North Carolina Tar Heels vs Purdue Boilermakers Prediction, 11/20/2021 College Basketball Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: North Carolina Tar Heels vs Purdue Boilermakers

Date: Saturday, November 20, 2021

Location: Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT

TV: ESPN News

The Purdue Boilermakers (3-0) welcome the North Carolina Tar Heels (3-0) at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday.

The North Carolina Tar Heels faced Charleston Southern and walked away with a win by a score of 94-83 in their last contest. Concerning personal fouls, the Tar Heels ended up with 19 and Charleston Southern finished the game with 24 personal fouls. They made 11 of their 30 attempts from distance. Charleston Southern walked away from this one shooting 69.6% at the free throw line by converting 16 of their 23 attempts. Moreover, Charleston Southern totaled 29 rebounds (8 offensive, 21 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Charleston Southern earned 13 dimes and had 12 steals for this game. In reference to the defense, North Carolina allowed the other team to shoot 36.4% from the field on 28 out of 77 shooting. They also doled out 19 assists for the matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and having 4 steals. When talking about rebounding, they compiled 47 with 7 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Tar Heels knocked down 23 of 32 shots for a rate of 71.9%. North Carolina finished having earned a 54.2% field goal percentage (32 of 59) and made 7 out of their 20 shots from beyond the arc.

Armando Bacot is a guy who had an impact for this contest. He walked away from this one shooting 83.3% from the floor and also recorded 3 assists. He was on the court for 36 mins and grabbed 12 boards. He notched 24 points on 10 of 12 shooting.

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North Carolina heads into this game with a record of 3-0 on the campaign. They lose possession via turnover 12.0 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 17.7 fouls per game. As a team, North Carolina is snagging 41.7 rebounds per game and is sitting with 50 dimes for the year, which has them ranked 93rd in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Tar Heels are shooting 38.7% from downtown (24 of 62) and 69.3% from the charity stripe. They average 90.3 pts per contest (25th in the nation) on 52.8% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Tar Heels are able to force 8.7 turnovers per contest and they draw 23.0 fouls. They are giving up 33.8% on 3-point attempts and they are 317th in the country in PPG allowed (79.0). The Tar Heels are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.4% (89 of 205) and they surrender 32.0 boards per contest as a unit. They rank 228th in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 40 relinquished so far this season.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Purdue Boilermakers went home victorious with a score of 96-52 when they faced Wright State. The Boilermakers collected 34 defensive rebounds and 18 offensive rebounds for a total of 52 for this contest. They gave up possession of the ball 17 times, while recording 9 steals for this contest. Wright State committed 17 fouls for the game which took the Boilermakers to the free throw line for a total of 21 shots. They were able to bury 15 of those for a clip of 71.4%. With regard to shooting from distance, Purdue made 11 of their 28 attempts (39.3%). When the game finished, the Boilermakers finished the game shooting 35 out of 67 from the field which had them shooting 52.2%. The Boilermakers allowed Wright State to convert 18 of their 59 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 30.5% in this contest. They finished 18.5% from three-point range by going 5 of 27 and walked away from this one shooting 11 out of 14 at the free throw line (78.6%). In relation to cleaning up the glass, Purdue allowed Wright State to grab 23 in total (6 on the offensive side).

Trevion Williams ended up being a factor for the Boilermakers for the game. He scored 20 points in his 20 mins on the court and earned 3 assists in this matchup. He knocked down 8 out of 11 in this contest for a rate of 72.7%, and added 13 rebounds.

Purdue has a mark of 3-0 for the season. The Boilermakers are committing 14.0 personal fouls every game and they connect on 74.4% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 19.3 times per contest (26th in Division 1) and they are turning it over 14.0 times per game. Purdue has tallied 284 pts so far this year (94.7 per contest) and they collect 46.7 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Boilermakers are shooting 51.9% from the field, which is ranked 28th in the country.

The Boilermakers on defense are ranked 101st in Division 1 in points given up per game with 62.0. They are forcing their opponents into 12.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 36.8% from the floor (60th in Division 1). The Purdue defense surrenders 26.4% on shots from distance (23 of 87) and opponents are converting on 80.6% of their free throw shots. They have relinquished 12.3 dimes and 25.3 boards per contest, which has them ranked 184th and 6th in those categories.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Purdue

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