Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions vs Texas Longhorns Prediction, 12/10/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions vs Texas Longhorns

Date: Saturday, December 10, 2022

Location: Moody Center in Austin, TX

TV: LHN

The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions (3-7) are en route to Moody Center on Saturday where they will take on the Texas Longhorns (6-1).

The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions stepped onto the hardwood against Arkansas Baptist and went home with a win by a final score of 59-41 in their last contest. When discussing fouls, the Golden Lions walked away with 9 and Arkansas Baptist recorded 18 fouls. They also converted 5 of 26 shots from beyond the arc. Arkansas Baptist went 66.7% from the charity stripe by burying 4 of 6 tries. On top of that, Arkansas Baptist grabbed 26 boards (2 offensive, 24 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Arkansas Baptist distributed 8 assists and had 10 steals for the game. When discussing defense, Arkansas-Pine Bluff allowed 30.2% from the floor on 16 of 53 shooting. They also doled out 11 dimes in the game while forcing 22 turnovers and getting 9 steals. In reference to rebounding, they collected a total of 37 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Golden Lions made 15 of their 19 tries for a rate of 78.9%. Arkansas-Pine Bluff wrapped up the game with a 38.8% field goal percentage (19 out of 49) and converted 6 of 19 three-point attempts.

Chris Greene is a player who played a role for this contest. He went 80.0% from the floor and earned 1 assist. He played for 32 mins played and also totaled 4 rebounds. He scored 25 points on 8 of 10 shooting.

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Arkansas-Pine Bluff enters this game with a record of 3-7 on the campaign. They are losing possession via turnover 15.8 times per contest and as a squad are committing 19.4 personal fouls per contest. As a team, Arkansas-Pine Bluff is snagging 35.0 boards per contest and is sitting with 131 assists this season, which has them ranked 139th in the nation in terms of passing. The Golden Lions are shooting 30.2% from downtown (68 of 225) and 66.2% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 63.0 pts per game (339th in college hoops) while hitting 38.8% from the floor.

Defensively, the Golden Lions have forced 16.6 turnovers per game while drawing 14.8 fouls. They are conceding 29.4% on three-point shots and they are 208th in college hoops in points per game allowed (69.5). The Golden Lions defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 42.8% (232 of 542) and they relinquish 38.1 boards per game as a unit. They rank 311th in the nation in allowing assists to their opponents with 138 conceded so far this year.

The last time they took the court, the Texas Longhorns walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 85-78 against Illinois. The Longhorns were able to snag 24 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds totaling 34 for the contest. They turned the ball over 14 times, while recording 8 steals for the contest. Illinois had 20 personal fouls in this game which got the Longhorns to the free throw line for 19 shots. They were able to bury 13 of the free throw tries for a clip of 68.4%. When discussing shooting from downtown, Texas knocked down 7 out of 22 tries (31.8%). Overall, the Longhorns finished shooting 29 for 69 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.0%. The Longhorns allowed Illinois to convert 27 of 60 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 45.0% in the game. They shot 43.5% from three-point range by going 10 out of 23 and finished the contest at 21 out of 31 from the free throw line (67.7%). Concerning how they cleaned up the glass, Texas allowed Illinois to pull down 37 in total (7 on the offensive side).

Timmy Allen pitched in for the Longhorns in this contest. He totaled 21 points in his 40 mins on the hardwood and earned 8 assists in this matchup. He made 9 of 18 for the game for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and accumulated 7 rebounds.

Texas has a record of 6-1 for the campaign. When it comes to offensive execution, the Longhorns are shooting 47.7% from the field, which ranks them 70th in the country. Texas has scored 561 points this year (80.1 per game) and they collect 39.4 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 16.0 times per contest (56th in the nation) and they turn it over 11.7 times per contest. The Longhorns commit 17.6 personal fouls per contest and they connect on 67.4% from the free throw line.

The Longhorns are ranked 24th in college basketball in PPG allowed with 59.4. They are able to force 18.3 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 37.5% from the floor (24th in Division 1). The Texas defense allows 26.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter (36 of 135) and their opponents are knocking down 63.6% of their free throw attempts. They give up 9.1 dimes and 37.6 boards per contest, which has them ranked 19th and 314th in those defensive categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Texas

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