Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns vs Texas Longhorns Prediction, 12/21/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns vs Texas Longhorns

Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Location: Moody Center in Austin, TX

TV: LHN

Moody Center is the location where the Texas Longhorns (9-1) will play the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (10-1) on Wednesday.

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns faced McNeese State and earned the victory with a final of 78-70 in their last contest. In reference to fouls, the Ragin' Cajuns ended up with 15 while McNeese State finished the game with 19 fouls. They also converted 7 of their 25 shots from downtown. McNeese State shot 75.0% at the charity stripe by knocking down 9 of their 12 shots. Furthermore, McNeese State grabbed 29 rebounds (13 offensive, 16 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. McNeese State totaled 7 assists and had 5 steals for the game. Pertaining to the defense, Louisiana allowed 40.9% from the field on 27 of 66 shooting. They also recorded 20 assists for the contest while creating 9 turnovers and earning 5 steals. When it comes to grabbing rebounds, they collected 31 with 6 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Ragin' Cajuns made 12 of 18 tries for a rate of 66.7%. Louisiana finished the contest having earned a 57.1% field goal percentage (28 out of 49) and knocked down 10 out of their 20 3-point shots.

Jordan Brown is one guy who was a major factor for this contest. He finished the contest at 62.5% from the floor and dished out 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 36 mins and also snagged 5 rebounds. He accumulated 20 points on 5 out of 8 shooting.

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Louisiana steps onto the court with a record of 10-1 for the season. They turn the ball over 13.0 times per game and as a team they are committing 16.4 personal fouls per game. As a team, Louisiana is grabbing 38.5 rebounds per game and has accounted for 178 dimes for the season, which ranks 87th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. The Ragin' Cajuns are hitting 41.0% on three-point shots (94 of 229) and 71.4% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 84.5 points per outing (12th in D-1) while connecting on 50.7% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Ragin' Cajuns are forcing 13.6 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.5 fouls. They are currently ranked 55th in the country in giving up assists with 114 conceded for the season. The Ragin' Cajuns defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 42.3% (289 of 684) and they relinquish 31.3 boards per game as a team. They are giving up 29.4% on shots from distance while they are 214th in college basketball in PPG from their opponents (69.7).

In their last game, the Texas Longhorns walked away with a victory by a final of 72-62 against Stanford. In the matter of how they cleaned up the glass, Texas permitted Stanford to grab 29 overall (6 offensive). They shot 44.4% from three-point range by going 8 of 18 and walked away from this one shooting 14 of 19 from the charity stripe (73.7%). The Longhorns permitted Stanford to convert 20 of their 46 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 43.5% for the contest. When the game finished, the Longhorns ended up shooting 28 for 62 from the field which gave them a rate of 45.2%. With respect to 3-point shots, Texas converted 8 out of 21 attempts (38.1%). They were able to knock down 8 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 72.7%. Stanford committed 16 fouls for this contest which took the Longhorns to the charity stripe for a total of 11 attempts. They coughed it up 8 times, while recording 5 steals in the matchup. The Longhorns snagged 22 defensive boards and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 31 for the contest.

Marcus Carr ended up having an impact for the Longhorns in this contest. He converted 6 out of 13 in the game for a field goal rate of 46.2%, and had 3 rebounds. He earned 17 points in his 33 minutes on the hardwood and added 5 assists in this contest.

Texas has a win-loss mark of 9-1 for the season. As an offense, the Longhorns are shooting 48.6% from the floor, which has them ranked 40th in college hoops. Texas has totaled 808 pts for the season (80.8 per game) and they snag 38.8 boards per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 18.0 times per game (14th in college basketball) and they are turning it over 11.4 times per game. The Longhorns commit 16.8 fouls every game and they connect on 66.7% from the free throw line.

The Longhorns defensively are ranked 21st in D-1 in points given up per game with 60.2. They are forcing 18.5 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 38.4% from the field (28th in college basketball). The Texas defense gives up 29.1% on shots from beyond the arc (59 of 203) and their opponents are converting on 66.1% of their free throw shots. They give up 10.2 dimes and 36.0 rebounds per game, which is 36th and 273rd in Division 1.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas

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