Ohio State Buckeyes vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 11/30/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Ohio State Buckeyes vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC

TV: ESPN

The Duke Blue Devils (6-2) will play the Ohio State Buckeyes (5-1) at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday.

The Ohio State Buckeyes faced off with Texas Tech and notched a win by a score of 80-73 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Buckeyes walked away with 13 and Texas Tech accounted for 18 personal fouls. They also buried 5 of 18 attempts from distance. Texas Tech went 92.3% at the charity stripe by making 12 of 13 attempts. Furthermore, Texas Tech snagged 25 rebounds (9 offensive, 16 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Texas Tech dished out 14 dimes and had 6 steals in this game. In reference to defense, Ohio State allowed their opponent to shoot 50.9% from the floor on 28 of 55 shooting. They also recorded 15 assists for the contest as well as forcing 9 turnovers and getting 6 steals. With respect to rebounding, they collected 24 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Buckeyes made 18 of 18 attempts for a percentage of 100.0%. Ohio State finished the contest with a 51.9% FG percentage (27 of 52) and knocked down 8 of 20 3-point shots.

Justice Sueing is someone who was a major factor for the contest. He accounted for 33 points on 12 out of 19 shooting. He played 31 minutes and also pulled down 8 boards. He finished shooting 63.2% from the floor and earned 5 dimes.

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Ohio State will play this contest with a mark of 5-1 for the season. They are giving up possession 11.5 times per contest and as a squad they commit 14.3 personal fouls per game. As a team, Ohio State is pulling down 41.5 boards per game and has accounted for 74 assists this year, which has them ranked 293rd in the country in terms of passing the rock. The Buckeyes are connecting on 34.1% from downtown (43 of 126) and 80.6% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 79.3 pts per contest (69th in Division 1) while shooting 48.1% from the floor.

Defensively, the Buckeyes are able to force 10.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 16.3 fouls. They concede 26.0% from beyond the arc while they are 42nd in college hoops in points per game allowed (61.0). The Buckeyes defensively are allowing a shooting percentage of 38.1% (137 of 360) and they relinquish 30.5 boards per game as a basketball team. They are 12th in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 50 surrendered for the campaign.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Duke Blue Devils went home defeated by a final of 75-56 against Purdue. Concerning how they cleaned up the glass, Duke allowed Purdue to grab 41 in all (14 offensive). They shot 38.9% from behind the 3-point line by going 7 out of 18 and finished the contest at 16 of 19 at the charity stripe (84.2%). The Blue Devils allowed Purdue to convert 26 of their 58 tries from the field which had them shooting 44.8% in this matchup. When the final whistle was blown, the Blue Devils finished the game shooting 21 out of 58 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 36.2%. In regard to shooting from downtown, Duke made 2 out of their 19 attempts (10.5%). They were able to bury 12 of the free throw tries for a clip of 70.6%. Purdue was called for 16 fouls for the contest which took the Blue Devils to the free throw line for 17 attempts. They also turned the ball over 10 times, while getting 5 steals for the game. The Blue Devils were able to pull down 18 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards totaling 28 for this game.

Tyrese Proctor pitched in for the Blue Devils in the game. He knocked down 7 of 13 in the matchup for a field goal percentage of 53.8%, and had 5 rebounds. He earned 16 points in his 36 mins of playing time and had 3 assists in the game.

Duke has a record of 6-2 on the campaign. The Blue Devils are committing 15.4 fouls every game and they connect on 74.6% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists is at 13.1 times per contest (208th in the nation) and they turn it over 11.4 times per contest. Duke has tallied 566 pts so far this season (70.8 per game) and they grab 41.9 rebounds per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Blue Devils are shooting 41.7% from the floor, which ranks them 285th in the nation.

The Duke defense concedes 27.5% on shots from distance (44 of 160) and their opponents are converting on 78.7% of their shots from the free throw line. They have allowed 11.4 dimes and 30.0 total boards per game, which is 119th and 23rd in those categories on the defensive end. The Blue Devils defensively are ranked 20th in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 57.0. They are forcing their opponents into 13.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 39.2% from the field (73rd in college basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Ohio State

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