Bucknell Bison vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 11/17/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Bucknell Bison vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Friday, November 17, 2023

Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC

TV: ESPN

The Duke Blue Devils (2-1) will try to beat the Bucknell Bison (1-3) at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Friday.

The Bucknell Bison faced off with La Salle and ended up losing by a score of 69-57 in their last game. In relation to fouls, the Bison ended up finishing with 25 while La Salle totaled 25 fouls. They also knocked down 8 of their 26 shots from beyond the arc. La Salle finished shooting 57.7% at the charity stripe by converting 15 of their 26 attempts. Furthermore, La Salle snagged 31 rebounds (6 offensive, 25 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. La Salle dished out 17 assists and had 8 steals in the matchup. When discussing defending, Bucknell allowed 42.6% from the floor on 23 out of 54 shooting. They also doled out 10 assists in this game while forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 3 steals. Concerning pulling down rebounds, they compiled 29 with 6 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Bison made 15 of 24 shots for a percentage of 62.5%. Bucknell wrapped up the game having earned a 37.5% FG percentage (18 of 48) and buried 6 of their 21 shots from beyond the arc.

Jack Forrest is one guy who had an impact in this game. He finished the contest at 50.0% from the field but wasn't able to get an assist. He was on the court for 38 minutes and grabbed 4 rebounds. He walked away with 27 points on 7 out of 14 shooting.

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Bucknell enters this game with a record of 1-3 on the season. They lose possession via turnover 13.8 times per contest and as a basketball team they commit 20.5 personal fouls per contest. As a team, Bucknell is grabbing 31.0 boards per contest and is sitting with 44 dimes on the campaign, which ranks 125th in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. The Bison are connecting on 30.7% on shots from beyond the arc (27 of 88) and 63.4% from the charity stripe. They average 62.0 points per contest (334th in the country) while hitting 41.7% from the field.

On defense, the Bison are forcing 12.8 turnovers per game while drawing 18.5 fouls. They rank 351st in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 61 surrendered this season. The Bison defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 46.9% (105 of 224) and they surrender 37.3 boards per contest as a group. They give up 34.8% on three-point shots and they are 231st in the country in PPG allowed (72.8).

The last time they took the court, the Duke Blue Devils took home the win by a final score of 74-65 against Michigan State. The Blue Devils collected 24 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 32 in the matchup. They coughed it up 13 times, while earning 6 steals in the game. Michigan State committed 23 personal fouls in this contest which took the Blue Devils to the free throw line for a total of 30 shots. They were able to knock down 24 of them for a percentage of 80.0%. In terms of shooting from distance, Duke buried 6 of their 22 tries (27.3%). At the conclusion of this game, the Blue Devils walked away from this one shooting 22 for 49 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.9%. The Blue Devils permitted Michigan State to bury 26 of 63 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 41.3% for this game. They finished 31.6% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 6 out of 19 and finished the contest at 7 out of 12 from the free throw line (58.3%). In regard to cleaning up the glass, Duke permitted Michigan State to snag 29 overall (10 on the offensive glass).

Caleb Foster ended up being a factor for the Blue Devils in the game. He knocked down 7 out of 8 for the matchup for a field goal rate of 87.5%, and totaled 3 rebounds. He earned 18 points in his 29 mins of playing time and totaled 1 assist for the contest.

Duke has a mark of 2-1 for the campaign. As an offense, the Blue Devils are shooting 50.9% from the field, which has them ranked 56th in the nation. Duke has accounted for 239 points on the year (79.7 per game) and they pull down 33.7 rebounds per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 16.3 times per contest (91st in the country) and they turn the ball over 12.0 times per contest. The Blue Devils have committed 17.0 fouls every game and they connect on 77.8% from the charity stripe.

The Duke defense gives up 29.6% on shots from distance (16 of 54) and their opposition makes 66.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 13.3 assists and 35.7 boards per game, which has them ranked 242nd and 189th in college basketball. The Blue Devils on the defensive side of the court are 125th in college basketball in PPG given up with 65.7. They are forcing their opponents into 14.3 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 40.8% from the floor (168th in college basketball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Duke and under the total points

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