Fairfield Stags vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons Prediction, 11/7/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Fairfield Stags vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Date: Monday, November 7, 2022

Location: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, NC

TV: ACCNX

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons (25-10 last year) will play the Fairfield Stags (15-18 last season) at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Monday.

The Fairfield Stags faced St. Peter's and took a loss by a score of 77-63 in their last contest of last season. When it comes to fouls, the Stags ended up with 20 while St. Peter's totaled 19 fouls. They converted 5 of their 13 shots from long range. St. Peter's went 69.2% at the charity stripe by making 18 of their 26 attempts. Moreover, St. Peter's grabbed 31 rebounds (9 offensive, 22 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. St. Peter's doled out 8 assists and had 5 steals in the game. In relation to the defense, Fairfield allowed their opponent to shoot 50.0% from the floor on 27 of 54 shooting. They also distributed 5 dimes in the matchup as well as forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and having 6 steals. In terms of rebounding, they compiled 26 with 4 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Stags buried 20 of their 22 attempts for a rate of 90.9%. Fairfield walked away from the contest with a 38.0% field goal percentage (19 of 50) and knocked down 5 out of their 18 shots from beyond the arc.

Taj Benning is a player who played a role for this game. He went 50.0% from the field and distributed 3 assists. He played 39 minutes and also grabbed 4 boards. He recorded 19 points on 7 of 14 shooting.

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Fairfield heads into this contest after finishing with a record of 15-18 last year. They lost possession by turning the ball over 11.0 times per contest and as a squad committed 15.9 fouls per contest. As a unit, Fairfield collected 34.6 boards per contest and totaled 394 assists last season, which ranked 215th in the country in terms of passing the ball. The Stags shot 34.0% on shots from beyond the arc (251 of 739) and 70.4% from the charity stripe. They had an average of 67.8 pts per contest (259th in the country) while shooting 43.4% from the field.

On defense, the Stags forced their opponents into 11.3 turnovers per game while drawing 16.3 personal fouls. They were ranked 42nd in D-1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 337 surrendered last season. The Stags defense gave up a FG percentage of 42.7% (797 of 1,866) and they relinquished 34.3 rebounds per contest as a team. They surrendered 32.5% on 3-point attempts and they ranked 76th in the country in opponents PPG (66.0).

When they last played last year, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons took a defeat with a final score of 67-52 when they played Texas A&M. In relation to how they rebounded, Wake Forest allowed Texas A&M to grab 37 in total (9 offensive). They finished shooting 21.7% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 5 of 23 and ended up going 14 out of 24 from the charity stripe (58.3%). The Demon Deacons allowed Texas A&M to bury 24 of 61 tries from the field which had them shooting 39.3% for this contest. When all was said and done, the Demon Deacons walked away from this one shooting 18 out of 53 from the field which gave them a percentage of 34.0%. In relation to shots from distance, Wake Forest made 6 of their 27 attempts (22.2%). They were able to bury 10 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 62.5%. Texas A&M was called for 16 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Demon Deacons to the charity stripe for a total of 16 attempts. They also coughed up the ball 21 times, while getting 6 steals for the game. The Demon Deacons snagged 29 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 35 in this game.

Dallas Walton was important for the Demon Deacons for this game. He made 2 of 5 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 40.0%, and tallied 11 rebounds. He earned 10 points in his 33 minutes of playing time and had 2 dimes for the matchup.

Wake Forest had a record of 25-10 last year. When it comes to executing on offense, the Demon Deacons shot 48.3% from the field, which was ranked 12th in the country. Wake Forest had 2,749 pts throughout last season (78.5 per contest) and they collected 36.8 rebounds per contest. They assisted teammates 15.1 times per game (48th in college basketball) and they lost possession by turning the ball over 13.9 times per contest. The Demon Deacons committed 16.0 personal fouls per contest and they shot 73.0% from the free throw line.

The Demon Deacons were ranked 202nd in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 70.1. They forced 12.7 TO's per game and let teams shoot 41.3% from the floor (67th in Division 1). The Wake Forest defense conceded 32.2% on 3-pointers (252 of 782) and their opponents connected on 70.3% of their free throw attempts. They conceded 12.3 dimes and 33.7 boards on a nightly basis, which was ranked 151st and 132nd in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Wake Forest

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