Montana State Bobcats vs Arizona Wildcats Prediction, 12/20/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Montana State Bobcats vs Arizona Wildcats

Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Location: McKale Center in Tucson, AZ

TV: Hulu Live TV

The Arizona Wildcats (10-1) are hosting the Montana State Bobcats (7-5) at McKale Center on Tuesday.

The Montana State Bobcats took the court against Northwest Indian College and notched a win by a score of 144-59 in their last game. Concerning fouls, the Bobcats finished with 17 and Northwest Indian College racked up 15 fouls. They also made 2 of their 17 shots from beyond the perimeter. Northwest Indian College walked away from this one shooting 89.5% from the charity stripe by knocking down 17 of their 19 attempts. Additionally, Northwest Indian College collected 18 rebounds (1 offensive, 17 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Northwest Indian College recorded 5 dimes and had 5 steals for the contest. In the matter of the defense, Montana State let their opponent shoot 33.3% from the field on 20 out of 60 shooting. They also distributed 30 assists for this game while forcing the other team into 16 turnovers and getting 11 steals. Pertaining to pulling down rebounds, they collected 51 with 12 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Bobcats buried 15 of 23 attempts for a percentage of 65.2%. Montana State wrapped up the game with a 67.1% field goal percentage (53 out of 79) and made 23 out of their 40 3-point attempts.

Great Osobor is one guy who was a major contributor for the matchup. He ended up going 81.8% from the field and distributed 2 assists. He saw the court for 15 mins played and grabbed 11 boards. He was able to score 23 points on 9 out of 11 shooting.

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Montana State comes into this game with a mark of 7-5 this season. They are giving up possession 13.1 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 18.9 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Montana State is pulling in 36.5 boards per game and has tallied 179 assists for the season, which has them ranked 79th in the nation in terms of passing. The Bobcats are shooting 35.8% on shots from downtown (97 of 271) and 75.0% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 78.8 points per game (64th in Division 1) while shooting 48.1% from the floor.

On defense, the Bobcats are forcing their opponents into 13.5 turnovers per game while drawing 18.8 personal fouls. They give up 31.6% from beyond the arc while they are 160th in D-1 in points per game from their opponents (67.8). The Bobcats defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 41.6% (282 of 678) and they concede 30.3 rebounds per game as a group. They are ranked 18th in the country in giving up assists with 103 surrendered on the campaign.

In their last game, the Arizona Wildcats walked away with a victory by a final of 75-70 when they faced Tennessee. The Wildcats earned 27 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 36 in the game. They also coughed it up 15 times, while getting 4 steals for this contest. Tennessee committed 24 personal fouls for this game which got the Wildcats to the charity stripe for 27 attempts. They were able to make 24 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 88.9%. With respect to shooting from beyond the arc, Arizona made 5 of 24 tries (20.8%). When the final whistle was blown, the Wildcats finished 23 for 54 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.6%. The Wildcats allowed Tennessee to convert 27 out of their 63 attempts from the field which had them shooting 42.9% for the game. They went 29.6% from distance by shooting 8 of 27 and ended up shooting 8 out of 10 at the free throw line (80.0%). When discussing how they attacked the glass, Arizona allowed Tennessee to snag 28 in total (8 on the offensive side).

Azuolas Tubelis ended up being a factor for the Wildcats for the game. He totaled 19 points in his 35 mins on the court and totaled 1 assist for this contest. He knocked down 7 of 11 for this contest giving him a rate of 63.6%, and had 9 rebounds.

Arizona has a record of 10-1 for the year. The Wildcats have committed 18.0 fouls every game and they go 73.6% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 20.9 times per game (2nd in D-1) and they cough up possession 14.6 times per contest. Arizona has accounted for 995 pts for the season (90.5 per contest) and they average 42.1 rebounds per game. As an offensive unit, the Wildcats are shooting 53.7% from the floor, which has them ranked 1st in college basketball.

The Wildcats on defense are ranked 319th in D-1 in PPG given up with 75.2. They are forcing 11.5 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.5% from the floor (81st in college hoops). The Arizona defense allows 33.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter (95 of 281) and their opponents are connecting on 68.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 12.8 assists and 32.1 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 197th and 82nd in those defensive categories.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Montana State

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