Cincinnati Bearcats vs Illinois Fighting Illini Prediction, 11/22/2021 College Basketball Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Cincinnati Bearcats vs Illinois Fighting Illini

Date: Monday, November 22, 2021

Location: T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO

TV: ESPN News

The Illinois Fighting Illini (2-1) will take on the Cincinnati Bearcats (3-0) at T-Mobile Center on Monday.

The Cincinnati Bearcats stepped onto the hardwood against Alabama A&M and notched a win by a score of 89-66 in their last contest. In relation to personal fouls, the Bearcats ended up with 20 and Alabama A&M totaled 21 personal fouls. They also made 3 out of their 10 attempts from 3-point range. Alabama A&M went 81.0% at the charity stripe by making 17 of their 21 attempts. Additionally, Alabama A&M grabbed 26 rebounds (7 offensive, 19 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Alabama A&M distributed 11 dimes and had 9 steals in this matchup. Concerning the defense, Cincinnati allowed their opponent to shoot 37.1% from the floor on 23 out of 62 shooting. They also distributed 22 dimes in this contest as well as creating 12 turnovers and having 6 steals. In relation to rebounding, they earned 40 with 11 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Bearcats buried 20 of their 25 shots for a percentage of 80.0%. Cincinnati finished the game with a 47.5% field goal percentage (29 of 61) and converted 11 of their 28 shots from beyond the arc.

David Dejulius is a guy who was important for the matchup. He totaled 21 points on 8 of 14 shooting. He saw the court for 21 minutes played and grabbed 1 board. He walked away from this one shooting 57.1% from the field but wasn't able to get an assist.

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Cincinnati heads into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 3-0 on the year. They turn it over 9.3 times per game and as a team are committing 15.3 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Cincinnati is pulling down 41.0 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 51 assists for the season, which ranks 89th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Bearcats are hitting 31.0% on shots beyond the perimeter (22 of 71) and 66.1% from the free throw line. They average 75.7 pts per contest (156th in the nation) while hitting 44.1% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Bearcats are able to force 13.3 turnovers per game while drawing 17.7 fouls. They are ranked 191st in college basketball in giving up assists to the opposition with 37 conceded this season. The Bearcats defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 37.1% (63 of 170) and they concede 32.0 boards per contest as a team. They are giving up 34.0% on 3-point shots and they are ranked 61st in college basketball in PPG allowed (59.0).

The last time they took the court, the Illinois Fighting Illini took a loss by a score of 67-66 when they played Marquette. The Fighting Illini were able to collect 30 defensive rebounds and 18 offensive rebounds for a total of 48 in the matchup. They gave up possession of the ball 23 times, while getting 7 steals for this game. Marquette committed 16 personal fouls for this contest which got the Fighting Illini to the charity stripe for a total of 11 tries. They were able to make 7 of those for a clip of 63.6%. In reference to three-point shots, Illinois converted 9 of 24 tries (37.5%). Overall, the Fighting Illini finished shooting 25 for 66 from the field which gave them a rate of 37.9%. The Fighting Illini permitted Marquette to make 22 of 54 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 40.7% for the matchup. They finished shooting 29.4% from behind the 3-point line by going 5 out of 17 and ended up going 18 out of 31 at the free throw line (58.1%). In the matter of how they attacked the glass, Illinois permitted Marquette to pull down 27 in all (5 offensive).

Trent Frazier ended up having an impact for the Fighting Illini in this game. He knocked down 7 of 15 in the game giving him a rate of 46.7%, and accumulated 5 rebounds. He earned 23 points in his 37 mins of playing time and earned 2 dimes in the game.

Illinois has a win-loss mark of 2-1 so far this year. The Fighting Illini are committing 18.7 fouls every game and they go 62.9% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 14.3 times per game (151st in the nation) and they turn it over 19.3 times per contest. Illinois has accounted for 229 points for the year (76.3 per contest) and they average 50.3 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Fighting Illini are shooting 42.4% from the field, which ranks them 237th in the nation.

The Fighting Illini defensively are ranked 26th in college hoops in PPG given up with 55.7. They are able to force 17.7 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 36.0% from the field (47th in college basketball). The Illinois defense surrenders 30.6% on shots from behind the 3-point line (15 of 49) and their opponents are knocking down 65.4% of their free throw shots. They concede 8.3 assists and 29.0 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 33rd and 30th in those categories.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Illinois

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