Pittsburgh Panthers vs Boston College Eagles Prediction, 1/29/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Panthers vs Boston College Eagles

Date: Saturday, January 29, 2022

Location: Silvio O. Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, MA

TV: ACCN

Silvio O. Conte Forum is where the Boston College Eagles (8-11) will take on the Pittsburgh Panthers (8-12) on Saturday.

The Pittsburgh Panthers faced Syracuse and went home with a win by a final score of 64-53 in their last contest. Regarding fouls, the Panthers finished with 12 and Syracuse totaled 15 fouls. They also buried 6 of their 31 attempts from distance. Syracuse ended up going 56.3% from the free throw line by making 9 of their 16 attempts. Furthermore, Syracuse had 31 rebounds (9 offensive, 22 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Syracuse recorded 9 dimes and had 4 steals in this contest. In the matter of defending, Pittsburgh allowed the other team to shoot 30.2% from the field on 19 of 63 shooting. They also doled out 15 assists for the game while creating 10 turnovers and having 5 steals. In terms of rebounding, they earned 44 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Panthers made 17 of 20 shots for a rate of 85.0%. Pittsburgh walked away from the game having earned a 34.5% field goal percentage (20 of 58) and buried 7 out of their 26 shots from downtown.

Jamarius Burton is a guy who played a role for the contest. He finished the game shooting 42.9% from the floor and recorded 5 dimes. He was on the court for 39 minutes played and grabbed 6 rebounds. He recorded 21 points on 6 of 14 shooting.

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Pittsburgh will play this contest with a record of 8-12 for the season. They average 61.8 points per contest (342nd in the nation) while going 40.9% from the field. The Panthers are shooting 29.9% on three-point shots (98 of 328) and 69.4% from the charity stripe. As a team, Pittsburgh is collecting 36.0 boards per contest and is sitting with 221 assists so far this year, which is 264th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 13.6 times per contest and as a group they are committing 15.5 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Panthers are able to force 10.2 turnovers every game and they draw 18.3 personal fouls. They surrender 33.2% on shots from downtown and they are 76th in college basketball in points per game from their opponents (64.9). The Panthers defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 41.4% (457 of 1,104) and they surrender 31.1 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They are 297th in college basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 276 surrendered this season.

When they last played, the Boston College Eagles took a defeat with a final score of 58-47 when they faced North Carolina. In regard to how they rebounded, Boston College permitted North Carolina to grab 41 in total (10 on the offensive glass). They finished shooting 35.3% from beyond the perimeter by shooting 6 of 17 and ended up going 20 out of 25 from the charity stripe (80.0%). The Eagles permitted North Carolina to bury 16 of 55 attempts from the field which had them at 29.1% in this contest. In all, the Eagles finished 20 for 60 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 33.3%. In terms of shots from 3-point land, Boston College converted 1 out of their 16 attempts (6.3%). They were able to bury 6 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 75.0%. North Carolina had 11 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Eagles to the free throw line for a total of 8 shots. They turned the ball over 8 times, while getting 4 steals for the matchup. The Eagles were able to snag 30 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 37 for this contest.

Quinten Post ended up being a factor for the Eagles in this contest. He made 4 of 8 for this contest for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and accounted for 7 rebounds. He tallied 10 points in his 24 minutes of playing time and totaled 1 assist for the matchup.

Boston College has a record of 8-11 for the campaign. The Eagles are committing 15.7 fouls every game and they hit 69.0% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 11.3 times per game (303rd in college hoops) and they are giving up possession 11.4 times per contest. Boston College has totaled 1,244 pts so far this season (65.5 per contest) and they grab 36.1 boards per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Eagles are shooting 40.9% from the field, which is 313th in D-1.

The Boston College defense allows 36.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter (141 of 384) and opponents are making 74.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They allow 12.9 assists and 32.9 boards per contest, ranking them 207th and 95th in Division 1. The Eagles on the defensive end are ranked 113th in college hoops in PPG given up with 66.4. They are forcing their opponents into 12.1 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 44.5% from the field (274th in college hoops).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston College

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