Navy Midshipmen vs West Virginia Mountaineers Prediction, 12/7/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Navy Midshipmen vs West Virginia Mountaineers

Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Location: WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, WV

TV: ESPNU

The West Virginia Mountaineers (6-2) will compete against the Navy Midshipmen (5-3) at WVU Coliseum on Wednesday.

The Navy Midshipmen played VMI and ended up losing by a score of 80-72 in their last game. In relation to fouls, the Midshipmen walked away with 14 and VMI finished the game with 6 fouls. They knocked down 14 of their 25 attempts from 3-point range. VMI ended up going 71.4% when shooting free throws by making 10 of 14 attempts. Additionally, VMI collected 26 rebounds (6 offensive, 20 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. VMI recorded 13 assists and had 7 steals for this contest. Concerning the defense, Navy allowed the other team to go 47.5% from the field on 28 out of 59 shooting. They also dished out 14 assists in the game while creating 6 turnovers and earning 3 steals. When discussing pulling down boards, they earned 31 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Midshipmen converted 5 of 5 attempts for a percentage of 100.0%. Navy ended the contest having earned a 47.5% FG percentage (29 of 61) and made 9 of 28 three-point attempts.

Austin Inge is someone who came through for the game. He finished 81.8% from the field and also dished out 2 assists. He saw the court for 35 mins and pulled down 2 boards. He ended up with 21 points on 9 out of 11 shooting.

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Navy heads into this contest with a win-loss record of 5-3 on the campaign. They lose possession via turnover 12.6 times per game and as a basketball team they are committing 16.1 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Navy is pulling down 35.1 boards per contest and is sitting with 128 assists for the year, which ranks 116th in the country in terms of passing the ball. The Midshipmen are shooting 41.0% on 3-pointers (80 of 195) and 68.8% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 74.8 points per game (144th in Division 1) while hitting 48.3% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Midshipmen are forcing 11.8 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 15.1 personal fouls. They are giving up 34.6% on shots from distance and they are ranked 222nd in college hoops in PPG allowed (70.5). The Midshipmen defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 44.0% (205 of 466) and they concede 32.3 boards per contest as a group. They currently rank 101st in college hoops in giving up assists with 93 surrendered on the year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the West Virginia Mountaineers walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 84-74 against Xavier. With respect to rebounding, West Virginia permitted Xavier to grab 33 in total (8 offensive). They finished the game shooting 41.7% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 5 out of 12 and walked away from this one shooting 23 out of 30 at the charity stripe (76.7%). The Mountaineers allowed Xavier to make 28 of their 52 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 53.8% for the game. When the final whistle was blown, the Mountaineers ended up going 27 out of 59 from the field which had them shooting 45.8%. When it comes to shooting from distance, West Virginia knocked down 9 out of 19 tries (47.4%). They were able to knock down 11 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 73.3%. Xavier committed 19 personal fouls in this contest which took the Mountaineers to the free throw line for a total of 15 attempts. They also turned it over 11 times, while getting 6 steals for the contest. The Mountaineers pulled down 20 defensive boards and 4 offensive boards for a total of 24 in this contest.

Jimmy Bell pitched in for the Mountaineers for this game. He had 12 points in his 31 minutes on the hardwood and earned 3 dimes for the matchup. He made 5 out of 5 for the matchup for a field goal percentage of 100.0%, and had 6 rebounds.

West Virginia has a win-loss record of 6-2 for the year. The Mountaineers commit 20.4 fouls per game and they go 72.9% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 14.3 times per contest (137th in college hoops) and they lose possession via turnover 12.8 times per game. West Virginia has accounted for 639 pts on the season (79.9 per game) and they collect 34.0 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Mountaineers are hitting on 48.9% from the field, which ranks 39th in Division 1.

The West Virginia defense gives up 30.9% from downtown (46 of 149) and their opponents are connecting on 71.7% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 11.0 assists and 31.6 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is 93rd and 61st in Division 1. The Mountaineers defensively are ranked 97th in college hoops in PPG given up with 64.9. They are able to force 18.1 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.6% from the floor (99th in Division 1).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Navy

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