Florida A&M Rattlers vs Kentucky Wildcats Prediction, 12/21/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Florida A&M Rattlers vs Kentucky Wildcats

Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Location: Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY

TV: SECN

The Florida A&M Rattlers (2-7) are headed to Rupp Arena on Wednesday where they will play the Kentucky Wildcats (7-3).

The Florida A&M Rattlers stepped onto the hardwood against Louisville and ended up losing by a score of 61-55 in their last game. When discussing fouls, the Rattlers walked away with 22 while Louisville accounted for 15 fouls. They also made 3 of their 14 shots from long range. Louisville walked away from this one shooting 74.1% from the free throw line by knocking down 20 of their 27 attempts. Additionally, Louisville collected 44 rebounds (12 offensive, 32 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Louisville recorded 9 assists and had 7 steals in this contest. Regarding defense, Florida A&M allowed their opponent to shoot 42.2% from the floor on 19 out of 45 shooting. They also doled out 6 assists in this contest in addition to forcing 21 turnovers and having 11 steals. When discussing grabbing boards, they compiled 28 with 11 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Rattlers converted 5 of their 10 tries for a rate of 50.0%. Florida A&M ended the game with a 34.4% field goal percentage (22 out of 64) and converted 6 of their 22 shots from downtown.

Jordan Tillmon is one guy who was a factor for the game. He ended up going 37.5% from the floor and recorded 2 assists. He was on the hardwood for 37 mins played and totaled 2 boards. He ended up finishing with 17 points on 6 of 16 shooting.

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Florida A&M will enter this matchup with a mark of 2-7 on the campaign. They are averaging 54.9 pts per contest (362nd in college hoops) while connecting on 35.4% from the field. The Rattlers are connecting on 26.8% on shots from beyond the arc (40 of 149) and 63.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Florida A&M is collecting 34.2 boards per game and has accounted for 75 assists on the season, which has them ranked 363rd in the nation in terms of passing. They lose possession by turning the ball over 17.9 times per game and as a group they commit 18.0 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Rattlers are forcing their opponents into 15.1 turnovers every game and they draw 16.2 personal fouls. They rank 80th in college hoops in allowing assists with 122 surrendered on the season. Rattlers defensively are allowing a FG percentage of 45.6% (236 of 518) and they relinquish 40.1 boards per game as a unit. They are relinquishing 34.6% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 284th in Division 1 in PPG allowed (73.4).

The last time they took the court, the Kentucky Wildcats went home defeated by a final of 63-53 when they played UCLA. In the matter of attacking the glass, Kentucky permitted UCLA to grab 38 in all (12 offensive). They shot 25.0% from three-point range by connecting on 2 of 8 and finished the contest at 7 of 15 at the free throw line (46.7%). The Wildcats allowed UCLA to bury 27 of 59 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 45.8% in the matchup. Overall, the Wildcats shot 21 out of 64 from the field which gave them a rate of 32.8%. When discussing shots from downtown, Kentucky buried 6 of their 21 attempts (28.6%). They were able to convert 5 of the free throw tries for a clip of 38.5%. UCLA was called for 17 personal fouls for this contest which took the Wildcats to the charity stripe for 13 tries. They also turned the ball over 18 times, while getting 8 steals in this contest. The Wildcats earned 19 defensive rebounds and 19 offensive rebounds totaling 38 in the game.

Chris Livingston ended up being a factor for the Wildcats in this game. He made 5 out of 8 for this contest for a field goal rate of 62.5%, and had 4 rebounds. He scored 14 points in his 24 minutes on the hardwood, but wasn't able to earn an assist.

Kentucky has a win-loss mark of 7-3 on the season. As an offensive unit, the Wildcats are hitting on 45.4% from the floor, which is ranked 155th in D-1. Kentucky has accounted for 778 pts for the year (77.8 per contest) and they average 41.4 boards per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 18.0 times per game (13th in the country) and they lose possession via turnover 12.6 times per game. The Wildcats are committing 15.2 fouls every game while shooting 66.3% from the free throw line.

The Kentucky defense surrenders 31.4% on shots from 3-point land (64 of 204) and opponents are making 69.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They concede 10.5 dimes and 34.6 boards per contest, which has them ranked 49th and 203rd in the nation. The Wildcats are ranked 77th in the nation in points per game surrendered with 64.0. They are able to force 13.8 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 38.8% from the field (35th in D-1).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kentucky

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