Boston College Eagles vs Pittsburgh Panthers Prediction, 3/8/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston College Eagles vs Pittsburgh Panthers

Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Location: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY

TV: ACCN

The Pittsburgh Panthers (11-20) welcome the Boston College Eagles (11-19) at Barclays Center on Tuesday.

The Boston College Eagles stepped onto the hardwood against Georgia Tech and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 82-78 in their last game. Boston College wrapped up the game having earned a 44.1% field goal percentage (26 out of 59) and made 6 of their 19 shots from downtown. From the free throw line, the Eagles converted 20 of 27 tries for a percentage of 74.1%. In the matter of getting rebounds, they compiled a total of 32 with 9 of them being offensive. They also doled out 18 dimes for the matchup while forcing the opposition into 14 turnovers and getting 9 steals. In regard to the defense, Boston College let their opponent shoot 56.6% from the field on 30 of 53 shooting. Georgia Tech earned 16 assists and had 7 steals for this contest. Furthermore, Georgia Tech collected 28 boards (5 offensive, 23 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Georgia Tech finished the game at 59.1% at the charity stripe by burying 13 of 22 shots. They also converted 9 out of their 21 shots from 3-point range. When discussing fouls, the Eagles finished with 18 and Georgia Tech recorded 24 fouls.

Jaeden Zackery is a guy who came through for the game. He ended up shooting 66.7% from the field and also distributed 3 assists. He played 43 minutes played and also totaled 4 boards. He finished with 19 points on 6 out of 9 shooting.

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Boston College will enter this contest with a record of 11-19 for the campaign. They currently have an average of 66.4 points per outing (296th in Division 1) on 42.1% from the floor. The Eagles are connecting on 30.0% on 3-pointers (171 of 570) and 70.9% from the charity stripe. As a team, Boston College is grabbing 34.7 boards per game and has earned 360 dimes for the season, which ranks 251st in D-1 in terms of passing. They turn the ball over 11.7 times per contest and as a unit they commit 15.8 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Eagles have forced 12.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.1 personal fouls. They rank 137th in the nation in giving up assists with 363 conceded for the year. The Eagles defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 44.7% (720 of 1,612) and they concede 33.5 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They are relinquishing 37.0% from 3-point land while they are 162nd in college basketball in PPG from their opponents (68.5).

For their last game, the Pittsburgh Panthers walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 78-54 when they faced Notre Dame. In the matter of rebounding, Pittsburgh allowed Notre Dame to get 33 in all (3 on the offensive side). They went 58.3% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 14 out of 24 and walked away from this one shooting 10 of 14 at the free throw line (71.4%). The Panthers allowed Notre Dame to make 27 of their 48 attempts from the field which had them at 56.3% in the matchup. When the final whistle was blown, the Panthers ended up going 23 for 64 from the field which had them shooting 35.9%. With respect to shooting from distance, Pittsburgh made 3 of their 26 tries (11.5%). They were able to knock down 5 of those for a percentage of 71.4%. Notre Dame was called for 9 personal fouls for the contest which took the Panthers to the charity stripe for a total of 7 attempts. They also gave up possession of the ball 5 times, while recording 6 steals for this game. The Panthers were able to collect 17 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards totaling 26 for the contest.

Mouhamadou Gueye ended up having an impact for the Panthers in the game. He converted 6 of 12 in this game for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and tallied 8 rebounds. He earned 13 points in his 31 minutes of playing time, but didn't get an assist.

Pittsburgh has a record of 11-20 on the season. In terms of offensive execution, the Panthers are shooting 41.5% from the floor, which is ranked 308th in the nation. Pittsburgh has 1,923 points for the campaign (62.0 per game) and they pull in 34.1 boards per contest. Their rate of earning assists is at 11.0 times per game (319th in college basketball) and they are giving up possession 13.6 times per contest. The Panthers are responsible for committing 15.2 fouls per contest and they hit 69.8% from the free throw line.

The Panthers on the defensive end are ranked 145th in the nation in PPG surrendered with 68.1. They are forcing their opponents into 10.6 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 43.9% from the floor (218th in Division 1). The Pittsburgh defense gives up 36.6% on shots from distance (269 of 734) and opponents are converting on 70.9% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have allowed 14.4 dimes and 31.3 boards every game, which ranks them 303rd and 36th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Boston College

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