Spears, Georgetown Hoyas host the No. 10 Marquette Golden Eagles

Published Feb. 10, 2023 3:43 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Marquette Golden Eagles (19-6, 11-3 Big East) at Georgetown Hoyas (6-19, 1-13 Big East)

Washington; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Amir "Primo" Spears and the Georgetown Hoyas host Kam Jones and the No. 10 Marquette Golden Eagles.

The Hoyas have gone 5-9 in home games. Georgetown averages 11.6 turnovers per game and is 5- when it wins the turnover battle.

The Golden Eagles are 11-3 against Big East opponents. Marquette ranks seventh in the Big East giving up 70.5 points while holding opponents to 44.7% shooting.

TOP PERFORMERS: Spears is averaging 16.2 points and 5.4 assists for the Hoyas. Brandon Murray is averaging 11.0 points over the last 10 games for Georgetown.

Tyler Kolek is averaging 11.5 points, 7.6 assists and 1.8 steals for the Golden Eagles. Jones is averaging 16.2 points over the last 10 games for Marquette.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hoyas: 1-9, averaging 66.7 points, 30.8 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 5.5 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 42.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.2 points per game.

Golden Eagles: 8-2, averaging 80.0 points, 25.5 rebounds, 17.2 assists, 10.3 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 50.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.