Loyola Greyhounds vs Clemson Tigers Prediction, 11/21/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Loyola Greyhounds vs Clemson Tigers

Date: Monday, November 21, 2022

Location: Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, SC

TV: ESPN+

The Clemson Tigers (3-1) will compete against the Loyola Greyhounds (2-2) at Littlejohn Coliseum on Monday.

The Loyola Greyhounds played Washington College and walked away with a win by a score of 81-53 in their last contest. With respect to personal fouls, the Greyhounds finished with 12 and Washington College accounted for 14 personal fouls. They also buried 6 out of their 28 attempts from distance. Washington College finished the game shooting 90.0% from the charity stripe by making 9 of 10 tries. Moreover, Washington College had 28 boards (4 offensive, 24 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Washington College earned 12 dimes and had 5 steals in this matchup. Pertaining to the defense, Loyola allowed the other team to shoot 35.8% from the floor on 19 out of 53 shooting. They also distributed 23 assists for this game while creating 22 turnovers and getting 14 steals. In terms of hauling in rebounds, they collected 41 with 15 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Greyhounds buried 13 of 21 tries for a percentage of 61.9%. Loyola walked away from the contest having earned a 47.0% field goal percentage (31 of 66) and converted 6 out of their 19 three-point attempts.

Alonso Faure is one player who was a contributor in this contest. He left the arena with 18 points on 8 of 11 shooting. He played 20 minutes and also totaled 2 rebounds. He finished 72.7% from the field but finished the game without an assist.

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Loyola comes into this contest with a win-loss record of 2-2 on the season. They have an average of 71.8 points per game (225th in D-1) on 44.0% from the field. The Greyhounds are shooting 37.3% on 3-pointers (31 of 83) and 63.4% from the charity stripe. As a team, Loyola is grabbing 34.0 boards per game and has accounted for 57 assists on the year, which has them ranked 155th in the country in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession by turning the ball over 13.0 times per game and as a squad are committing 17.0 fouls every game.

When they are on defense, the Greyhounds have forced 16.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.0 fouls. They are ranked 281st in Division 1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 59 relinquished for the year. The Greyhounds defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 48.6% (103 of 212) and they surrender 34.0 boards per game as a team. They relinquish 37.0% on 3-point attempts and they rank 244th in D-1 in points per game allowed (71.3).

When they last played, the Clemson Tigers walked away with a victory by a final of 76-66 when they faced Bellarmine. The Tigers pulled down 21 defensive boards and 5 offensive boards totaling 26 in this matchup. They also turned the ball over 9 times, while getting 5 steals for the matchup. Bellarmine was called for 19 personal fouls in the game which got the Tigers to the free throw line for a total of 22 tries. They were able to knock down 19 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 86.4%. In regard to shooting from downtown, Clemson knocked down 13 of 28 attempts (46.4%). Overall, the Tigers shot 22 for 47 from the field which gave them a rate of 46.8%. The Tigers allowed Bellarmine to knock down 21 of their 49 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 42.9% for this contest. They finished the game shooting 40.9% from beyond the arc by hitting 9 out of 22 and walked away from this one shooting 15 out of 20 at the free throw line (75.0%). In the matter of how they attacked the glass, Clemson permitted Bellarmine to snag 23 overall (5 offensive).

Chase Hunter ended up having an impact for the Tigers in the game. He made 5 of 8 for this contest for a field goal percentage of 62.5%, and added 2 rebounds. He accumulated 15 points in his 37 minutes on the hardwood and added 8 assists for the game.

Clemson has a win-loss record of 3-1 for the year. As an offense, the Tigers are shooting 46.5% from the floor, which ranks 131st in the nation. Clemson has accumulated 295 pts for the campaign (73.8 per game) and they snag 32.5 rebounds per contest. They are getting an assist 16.0 times per contest (84th in the nation) and they are giving up possession 9.8 times per contest. The Tigers are committing 17.3 personal fouls per contest while shooting 71.6% from the free throw line.

The Tigers defensively are ranked 142nd in D-1 in points allowed per game with 66.3. They are forcing their opponents into 13.8 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 42.3% from the floor (200th in college basketball). The Clemson defense gives up 40.9% on 3-point attempts (36 of 88) and opponents are converting on 70.1% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 11.0 dimes and 32.3 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 118th and 89th in the country.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Loyola

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