Bryant Bulldogs vs Cincinnati Bearcats Prediction, 12/12/2023 College Football Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Bryant Bulldogs vs Cincinnati Bearcats

Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Location: Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati, OH

TV: BIG12|ESPN+

The Cincinnati Bearcats (7-1) are welcoming the Bryant Bulldogs (6-5) at Fifth Third Arena on Tuesday.

The Bryant Bulldogs stepped onto the hardwood against Stony Brook and took a loss by a score of 86-75 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Bulldogs finished with 18 and Stony Brook totaled 19 personal fouls. They also converted 16 out of their 30 attempts from beyond the arc. Stony Brook walked away from this one shooting 64.3% at the charity stripe by converting 18 of their 28 attempts. Additionally, Stony Brook grabbed 34 rebounds (7 offensive, 27 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Stony Brook recorded 17 assists and had 7 steals in this contest. When talking about defense, Bryant allowed the other team to shoot 46.4% from the floor on 26 of 56 shooting. They also distributed 13 dimes for the game in addition to creating 14 turnovers and getting 8 steals. With regard to rebounding, they collected 31 with 9 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Bulldogs made 16 of 19 attempts for a rate of 84.2%. Bryant ended the contest having earned a 39.3% FG percentage (24 out of 61) and converted 11 out of their 33 shots from downtown.

Connor Withers is a player who was a major contributor for this game. He ended up walking away with 32 points on 9 of 16 shooting. He played for 38 mins and pulled down 7 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 56.3% from the floor and also distributed 2 assists.

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Bryant will take the court with a mark of 6-5 for the campaign. They are losing possession via turnover 12.2 times per contest and as a group they commit 16.5 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Bryant is pulling down 38.6 rebounds per game and has accumulated 160 dimes so far this season, which ranks 42nd in the country in terms of passing the ball. The Bulldogs are shooting 34.4% on three-point shots (105 of 305) and 66.3% from the free throw line. They average 77.9 points per game (119th in Division 1) while hitting 44.9% from the floor.

When they are on the defensive end, the Bulldogs are able to force 12.3 turnovers every game while drawing 17.0 personal fouls. They give up 31.1% on 3-point attempts and they are 207th in college hoops in PPG allowed (71.9). The Bulldogs defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 37.8% (278 of 736) and they relinquish 43.2 boards per game as a team. They rank 317th in college basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 143 surrendered so far this year.

The last time they took the court, the Cincinnati Bearcats took a loss by a final score of 84-79 when they played Xavier. Concerning how they cleaned up the glass, Cincinnati allowed Xavier to pull down 37 in total (9 offensive). They shot 47.1% from behind the 3-point line by connecting on 8 out of 17 and finished the contest at 22 of 26 from the free throw line (84.6%). The Bearcats permitted Xavier to make 27 of their 65 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.5% for the matchup. Overall, the Bearcats ended up shooting 32 out of 74 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 43.2%. When talking about shooting from downtown, Cincinnati made 5 out of 23 attempts (21.7%). They were able to knock down 10 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 62.5%. Xavier was called for 19 fouls for the contest which got the Bearcats to the charity stripe for 16 shots. They turned it over 11 times, while recording 4 steals for the game. The Bearcats corralled 25 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive boards for a total of 38 for this contest.

Jizzle James pitched in for the Bearcats for this contest. He buried 7 of 13 for this game for a field goal rate of 53.8%, and added 1 rebound. He earned 19 points in his 21 minutes on the court and accounted for 1 assist for this contest.

Cincinnati has a record of 7-1 this season. The Bearcats are committing 14.0 fouls per game and they connect on 68.5% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 17.6 times per game (26th in the nation) and they are losing possession via turnover 9.3 times per contest. Cincinnati has totaled 690 points this year (86.3 per game) and they pull in 42.3 boards per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Bearcats are shooting 47.8% from the floor, which ranks 58th in college hoops.

The Bearcats on the defensive side of the court are 98th in the country in points per game surrendered with 67.4. They are forcing 12.0 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 41.9% from the floor (147th in college basketball). The Cincinnati defense concedes 30.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter (47 of 154) and their opposition makes 73.8% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 12.5 assists and 31.0 rebounds every game, which ranks them 183rd and 33rd in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cincinnati

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