Alcorn State Braves vs North Texas Mean Green Prediction, 3/15/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alcorn State Braves vs North Texas Mean Green

Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Location: The Super Pit in Denton, TX

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Alcorn State (+17)

The North Texas Mean Green (26-7) host the Alcorn State Braves (18-13) at The Super Pit on Wednesday. Alcorn State is 17-point underdogs. The total is set at 127.

The Alcorn State Braves played Texas Southern and took a loss by a final of 66-62 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Braves left the arena with 19 and Texas Southern accumulated 20 fouls. They buried 2 out of their 12 tries from beyond the perimeter. Texas Southern ended up going 72.7% at the charity stripe by making 16 of their 22 attempts. Moreover, Texas Southern collected 35 boards (9 offensive, 26 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Texas Southern doled out 14 dimes and had 9 steals for the contest. With respect to the defense, Alcorn State allowed the other team to go 45.3% from the field on 24 of 53 shooting. They also recorded 10 assists in this game while forcing the other team into 15 turnovers and having 11 steals. In the matter of hauling in rebounds, they earned 26 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Braves knocked down 15 of their 19 shots for a rate of 78.9%. Alcorn State walked away from the contest having earned a 41.5% FG percentage (22 out of 53) and knocked down 3 of their 11 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Byron Joshua is a guy who had an impact in this contest. He racked up 21 points on 7 out of 16 shooting. He was on the court for 36 mins played and snagged 10 boards. He went 43.8% from the floor and dished out 6 assists.

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Alcorn State comes into this game with a win-loss record of 18-13 for the campaign. They are averaging 68.1 pts per game (274th in the nation) while connecting on 41.1% from the field. The Braves are shooting 29.6% on shots beyond the perimeter (159 of 538) and 72.4% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Alcorn State is grabbing 33.9 boards per game and has 310 assists this year, which ranks 355th in college basketball in terms of passing. They lose possession via turnover 12.7 times per game and as a unit they commit 19.0 fouls per contest.

When they are on defense, the Braves have forced 14.5 turnovers per contest while drawing 17.7 personal fouls. They are ranked 253rd in Division 1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 441 conceded on the year. The Braves defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 44.7% (756 of 1,691) and they surrender 33.6 rebounds per contest as a unit. They relinquish 33.0% on shots from downtown and they are ranked 197th in D-1 in PPG allowed (70.6).

For their last game, the North Texas Mean Green went home victorious with a score of 74-46 against Louisiana Tech. In regard to how they rebounded, North Texas permitted Louisiana Tech to get 21 in total (7 on the offensive side). They shot 12.5% from 3-point land by connecting on 2 of 16 and finished the contest at 16 out of 29 from the free throw line (55.2%). The Mean Green permitted Louisiana Tech to convert 14 out of 46 attempts from the field which had them shooting 30.4% in this game. In all, the Mean Green ended up shooting 24 for 47 from the floor which had them sitting at 51.1%. In terms of three-point attempts, North Texas buried 8 of 18 attempts (44.4%). They were able to bury 18 of those for a percentage of 81.8%. Louisiana Tech earned 16 fouls in this contest which got the Mean Green to the charity stripe for a total of 22 attempts. They coughed up the ball 18 times, while recording 6 steals for this contest. The Mean Green corralled 29 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 36 in this game.

Aaron Scott ended up having an impact for the Mean Green for this contest. He knocked down 6 of 6 for this game for a field goal percentage of 100.0%, and had 6 rebounds. He racked up 19 points in his 23 minutes on the court and had 1 assist for the matchup.

North Texas has a mark of 26-7 so far this season. The Mean Green are committing 16.4 fouls every game and they go 75.0% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 11.1 times per game (328th in the nation) and they are giving up possession 11.9 times per game. North Texas has earned 2,119 pts on the year (64.2 per game) and they pull down 33.7 boards per game. As an offensive team, the Mean Green are shooting 43.6% from the field, which has them ranked 240th in college basketball.

The Mean Green on defense are ranked 1st in college hoops in PPG given up with 55.7. They are forcing their opponents into 12.4 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 39.8% from the field (16th in Division 1). The North Texas defense allows 30.6% from downtown (165 of 540) and their opponents are knocking down 69.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They relinquish 7.7 assists and 28.7 boards per game, ranking them 2nd and 3rd in college basketball.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take North Texas (-17)

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