Brown Bears vs Northwestern Wildcats Prediction, 12/29/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Brown Bears vs Northwestern Wildcats

Date: Thursday, December 29, 2022

Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, IL

TV: Youtube TV

The Brown Bears (7-5) are headed to Welsh-Ryan Arena on Thursday where they will try to beat the Northwestern Wildcats (9-2).

The Brown Bears faced New Hampshire and walked away with a win by a score of 67-51 in their last contest. Regarding fouls, the Bears ended up finishing with 16 and New Hampshire finished the game with 13 fouls. They made 9 of their 24 shots from three-point range. New Hampshire ended up shooting 71.4% at the free throw line by knocking down 10 of 14 shots. Moreover, New Hampshire grabbed 33 boards (5 offensive, 28 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. New Hampshire recorded 9 dimes and had 7 steals for the contest. In regard to the defense, Brown allowed their opponent to shoot 30.8% from the field on 16 out of 52 shooting. They also recorded 15 assists for the game while forcing the opposition into 12 turnovers and earning 8 steals. In relation to pulling down boards, they compiled 43 with 11 of them being offensive. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Bears buried 10 of 14 attempts for a rate of 71.4%. Brown walked away from the game having earned a 39.7% FG percentage (25 out of 63) and made 7 out of their 23 3-pointers.

Nana Owusu-Anane is one guy who was a major contributor in this matchup. He finished the game shooting 75.0% from the field and also recorded 1 assist. He played 31 minutes played and snagged 5 boards. He accounted for 16 points on 6 out of 8 shooting.

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Brown enters this contest with a win-loss mark of 7-5 on the season. They currently have an average of 64.3 points per game (334th in D-1) while connecting on 42.7% from the field. The Bears are connecting on 32.7% on shots from 3-point land (91 of 278) and 57.1% from the charity stripe. As a team, Brown is snagging 35.2 boards per contest and has tallied 168 assists for the season, which is 213th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 13.6 times per contest and as a group they commit 15.4 fouls every game.

On defense, the Bears are able to force 14.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 15.8 personal fouls. They concede 33.9% from 3-point land and they are 55th in Division 1 in opponents PPG (63.3). The Bears defensively are allowing a shooting percentage of 44.1% (284 of 644) and they relinquish 32.6 rebounds per game as a group. They are ranked 130th in the country in allowing assists to their opponents with 147 relinquished so far this year.

In their last game, the Northwestern Wildcats got the victory with a final of 92-54 when they faced UIC. In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Northwestern permitted UIC to grab 20 overall (3 on the offensive glass). They finished 33.3% from 3-point land by connecting on 8 out of 24 and finished the game at 12 out of 19 from the free throw line (63.2%). The Wildcats permitted UIC to knock down 17 out of 44 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 38.6% for this contest. When this game wrapped up, the Wildcats went 36 for 70 from the field which gave them a rate of 51.4%. Regarding shooting from distance, Northwestern made 8 out of 27 tries (29.6%). They were able to bury 12 of the free throw tries for a clip of 80.0%. UIC committed 17 personal fouls in this contest which took the Wildcats to the free throw line for a total of 15 tries. They also turned it over 8 times, while recording 7 steals for the matchup. The Wildcats pulled down 27 defensive boards and 15 offensive boards totaling 42 for the matchup.

Chase Audige was important for the Wildcats for this game. He racked up 19 points in his 29 minutes on the hardwood and totaled 3 dimes in the matchup. He knocked down 8 of 16 in this matchup for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and had 4 rebounds.

Northwestern has a mark of 9-2 on the season. The Wildcats are responsible for committing 15.5 personal fouls per game and they go 74.7% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 14.3 times per game (144th in Division 1) and they turn it over 11.6 times per contest. Northwestern has tallied 755 points for the year (68.6 per game) and they pull in 39.5 boards per contest. When it comes to offense, the Wildcats are hitting on 39.7% from the field, which is ranked 348th in the country.

The Northwestern defense allows 31.1% on shots from 3-point land (85 of 273) and their opponents are connecting on 71.0% of their foul shots. They concede 11.5 assists and 35.2 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 102nd and 238th in D-1. The Wildcats defensively are ranked 7th in college hoops in points allowed per game with 55.5. They are forcing their opponents into 15.9 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 34.6% from the floor (3rd in college hoops).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Brown

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