Cleveland State Vikings vs BYU Cougars Prediction, 11/10/2021 College Basketball Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Cleveland State Vikings vs BYU Cougars

Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Location: Marriott Center in Provo, UT

TV: ESPN+

Marriott Center is the location where the BYU Cougars (20-7 last season) will try to beat the Cleveland State Vikings (19-8 last year) on Wednesday.

The Cleveland State Vikings stepped onto the hardwood against the Houston Cougars and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 87-56 in their last game. When discussing fouls, the Vikings ended up with 25 while the Cougars accounted for 17 fouls. They made 7 of their 25 tries from downtown. Houston finished shooting 75.9% from the free throw line by knocking down 22 of their 29 tries. In addition, Houston collected 34 boards (15 offensive, 19 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Houston totaled 12 dimes and had 7 steals in this matchup. Concerning defending, Cleveland State let their opponent shoot 47.5% from the field on 29 of 61 shooting. They also recorded 8 assists for the matchup while forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they earned 19 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Vikings converted 16 of their 23 shots for a percentage of 69.6%. Cleveland State ended the contest with a 38.6% field goal percentage (17 out of 44) and converted 6 of their 15 shots from 3-point land.

D'Moi Hodge is a guy who was a factor for the game. He notched 11 points on 3 of 9 shooting. He played for 28 mins and snagged 3 rebounds. He finished the game shooting 33.3% from the floor but had no assists at the end of the game.

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Cleveland State will play this contest after finishing with a mark of 19-8 last season. They averaged 70.9 pts per contest (187th in Division 1) while hitting 45.0% from the floor. The Vikings shot 32.1% on shots from distance (172 of 535) and 67.1% from the free throw line. As a team, Cleveland State pulled in 34.6 rebounds per game and tallied 371 assists last season, which ranked 85th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They gave up possession 12.9 times per contest and as a basketball team committed 19.4 fouls every game.

On the defensive end, the Vikings were able to force their opponents into 13.8 turnovers per game and they drew 16.6 fouls. They were ranked 243rd in college basketball in giving up assists with 342 conceded over the course of last year. The Vikings defense allowed and opponent field goal percentage of 42.5% (651 of 1,532) and they conceded 35.4 boards per game as a unit. They gave up 30.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they were 205th in college basketball in PPG allowed (71.2).

When they last stepped on the court, the BYU Cougars took a loss by a final score of 73-62 when they played the UCLA Bruins. The Cougars pulled down 24 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 32 for this game. They turned it over 10 times, while recording 1 steal for this contest. The Bruins were called for 18 fouls for the game which got the Cougars to the charity stripe for a total of 16 attempts. They were able to convert 9 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 56.3%. In regard to three-point shots, BYU knocked down 3 of their 17 tries (17.6%). Overall, the Cougars finished 25 out of 51 from the field which gave them a rate of 49.0%. The Cougars allowed the Bruins to knock down 28 out of 58 attempts from the field which left them shooting 48.3% for the contest. They wrapped up this game 42.1% from beyond the arc by hitting 8 out of 19 and ended up shooting 9 of 16 from the free throw line (56.3%). In the matter of attacking the glass, BYU permitted UCLA to get 28 overall (8 offensive).

Alex Barcello ended up being important for the Cougars for this game. He accumulated 20 points in his 38 minutes on the court and added 1 assist in the game. He converted 9 of 17 for the game for a field goal rate of 52.9%, and accumulated 5 rebounds.

BYU had a win-loss mark of 20-7 last season. The Cougars committed 18.0 fouls per game and they connected on 72.5% from the free throw line. They dished out assists 16.1 times per contest (26th in the country) and they turned it over 13.2 times per game. BYU tallied 2,109 pts over the course of last season (78.1 per contest) and they averaged 39.2 rebounds per contest. As an offensive unit, the Cougars connected on 48.3% from the field, which was ranked 29th in the country.

The BYU defense surrendered 33.0% on shots from behind the 3-point line (188 of 570) and opponents converted on 68.1% of their foul shots. They surrendered 11.6 assists and 32.4 boards every game, which had them ranked 75th and 65th in college hoops. The Cougars on defense were ranked 126th in D-1 in points given up per game with 68.6. They forced 11.3 TO's per game and let teams shoot 41.1% from the floor (56th in college basketball).

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