La Salle Explorers vs Villanova Wildcats Prediction, 11/7/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: La Salle Explorers vs Villanova Wildcats

Date: Monday, November 7, 2022

Location: Finneran Pavilion in Villanova, PA

TV: FS1

The Villanova Wildcats (30-8 last year) will try to defeat the La Salle Explorers (11-19 last season) at Finneran Pavilion on Monday.

The La Salle Explorers faced off with Saint Louis and ended up losing by a score of 71-51 in their last contest of last year. With respect to fouls, the Explorers walked away with 18 while Saint Louis had 17 fouls. They buried 5 out of their 20 tries from 3-point land. Saint Louis walked away from this one shooting 63.2% from the charity stripe by converting 12 of their 19 tries. Furthermore, Saint Louis collected 46 rebounds (12 offensive, 34 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Saint Louis totaled 16 dimes and had 5 steals in the matchup. Pertaining to the defense, La Salle let their opponent shoot 44.3% from the field on 27 out of 61 shooting. They also distributed 7 dimes in the game while creating 11 turnovers and earning 6 steals. With regard to pulling down boards, they earned 30 with 4 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Explorers made 15 of 20 tries for a rate of 75.0%. La Salle ended the contest with a 31.5% field goal percentage (17 of 54) and buried 2 of 13 3-pointers.

Jhamir Brickus is a player who was important for the contest. He finished the game at 66.7% from the floor but wasn't able to get a dime. He played for 22 minutes played and collected 3 boards. He recorded 11 points on 4 of 6 shooting.

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La Salle enters this matchup after finishing with a mark of 11-19 last season. They had an average of 67.5 points per outing (269th in D-1) on 41.4% from the field. The Explorers shot 31.9% on shots beyond the perimeter (229 of 717) and 68.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, La Salle collected 36.5 rebounds per game and totaled 401 dimes last season, which had them ranked 202nd in the nation in terms of passing. They turned it over 13.1 times per game and as a squad committed 17.2 fouls per game.

On the defensive end, the Explorers were able to force their opponents into 11.6 turnovers per game while drawing 15.6 personal fouls. They relinquished 36.0% on 3-pointers while they were 250th in the nation in opponents PPG (71.5). The Explorers gave up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.4% (764 of 1,762) and they conceded 36.4 rebounds per game as a group. They were ranked 250th in D-1 in giving up assists to the opposition with 431 surrendered last season.

When they last played last year, the Villanova Wildcats went home defeated by a final of 81-65 when they faced Kansas. When discussing how they cleaned up the glass, Villanova permitted Kansas to pull down 35 in all (10 on the offensive glass). They finished 54.2% from 3-point land by shooting 13 out of 24 and finished the contest at 10 out of 12 from the free throw line (83.3%). The Wildcats allowed Kansas to make 29 of 54 tries from the floor which had them shooting 53.7% for this contest. At the conclusion of this game, the Wildcats finished the game shooting 22 out of 57 from the field which had them at 38.6%. With regard to shooting from beyond the arc, Villanova made 13 of their 31 attempts (41.9%). They were able to make 8 of the free throws for a percentage of 80.0%. Kansas committed 7 fouls for this game which took the Wildcats to the charity stripe for a total of 10 attempts. They also turned the ball over 9 times, while earning 3 steals for the game. The Wildcats were able to corral 16 defensive boards and 12 offensive boards totaling 28 in this game.

Collin Gillespie pitched in for the Wildcats for the game. He made 6 of 11 for the game for a field goal percentage of 54.5%, and accounted for 2 rebounds. He had 17 points in his 39 minutes of playing time, but wrapped up this contest with no dimes.

Villanova had a win-loss mark of 30-8 last year. In terms of offensive execution, the Wildcats shot 43.2% from the field, which ranked 230th in the nation. Villanova had 2,726 pts last season (71.7 per contest) and they averaged 34.8 boards per game. They got an assist 11.9 times per contest (267th in Division 1) and they turned it over 9.9 times per game. The Wildcats committed 14.9 personal fouls every game and they connected on 83.0% from the free throw line.

The Villanova defense allowed 30.8% on 3-point attempts (274 of 891) and opponents converted on 73.4% of their free throw shots. They relinquished 11.3 dimes and 32.7 rebounds per contest, ranking them 71st and 75th in college basketball. The Wildcats on the defensive side of the court were 23rd in college basketball in PPG surrendered with 62.7. They forced 11.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and allowed teams to shoot 40.8% from the field (45th in the country).

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take La Salle

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