Northwestern State Demons vs Texas A&M Aggies Prediction, 12/27/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Northwestern State Demons vs Texas A&M Aggies

Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Location: Reed Arena in College Station, TX

TV: SECN

Reed Arena is where the Texas A&M Aggies (6-5) will take on the Northwestern State Demons (8-4) on Tuesday.

The Northwestern State Demons stepped onto the hardwood against Baylor and ended up losing by a score of 58-48 in their last game. In the matter of fouls, the Demons ended up finishing with 15 and Baylor finished the game with 9 fouls. They also buried 8 of their 25 tries from beyond the arc. Baylor shot 72.7% from the charity stripe by making 8 of 11 attempts. In addition, Baylor collected 38 rebounds (11 offensive, 27 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Baylor totaled 13 assists and had 3 steals for the matchup. Regarding the defense, Northwestern State allowed the other team to shoot 38.9% from the field on 21 out of 54 shooting. They also dished out 7 assists in this game as well as forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and having 7 steals. In relation to getting rebounds, they earned a total of 32 with 12 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Demons knocked down 3 of their 6 attempts for a rate of 50.0%. Northwestern State walked away from the contest with a 31.7% FG percentage (19 out of 60) and converted 7 out of their 28 3-point shots.

Ja'Monta Black is one player who came through for the matchup. He shot 27.3% from the field and recorded 2 assists. He saw the court for 38 minutes played and grabbed 2 boards. He ended up walking away with 17 points on 6 of 22 shooting.

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Northwestern State will enter this matchup with a win-loss record of 8-4 for the campaign. They currently have an average of 72.5 points per outing (176th in college hoops) on 40.3% from the floor. The Demons are connecting on 35.8% on three-point shots (106 of 296) and 69.8% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Northwestern State is grabbing 33.8 boards per contest and is sitting with 126 assists so far this season, which ranks 350th in D-1 in terms of passing. They lose possession by turning the ball over 11.4 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 19.0 fouls per game.

On the defensive end, the Demons are able to force 17.0 turnovers per game and they draw 16.4 personal fouls. They surrender 34.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 308th in college basketball in points per game allowed (74.3). The Demons are allowing a FG percentage of 46.8% (306 of 654) and they concede 39.7 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They rank 277th in college basketball in giving up assists with 177 conceded for the campaign.

In their last game, the Texas A&M Aggies took a loss by a score of 67-62 when they played Wofford. When discussing rebounding, Texas A&M permitted Wofford to grab 31 overall (8 on the offensive side). They went 32.3% from downtown by connecting on 10 of 31 and finished the contest at 7 out of 7 from the free throw line (100.0%). The Aggies allowed Wofford to bury 25 of their 63 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 39.7% for the matchup. When the final whistle blew, the Aggies walked away from this one shooting 23 out of 50 from the floor which gave them a rate of 46.0%. In relation to shooting from downtown, Texas A&M made 7 of 23 attempts (30.4%). They were able to make 9 of those for a percentage of 60.0%. Wofford had 14 fouls in this game which got the Aggies to the free throw line for a total of 15 attempts. They coughed up the ball 13 times, while earning 6 steals in this contest. The Aggies collected 23 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 29 for the game.

Wade Taylor IV ended up having an impact for the Aggies for this game. He tallied 20 points in his 25 mins of playing time and totaled 3 assists for the matchup. He buried 7 out of 11 for this game for a field goal rate of 63.6%, and tallied 1 rebound.

Texas A&M has a mark of 6-5 for the season. As an offensive team, the Aggies are hitting on 44.3% from the field, which is 204th in the nation. Texas A&M has scored 834 points this year (75.8 per game) and they pull in 35.1 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 14.0 times per game (166th in the nation) and they cough up possession 12.6 times per contest. The Aggies have committed 21.0 personal fouls per game and they hit 72.6% from the free throw line.

The Aggies defensively are ranked 224th in college basketball in PPG surrendered with 70.4. They are forcing 16.3 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 42.2% from the field (153rd in college basketball). The Texas A&M defense allows 36.2% on shots from 3-point land (94 of 260) and their opponents are connecting on 73.8% of their free throw shots. They concede 13.7 dimes and 32.4 rebounds per contest, which ranks 263rd and 89th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Texas A&M

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