Northern Colorado Bears vs Hawaii Warriors Prediction, 11/11/2021 College Basketball Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Northern Colorado Bears vs Hawaii Warriors

Date: Thursday, November 11, 2021

Location: Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, HI

TV: ESPN+

Stan Sheriff Center is the site where the Hawaii Warriors (11-10 last season) will compete against the Northern Colorado Bears (11-11 last year) on Thursday.

The Northern Colorado Bears faced off with the Southern Utah Thunderbirds and took a loss by a score of 91-83 in their last contest. In regard to fouls, the Bears ended up finishing with 24 and the Thunderbirds finished the game with 18 fouls. They converted 5 of 14 attempts from 3-point land. Southern Utah shot 85.7% at the free throw line by knocking down 30 of their 35 attempts. In addition, Southern Utah collected 31 rebounds (10 offensive, 21 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Southern Utah dished out 7 dimes and had 7 steals in this game. With regard to defense, Northern Colorado allowed the other team to go 45.2% from the floor on 28 of 62 shooting. They also doled out 13 assists for this contest while forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and getting 3 steals. With regard to grabbing boards, they collected 34 with 11 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Bears converted 19 of their 28 attempts for a rate of 67.9%. Northern Colorado wrapped up the game with a 44.3% FG percentage (27 out of 61) and buried 10 of 32 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Bodie Hume is a guy who played a role for this contest. He notched 30 points on 9 of 16 shooting. He played 38 minutes and also pulled down 8 boards. He finished the game at 56.3% from the field and distributed 2 assists.

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Northern Colorado heads into this contest after finishing with a record of 11-11 last season. They averaged 70.5 pts per contest (195th in the country) while going 45.0% from the field. The Bears connected on 37.7% from downtown (199 of 528) and 66.7% from the free throw line. As a basketball team, Northern Colorado grabbed 34.5 rebounds per contest and totaled 242 dimes last season, which was 284th in college hoops in terms of passing the ball. They lost possession via turnover 14.0 times per game and as a squad committed 18.0 fouls per contest.

Defensively, the Bears forced their opponents into 10.6 turnovers per game while drawing 16.7 fouls. They surrendered 29.7% on shots from beyond the arc while they were 138th in D-1 in opponents PPG (69.0). The Bears allowed an opponent FG percentage of 44.6% (562 of 1,261) and they relinquished 31.5 boards per game as a basketball team. They were 18th in D-1 in allowing assists 199 conceded last season.

In their last game, the Hawaii Warriors took a loss by a score of 62-52 when they played the UC Riverside Highlanders. The Warriors collected 24 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 31 for this game. They gave up possession 13 times, while earning 4 steals in this matchup. The Highlanders were called for 16 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Warriors to the free throw line for 12 shots. They were able to knock down 9 of the free throw tries for a clip of 75.0%. In reference to shots from 3-point land, Hawaii converted 5 of their 20 attempts (25.0%). When all was said and done, the Warriors shot 19 for 52 from the field which gave them a rate of 36.5%. The Warriors allowed the Highlanders to bury 24 of 61 tries from the field which had them shooting 39.3% for the matchup. They finished 37.5% from beyond the perimeter by going 9 out of 24 and finished the game at 5 out of 7 at the free throw line (71.4%). Regarding rebounds, Hawaii allowed UC Riverside to get 31 in total (6 offensive).

Junior Madut was important for the Warriors in this matchup. He racked up 12 points in his 35 minutes of playing time and tallied 3 dimes for the contest. He knocked down 5 out of 11 in this matchup for a rate of 45.5%, and accounted for 5 rebounds.

Hawaii had a mark of 11-10 last season. The Warriors committed 16.7 personal fouls every game and they hit 72.1% from the charity stripe. They earned an assist 11.7 times per contest (277th in the nation) and they turned it over 13.9 times per contest. Hawaii had 1,503 pts last year (71.6 per contest) and they averaged 35.8 boards per game. When it comes to executing on offense, the Warriors shot 44.2% from the floor, which ranked 181st in the country.

The Warriors on the defensive end were ranked 140th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 69.1. They forced their opponents into 12.1 TO's every game and let teams shoot 44.3% from the floor (215th in the nation). The Hawaii defense allowed 32.7% on three-point shots (121 of 370) and their opposition knocked down 72.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They conceded 10.5 dimes and 32.1 boards every game, which had them ranked 25th and 54th in D-1.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Northern Colorado

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