Saint Louis Billikens vs Davidson Wildcats Prediction, 3/12/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Saint Louis Billikens vs Davidson Wildcats

Date: Saturday, March 12, 2022

Location: Capital One Arena in Washington, DC

TV: CBSSN

Capital One Arena is the site where the Davidson Wildcats (26-5) will take on the Saint Louis Billikens (23-10) on Saturday.

The Saint Louis Billikens played St. Bonaventure and earned the victory with a final of 57-56 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Billikens ended up with 16 and St. Bonaventure accounted for 11 personal fouls. They buried 5 of their 20 tries from 3-point range. St. Bonaventure walked away from this one shooting 37.5% from the free throw line by making 3 of their 8 attempts. Additionally, St. Bonaventure totaled 27 rebounds (11 offensive, 16 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. St. Bonaventure earned 14 assists and had 9 steals in the game. With regard to the defense, Saint Louis allowed the other team to go 38.1% from the field on 24 of 63 shooting. They also dished out 11 dimes in the game while forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and having 3 steals. In terms of pulling down boards, they compiled 34 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Billikens converted 7 of 8 shots for a rate of 87.5%. Saint Louis walked away from the game having earned a 39.3% FG percentage (22 out of 56) and converted 6 of their 14 shots from downtown.

Francis Okoro is one player who came through for the matchup. He left the arena with 14 points on 5 out of 7 shooting. He was on the court for 33 mins and also snagged 12 rebounds. He finished the game shooting 71.4% from the field but had no dimes when the game ended.

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Saint Louis enters this one with a win-loss record of 23-10 for the year. They turn the ball over 13.0 times per game and as a team they commit 18.1 fouls every game. As a team, Saint Louis is pulling down 38.9 boards per game and is sitting with 489 dimes for the season, which ranks 38th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. The Billikens are connecting on 37.1% on three-point shots (222 of 599) and 76.4% from the free throw line. They average 76.6 pts per contest (47th in Division 1) while hitting 46.1% from the floor.

Defensively, the Billikens are able to force 13.1 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 17.1 personal fouls. They are surrendering 31.2% on 3-point shots and they are 115th in the nation in points per game allowed (67.0). The Billikens defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 41.7% (793 of 1,901) and they relinquish 32.2 boards per contest as a unit. They are ranked 127th in D-1 in giving up assists to the opposition with 372 surrendered on the year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Davidson Wildcats got the win with a final of 74-56 against Fordham. When it comes to how they cleaned up the glass, Davidson allowed Fordham to collect 36 overall (10 offensive). They shot 14.3% from three-point range by going 4 of 28 and walked away from this one shooting 14 of 20 from the free throw line (70.0%). The Wildcats permitted Fordham to knock down 19 out of 57 attempts from the floor which had them sitting at 33.3% in this contest. When this game wrapped up, the Wildcats finished 26 out of 54 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 48.1%. Pertaining to three-point attempts, Davidson converted 6 out of 16 tries (37.5%). They were able to make 16 of those for a rate of 76.2%. Fordham was called for 21 personal fouls in this game which took the Wildcats to the charity stripe for a total of 21 shots. They gave up possession 8 times, while earning 1 steal in this matchup. The Wildcats were able to snag 30 defensive rebounds and 5 offensive boards totaling 35 for the matchup.

Sam Mennenga ended up being a factor for the Wildcats in the game. He tallied 15 points in his 28 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 5 assists in the game. He knocked down 4 of 11 in this contest for a rate of 36.4%, and accumulated 9 rebounds.

Davidson has a win-loss record of 26-5 for the season. The Wildcats are committing 14.8 fouls every game and they connect on 74.9% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 14.7 times per contest (68th in Division 1) and they turn the ball over 9.9 times per game. Davidson has scored 2,348 points so far this year (75.7 per contest) and they average 34.3 rebounds per contest. As an offensive unit, the Wildcats are hitting on 48.3% from the floor, which is 18th in the nation.

The Wildcats are ranked 74th in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 65.7. They are able to force 11.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 41.7% from the floor (99th in college hoops). The Davidson defense gives up 33.5% on 3-point shots (254 of 758) and their opponents are connecting on 73.6% of their free throw attempts. They have given up 11.9 assists and 31.0 boards per game, ranking them 123rd and 33rd in those defensive categories.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Saint Louis

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