McNeese State Cowboys vs Tennessee Volunteers Prediction, 11/30/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: McNeese State Cowboys vs Tennessee Volunteers

Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Location: Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN

TV: SECN

The McNeese State Cowboys (2-5) are en route to Thompson-Boling Arena on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Tennessee Volunteers (5-1).

The McNeese State Cowboys took the court against UT Martin and ended up losing by a score of 86-83 in their last contest. In relation to fouls, the Cowboys walked away with 22 and UT Martin finished the game with 18 fouls. They also made 13 out of their 29 tries from 3-point range. UT Martin walked away from this one shooting 65.5% at the free throw line by making 19 of their 29 shots. In addition, UT Martin collected 35 boards (9 offensive, 26 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. UT Martin totaled 17 dimes and had 4 steals in the game. With regard to defense, McNeese State allowed the other team to go 46.6% from the field on 27 of 58 shooting. They also doled out 15 dimes for the matchup while creating 8 turnovers and earning 8 steals. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 38 with 14 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Cowboys buried 8 of 27 shots for a rate of 29.6%. McNeese State finished the game with a 50.8% FG percentage (32 of 63) and made 11 out of their 26 three-point shots.

Trae English is one guy who was a major factor for the contest. He finished the game shooting 55.0% from the floor and also dished out 5 assists. He was on the court for 35 minutes played and totaled 2 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 29 points on 11 out of 20 shooting.

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McNeese State will enter this contest with a record of 2-5 for the season. They lose possession via turnover 14.6 times per game and as a unit they are committing 19.7 fouls every game. As a team, McNeese State is grabbing 37.3 boards per game and is sitting with 91 assists so far this year, which ranks 194th in the country in terms of passing. The Cowboys are shooting 35.4% on shots from downtown (63 of 178) and 54.2% from the charity stripe. They average 72.3 pts per contest (191st in D-1) while shooting 44.2% from the floor.

When they are on the defensive end, the Cowboys are forcing their opponents into 13.9 turnovers every game while drawing 15.9 fouls. They are currently ranked 358th in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 132 surrendered so far this season. The Cowboys defensively are allowing an opponent FG percentage of 47.0% (187 of 398) and they surrender 35.3 boards per game as a squad. They give up 36.6% on 3-point attempts while they are 313th in D-1 in opponents PPG (75.3).

For their last game, the Tennessee Volunteers took home the win by a final score of 64-50 against Kansas. The Volunteers were able to snag 28 defensive boards and 12 offensive boards for a total of 40 for this contest. They gave up possession of the ball 22 times, while getting 10 steals for the game. Kansas had 14 personal fouls for this contest which got the Volunteers to the charity stripe for a total of 10 tries. They were able to knock down 8 of those for a clip of 80.0%. In regard to shots from 3-point land, Tennessee converted 12 of their 27 attempts (44.4%). When the final whistle blew, the Volunteers walked away from this one shooting 22 out of 53 from the floor which had them at 41.5%. The Volunteers allowed Kansas to make 17 of 53 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 32.1% for the matchup. They finished 23.8% from downtown by going 5 of 21 and ended up going 11 out of 17 from the free throw line (64.7%). Concerning team rebounding, Tennessee permitted Kansas to snag 26 in total (10 on the offensive side).

Zakai Zeigler was important for the Volunteers in the matchup. He buried 4 out of 10 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 40.0%, and earned 3 rebounds. He recorded 14 points in his 28 minutes on the court and accumulated 3 assists in the matchup.

Tennessee has a win-loss record of 5-1 on the campaign. The Volunteers are committing 16.0 fouls per contest and they go 76.7% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 15.5 times per game (70th in the country) and they turn it over 15.3 times per contest. Tennessee has tallied 430 points this season (71.7 per contest) and they pull down 39.3 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Volunteers are shooting 39.7% from the floor, which is ranked 332nd in the nation.

The Volunteers on the defensive end are ranked 14th in D-1 in points allowed per game with 55.3. They are forcing their opponents into 19.5 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 36.7% from the field (21st in D-1). The Tennessee defense concedes 26.2% on shots from 3-point land (33 of 126) and their opposition knocks down 71.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have surrendered 9.0 dimes and 32.5 rebounds per contest, which ranks them 21st and 94th in D-1.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tennessee

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