North Texas Mean Green vs Marshall Thundering Herd Prediction, 1/13/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Texas Mean Green vs Marshall Thundering Herd

Date: Thursday, January 13, 2022

Location: Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, WV

TV: ESPN+

The North Texas Mean Green (9-4) are on their way to Cam Henderson Center on Thursday where they will meet the Marshall Thundering Herd (7-8).

The North Texas Mean Green took the court against MTSU and took home the win by a score of 70-63 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Mean Green finished with 21 while MTSU totaled 23 fouls. They also converted 5 out of their 20 tries from 3-point land. MTSU finished the game at 77.8% when shooting free throws by converting 14 of their 18 tries. On top of that, MTSU snagged 28 rebounds (9 offensive, 19 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. MTSU distributed 8 assists and had 11 steals in this contest. With respect to the defense, North Texas allowed the other team to go 38.6% from the field on 22 of 57 shooting. They also doled out 9 assists in this contest while creating 11 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In the matter of grabbing rebounds, they compiled 30 with 4 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Mean Green buried 20 of 29 shots for a rate of 69.0%. North Texas wrapped up the game with a 50.0% field goal percentage (20 out of 40) and made 10 of their 17 3-point attempts.

Tylor Perry is one guy who was important for this contest. He scored 25 points on 6 of 10 shooting. He saw the court for 28 mins played and also snagged 2 rebounds. He ended up going 60.0% from the field and also totaled 2 assists.

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North Texas heads into this game with a win-loss mark of 9-4 so far this season. They average 66.7 pts per game (296th in Division 1) on 42.8% from the floor. The Mean Green are connecting on 33.5% on 3-point shots (107 of 319) and 69.9% from the free throw line. As a unit, North Texas is grabbing 34.9 boards per game and has accumulated 157 dimes on the season, which ranks 302nd in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. They are giving up possession 11.1 times per game and as a group they commit 16.4 personal fouls per game.

When they are on defense, the Mean Green are forcing their opponents into 13.5 turnovers per game and they draw 16.4 fouls. They are 6th in the nation in giving up assists to the opposition with 110 conceded so far this season. The Mean Green defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 41.3% (274 of 664) and they surrender 31.2 boards per game as a team. They relinquish 28.1% on shots from distance and they are ranked 3rd in the nation in opponents PPG (55.8).

The last time they took the court, the Marshall Thundering Herd took a loss by a final score of 90-77 when they played Florida Atlantic. In the matter of cleaning the glass, Marshall permitted Florida Atlantic to collect 33 in total (9 on the offensive glass). They finished 36.4% from 3-point land by hitting 8 out of 22 and walked away from this one shooting 22 of 29 at the free throw line (75.9%). The Thundering Herd allowed Florida Atlantic to convert 30 out of 56 tries from the floor which had them at 53.6% in this matchup. When the final whistle blew, the Thundering Herd walked away from this one shooting 25 out of 58 from the field which had them shooting 43.1%. In terms of 3-point attempts, Marshall buried 8 of their 22 attempts (36.4%). They were able to make 19 of the free throw tries for a rate of 76.0%. Florida Atlantic committed 22 personal fouls in the game which got the Thundering Herd to the charity stripe for a total of 25 tries. They gave up possession 13 times, while getting 4 steals for the game. The Thundering Herd collected 19 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive boards for a total of 27 in this matchup.

Obinna Anochili-Killen was important for the Thundering Herd for the game. He racked up 23 points in his 40 minutes on the court and had 1 assist for the matchup. He made 7 of 13 in this matchup giving him a rate of 53.8%, and totaled 8 rebounds.

Marshall has a win-loss record of 7-8 for the season. The Thundering Herd have committed 15.6 fouls every game and they connect on 70.5% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 14.9 times per game (91st in college basketball) and they lose possession via turnover 13.4 times per contest. Marshall has accumulated 1,152 pts so far this year (76.8 per game) and they snag 40.2 rebounds per contest. As an offense, the Thundering Herd are shooting 43.4% from the field, which ranks 228th in the nation.

The Marshall defense concedes 33.4% on shots from beyond the perimeter (114 of 341) and their opposition makes 77.0% of their shots from the free throw line. They have conceded 13.0 dimes and 39.3 rebounds per contest, ranking them 214th and 341st in college hoops. The Thundering Herd on the defensive side of the court are 329th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 76.5. They are able to force 14.2 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 43.8% from the field (248th in the nation).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take North Texas

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