North Florida Ospreys vs Gonzaga Bulldogs Prediction, 11/7/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Florida Ospreys vs Gonzaga Bulldogs

Date: Monday, November 7, 2022

Location: McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, WA

TV: Hulu Live TV

The Gonzaga Bulldogs (28-4 last year) will try to beat the North Florida Ospreys (11-20 last season) at McCarthey Athletic Center on Monday.

The North Florida Ospreys faced Lipscomb and ended up losing by a score of 74-65 in their last game of last year. North Florida finished the game with a 40.7% field goal percentage (22 of 54) and knocked down 9 of 27 shots from distance. At the charity stripe, the Ospreys converted 12 of 14 attempts for a rate of 85.7%. When discussing pulling down boards, they earned 31 with 7 of them being on the offensive end. They also recorded 12 assists in this matchup as well as creating 6 turnovers and having 5 steals. When discussing the defense, North Florida allowed 44.1% from the field on 26 out of 59 shooting. Lipscomb totaled 15 dimes and had 7 steals in the matchup. On top of that, Lipscomb snagged 35 rebounds (9 offensive, 26 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Lipscomb finished shooting 70.4% from the free throw line by knocking down 19 of their 27 attempts. They also knocked down 3 of their 15 tries from long range. When discussing personal fouls, the Ospreys ended up with 21 and Lipscomb racked up 10 personal fouls.

Jadyn Parker is a player who was a factor for this contest. He finished the game at 77.8% from the floor but wasn't able to get an assist. He played for 23 mins and also pulled down 4 rebounds. He accounted for 17 points on 7 of 9 shooting.

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North Florida will take the court after finishing with a win-loss record of 11-20 last season. They averaged 68.5 pts per contest (244th in the country) while hitting 41.6% from the field. The Ospreys shot 33.9% on shots from downtown (296 of 873) and 72.7% from the charity stripe. As a group, North Florida pulled in 33.8 rebounds per game and tallied 394 dimes last season, which ranked 218th in college basketball in terms of passing the ball. They turned the ball over 14.6 times per game and as a squad committed 15.7 fouls per contest.

When they were on the defensive end, the Ospreys forced 12.0 turnovers on a nightly basis and they drew 16.2 fouls. They were 261st in college basketball in giving up assists to the opposition with 437 conceded last year. The Ospreys defensively allowed an opponent shooting percentage of 42.3% (830 of 1,964) and they relinquished 39.5 boards per contest as a group. They gave up 31.9% on 3-pointers while they were 238th in the nation in points per game allowed (71.2).

For their last game last season, the Gonzaga Bulldogs took a defeat with a final score of 74-68 when they played Arkansas. The Bulldogs were able to snag 33 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards totaling 42 in the game. They coughed up the ball 14 times, while getting 5 steals in the matchup. Arkansas committed 20 personal fouls for this contest which took the Bulldogs to the charity stripe for 20 shots. They were able to make 15 of the free throw tries for a clip of 75.0%. In regard to shooting from distance, Gonzaga made 5 out of their 21 tries (23.8%). Overall, the Bulldogs ended up shooting 24 out of 64 from the field which had them shooting 37.5%. The Bulldogs permitted Arkansas to make 29 of 72 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 40.3% in this game. They finished 28.0% from downtown by going 7 out of 25 and finished the game at 9 out of 14 from the charity stripe (64.3%). In relation to rebounds, Gonzaga permitted Arkansas to pull down 37 in total (7 on the offensive side).

Drew Timme pitched in for the Bulldogs in the game. He accumulated 25 points in his 37 minutes on the hardwood and had 3 assists in this contest. He buried 9 out of 19 in this game giving him a rate of 47.4%, and had 7 rebounds.

Gonzaga had a record of 28-4 last season. The Bulldogs were responsible for committing 15.5 personal fouls every game and they hit 71.3% from the charity stripe. They earned an assist 18.1 times per contest (3rd in D-1) and they turned it over 11.6 times per contest. Gonzaga tallied 2,790 points over the course of last year (87.2 per contest) and they pulled in 41.9 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Bulldogs shot 52.1% from the field, which was ranked 2nd in the nation.

The Gonzaga defense allowed 30.5% from downtown (211 of 691) and their opposition made 69.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrendered 10.2 assists and 33.4 total boards per game, which had them ranked 20th and 109th in the nation. The Bulldogs were ranked 86th in the country in PPG given up with 66.2. They forced their opponents into 12.0 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 38.0% from the field (3rd in college hoops).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take North Florida

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