, shooting just 43.5 percent from the field and a dismal 23.5 percent from three-point range. Much like the Hoyas, the Irish were also dominated on the boards Saturday, grabbing 13 less defensive rebounds than the Red Storm.

When it comes to the major strength of the team, defense is the name of the game for Georgetown. The Hoyas allow just 57.4 points per game on 35.6 percent shooting. It’s obvious that this stingy defense didn’t live up to it’s potential against Pitt on Saturday, but this is a group that should regroup well and continue to smother opponents. Offensively the Hoyas are putting up 74 points per game, but, as you can see from Saturday’s performance against Pitt, they can certainly be slowed down considerably with by a strong defensive unit.

Offensively the Irish have been considerably better than the Hoyas, scoring 82.5 points per game, but Notre Dame’s losses haven’t been due to a lack of scoring, it’s been problems on on the boards. As I previously mentioned, the Irish were out-rebounded by 13 on the defensive glass their last time out.

I expect this to be a fairly close game for the most part, but I’ll take the Irish as a small favorite. Luke Harangody and Kyle McAlarney present problems on both ends of the court for the Hoyas, plus Georgetown should have a rough time in front of the Notre Dame faithful tonight.

Take the Notre Dame Fighting Irish -3

Predicted Score: Notre Dame 76, Georgetown 68

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