Halaifonua leads Georgetown against Marquette after 22-point game

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Georgetown Hoyas (7-3) at Marquette Golden Eagles (5-6)

Milwaukee; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Georgetown visits Marquette after Julius Halaifonua scored 22 points in Georgetown's 76-68 overtime win against the Saint Peter's Peacocks.

The Golden Eagles are 5-2 on their home court. Marquette ranks third in the Big East with 11.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Royce Parham averaging 2.2.

The Hoyas are 1-1 in road games. Georgetown ranks ninth in the Big East with 15.9 assists per game led by Malik Mack averaging 4.5.

Marquette's average of 8.4 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.6 more made shots on average than the 7.8 per game Georgetown gives up. Georgetown has shot at a 43.8% clip from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points less than the 44.9% shooting opponents of Marquette have averaged.

The Golden Eagles and Hoyas match up Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase Ross is averaging 18.6 points, 3.5 assists and two steals for the Golden Eagles. Nigel James Jr. is averaging 11.7 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting 41.0% over the past 10 games.

KJ Lewis is scoring 15.6 points per game and averaging 5.9 rebounds for the Hoyas. Mack is averaging 14.8 points and 3.3 rebounds.

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