Tulane Green Wave vs Temple Owls Prediction, 3/11/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tulane Green Wave vs Temple Owls

Date: Friday, March 11, 2022

Location: Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, TX

TV: ESPN2

Odds/Point Spread: Tulane (-1)

The Temple Owls (17-11) are hosting the Tulane Green Wave (13-14) at Dickies Arena on Friday. Temple opens this matchup as -1-point dogs. The over/under is 137.

The Tulane Green Wave stepped onto the hardwood against SMU and took a loss by a final of 74-68 in their last game. Tulane wrapped up the game with a 42.4% FG percentage (25 of 59) and converted 4 out of their 21 3-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Green Wave knocked down 14 of 18 attempts for a percentage of 77.8%. In terms of grabbing boards, they compiled a total of 37 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 14 assists in this matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and having 8 steals. Pertaining to the defense, Tulane allowed the other team to go 43.3% from the floor on 26 of 60 shooting. SMU earned 19 dimes and had 5 steals for this game. Furthermore, SMU snagged 28 boards (6 offensive, 22 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. SMU walked away from this one shooting 69.2% at the charity stripe by burying 9 of 13 attempts. They also made 13 of their 30 attempts from 3-point land. When it comes to personal fouls, the Green Wave walked away with 17 while SMU recorded 15 personal fouls.

Jadan Coleman is someone who was a major factor in the game. He went 46.2% from the field but had no assists when the time ran out. He was on the hardwood for 22 mins and pulled down 2 boards. He finished with 19 points on 6 of 13 shooting.

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Tulane enters this matchup with a win-loss record of 13-14 on the year. They lose possession by turning the ball over 10.3 times per contest and as a squad are committing 16.3 personal fouls per game. As a team, Tulane is pulling down 31.9 boards per contest and is sitting with 354 assists this season, which has them ranked 280th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. The Green Wave are connecting on 36.8% on shots from downtown (223 of 606) and 75.7% from the charity stripe. They average 73.6 points per game (113th in D-1) while shooting 43.9% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Green Wave are forcing 14.4 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.3 personal fouls. They give up 34.1% on shots from beyond the arc and they rank 251st in Division 1 in opponents PPG (71.6). The Green Wave defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 42.1% (678 of 1,609) and they relinquish 39.1 boards per game as a group. They are ranked 297th in the country in giving up assists with 440 relinquished so far this year.

In their last game, the Temple Owls took home the win by a final score of 75-47 when they faced South Florida. The Owls recorded 35 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards totaling 44 in the game. They also turned the ball over 9 times, while earning 4 steals for the game. South Florida earned 17 fouls for the matchup which took the Owls to the free throw line for 25 tries. They were able to make 20 of the free throws for a percentage of 80.0%. When discussing shooting from beyond the arc, Temple made 11 of their 25 attempts (44.0%). When the final whistle was blown, the Owls finished the game shooting 22 out of 56 from the floor which had them shooting 39.3%. The Owls permitted South Florida to convert 17 of 59 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 28.8% for the game. They finished 5.6% from three-point range by shooting 1 out of 18 and walked away from this one shooting 12 of 19 from the free throw line (63.2%). In relation to cleaning up the glass, Temple allowed South Florida to pull down 26 in total (7 on the offensive side).

Damian Dunn ended up being a major contributor for the Owls for the contest. He had 27 points in his 29 mins on the hardwood and had 5 dimes for the contest. He knocked down 8 of 13 in this contest for a field goal rate of 61.5%, and accounted for 9 rebounds.

Temple has a record of 17-11 for the season. The Owls are committing 18.5 fouls per contest and they connect on 67.6% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 11.8 times per contest (271st in the country) and they are turning it over 12.5 times per game. Temple has accounted for 1,876 pts for the year (67.0 per contest) and they pull in 38.8 boards per game. As an offense, the Owls are shooting 39.9% from the field, which has them ranked 345th in college basketball.

The Owls defensively are ranked 97th in college hoops in points allowed per game with 66.4. They are forcing their opponents into 11.5 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 39.8% from the floor (24th in D-1). The Temple defense concedes 29.4% on shots from behind the 3-point line (177 of 603) and their opponents are making 72.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 13.0 dimes and 36.3 boards per game, which ranks them 209th and 276th in college hoops.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tulane (-1)

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