UC Riverside Highlanders vs Colorado Buffaloes Prediction, 11/7/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: UC Riverside Highlanders vs Colorado Buffaloes

Date: Monday, November 7, 2022

Location: CU Events Center in Boulder, CO

TV: Hulu Live TV

CU Events Center is where the Colorado Buffaloes (21-12 last year) will go up against the UC Riverside Highlanders (16-12 last season) on Monday.

The UC Riverside Highlanders stepped onto the hardwood against Hawaii and took a loss by a final of 68-67 in their last game of last year. Regarding fouls, the Highlanders left the arena with 15 while Hawaii finished the game with 16 fouls. They converted 6 of 17 shots from 3-point land. Hawaii walked away from this one shooting 87.5% from the charity stripe by knocking down 14 of 16 tries. Additionally, Hawaii had 40 boards (13 offensive, 27 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Hawaii dished out 10 dimes and had 2 steals in the matchup. In reference to defending, UC Riverside let their opponent shoot 42.9% from the floor on 24 out of 56 shooting. They also recorded 12 assists in this game as well as forcing 14 turnovers and having 4 steals. In reference to rebounding, they collected 23 with 6 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the free throw line, the Highlanders knocked down 10 of their 10 shots for a rate of 100.0%. UC Riverside ended with a 40.7% field goal percentage (24 out of 59) and converted 9 of their 19 3-point shots.

Zyon Pullin is one player who was a contributor for this game. He finished 57.1% from the floor and distributed 5 assists. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes played and also snagged 4 rebounds. He was able to score 23 points on 8 out of 14 shooting.

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UC Riverside will play this contest after finishing with a win-loss mark of 16-12 last year. They had an average of 66.6 points per outing (291st in Division 1) while connecting on 44.2% from the field. The Highlanders shot 32.0% on shots beyond the perimeter (201 of 628) and 72.0% from the free throw line. As a basketball team, UC Riverside snagged 35.5 boards per game and sat with 373 dimes throughout last year, which was 257th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They lost possession via turnover 12.3 times per game and as a team committed 16.0 personal fouls per game.

Defensively, the Highlanders were able to force 10.8 turnovers every game and they drew 15.0 fouls. They surrendered 29.6% on shots from distance and they were ranked 33rd in college hoops in opponents points per game (63.7). The Highlanders defense gave up a shooting percentage of 41.7% (665 of 1,596) and they surrendered 32.7 boards per contest as a team. They were 25th in the country in giving up assists with 320 surrendered throughout last year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood last year, the Colorado Buffaloes went home defeated by a final of 76-68 when they faced St. Bonaventure. In regard to team rebounding, Colorado allowed St. Bonaventure to snag 24 overall (2 on the offensive glass). They finished 50.0% from 3-point land by connecting on 10 of 20 and finished the game at 8 out of 9 from the free throw line (88.9%). The Buffaloes permitted St. Bonaventure to convert 29 of 55 attempts from the field which left them with a rate of 52.7% for this game. When the final whistle was blown, the Buffaloes went 25 out of 58 from the field which gave them a rate of 43.1%. In the matter of shots from 3-point land, Colorado converted 7 out of their 25 tries (28.0%). They were able to knock down 11 of those for a percentage of 91.7%. St. Bonaventure committed 14 fouls in this contest which got the Buffaloes to the charity stripe for 12 tries. They also turned the ball over 9 times, while recording 3 steals for the game. The Buffaloes snagged 22 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive boards for a total of 29 in this game.

Keeshawn Barthelemy ended up being a major contributor for the Buffaloes for this game. He accumulated 15 points in his 27 minutes on the hardwood and accounted for 2 assists for the matchup. He made 6 of 7 for this game for a rate of 85.7%, and added 1 rebound.

Colorado had a record of 21-12 last season. As an offense, the Buffaloes shot 44.2% from the floor, which ranked 160th in the country. Colorado earned 2,345 points last season (71.1 per contest) and they collected 37.1 boards per game. They got an assist 13.4 times per game (153rd in college basketball) and they coughed up possession 13.5 times per contest. The Buffaloes were responsible for committing 15.6 personal fouls per game and they went 75.6% from the free throw line.

The Colorado defense surrendered 33.1% on 3-point attempts (234 of 708) and their opposition knocked down 72.4% of their free throw attempts. They gave up 11.2 dimes and 32.0 total rebounds per game, which ranked them 59th and 53rd in college basketball. The Buffaloes were ranked 127th in D-1 in points given up per game with 67.4. They were able to force 12.1 TO's per game and let teams shoot 42.0% from the floor (113th in college hoops).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado

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