IPFW Mastodons vs Michigan Wolverines Prediction, 11/7/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: IPFW Mastodons vs Michigan Wolverines

Date: Monday, November 7, 2022

Location: Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, MI

TV: BTN

The Michigan Wolverines (19-15 last year) will go up against the IPFW Mastodons (21-12 last season) at Crisler Center on Monday.

The IPFW Mastodons took the court against Drake and took a loss by a final of 87-65 in their last contest of last year. In relation to personal fouls, the Mastodons finished with 10 and Drake recorded 22 personal fouls. They made 11 of their 22 shots from 3-point land. Drake finished 80.0% when shooting free throws by knocking down 4 of their 5 shots. On top of that, Drake snagged 31 boards (6 offensive, 25 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Drake recorded 22 assists and had 9 steals for this contest. In relation to the defense, IPFW allowed 59.0% from the floor on 36 of 61 shooting. They also doled out 9 assists in the game in addition to creating 11 turnovers and having 6 steals. Regarding hauling in boards, they collected 25 with 6 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Mastodons converted 16 of 25 tries for a percentage of 64.0%. IPFW wrapped up the game with a 41.5% field goal percentage (22 out of 53) and converted 5 out of their 16 3-point shots.

RA Kpedi is one player who came through for this contest. He accounted for 13 points on 5 of 8 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 23 mins played and snagged 9 rebounds. He finished the game at 62.5% from the floor but finished the game without a dime.

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IPFW will enter this contest after finishing with a record of 21-12 last season. They averaged 73.5 pts per game (110th in college basketball) while hitting 45.8% from the field. The Mastodons connected on 37.1% from downtown (311 of 839) and 74.8% from the free throw line. As a team, IPFW collected 30.9 boards per game and racked up 465 dimes throughout last season, which was 89th in the nation in terms of passing. They coughed up possession 13.4 times per game and as a basketball team committed 15.2 fouls every game.

On defense, the Mastodons were able to force 15.7 turnovers per game while drawing 16.4 personal fouls. They were 256th in Division 1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 433 surrendered throughout last year. The Mastodons defensively gave up a shooting percentage of 45.6% (847 of 1,856) and they surrendered 33.3 rebounds per contest as a unit. They relinquished 35.2% on shots from beyond the arc and they ranked 193rd in D-1 in PPG allowed (69.6).

When they last stepped on the hardwood last year, the Michigan Wolverines took a loss by a final score of 63-55 when they faced Villanova. When discussing team rebounding, Michigan allowed Villanova to snag 36 overall (8 on the offensive glass). They finished 30.0% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 9 of 30 and walked away from this one shooting 10 out of 12 from the free throw line (83.3%). The Wolverines allowed Villanova to knock down 22 of 59 attempts from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 37.3% for the contest. At the conclusion of this game, the Wolverines went 21 for 61 from the field which had them sitting at 34.4%. Concerning shooting from downtown, Michigan buried 6 of their 18 attempts (33.3%). They were able to knock down 7 of those for a rate of 50.0%. Villanova was called for 12 fouls for this contest which got the Wolverines to the charity stripe for 14 attempts. They turned the ball over 7 times, while getting 3 steals in this matchup. The Wolverines snagged 27 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive rebounds totaling 38 in the matchup.

Hunter Dickinson was important for the Wolverines for this game. He tallied 15 points in his 31 mins on the court and accumulated 3 dimes in this contest. He converted 6 out of 16 in this game for a field goal percentage of 37.5%, and totaled 15 rebounds.

Michigan had a record of 19-15 last season. On the offensive side of the court, the Wolverines hit 46.7% from the field, which ranked them 41st in Division 1. Michigan totaled 2,470 pts last season (72.6 per contest) and they pulled down 35.7 rebounds per game. They assisted teammates 14.1 times per contest (96th in the nation) and they coughed up possession 11.6 times per game. The Wolverines were responsible for committing 15.2 fouls per contest and they shot 74.6% from the charity stripe.

The Michigan defense allowed 32.4% on three-point shots (225 of 695) and opponents converted on 73.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrendered 11.1 assists and 30.3 rebounds per contest, which had them ranked 57th and 12th in the nation. The Wolverines on the defensive side of the court were 188th in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 69.4. They were able to force 9.9 TO's per game and let teams shoot 44.1% from the floor (233rd in D-1).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take IPFW

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