Eastern Michigan Eagles vs Butler Bulldogs Prediction, 11/6/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Eastern Michigan Eagles vs Butler Bulldogs

Date: Monday, November 6, 2023

Location: Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Eastern Michigan (+14)

Hinkle Fieldhouse is the site where the Butler Bulldogs (14-18 last year) will try to defeat the Eastern Michigan Eagles (8-23 last season) on Monday. Butler opens this game as 14-point favorites. The over/under is set at 141.

The Eastern Michigan Eagles took the court against Northern Illinois and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 85-66 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Eagles ended up finishing with 12 and Northern Illinois accumulated 18 fouls. They made 9 out of their 20 tries from beyond the arc. Northern Illinois finished the contest at 60.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 6 of 10 attempts. On top of that, Northern Illinois grabbed 38 boards (10 offensive, 28 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Northern Illinois recorded 23 dimes and had 5 steals for the game. When discussing defense, Eastern Michigan allowed the other team to go 56.5% from the field on 35 of 62 shooting. They also doled out 10 assists for the game in addition to forcing the other team into 16 turnovers and getting 9 steals. In the matter of grabbing rebounds, they compiled 22 with 6 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Eagles buried 9 of their 15 attempts for a percentage of 60.0%. Eastern Michigan finished the contest with a 42.6% field goal percentage (26 out of 61) and made 5 of 18 shots from downtown.

Tyson Acuff is a player who came through in this game. He walked away from this one shooting 76.9% from the floor and also earned 3 assists. He played 38 minutes and also totaled 3 boards. He was able to score 26 points on 10 of 13 shooting.

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Eastern Michigan enters this game after finishing with a win-loss mark of 8-23 last season. They had an average of 72.2 points per outing (163rd in Division 1) while hitting 44.0% from the field. The Eagles shot 31.6% on shots beyond the perimeter (192 of 608) and 76.7% from the free throw line. As a team, Eastern Michigan grabbed 31.4 boards per contest and had 299 dimes over the course of last season, which had them ranked 360th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. They turned it over 11.8 times per contest and as a team committed 18.9 fouls per contest.

When they were on defense, the Eagles forced 12.4 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.5 personal fouls. They gave up 34.2% on shots from downtown while they were 358th in college hoops in opponents PPG (80.8). The Eagles defense gave up and opponent field goal percentage of 48.4% (894 of 1,846) and they relinquished 37.1 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They were 183rd in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 418 relinquished last season.

In their last game, the Butler Bulldogs took a defeat with a final score of 76-63 when they faced St. John's. The Bulldogs collected 18 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive boards for a total of 26 in this matchup. They also coughed it up 11 times, while getting 11 steals in this contest. St. John's earned 11 personal fouls for the contest which took the Bulldogs to the free throw line for a total of 7 tries. They were able to knock down 6 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 85.7%. In reference to shooting from downtown, Butler converted 7 of 27 tries (25.9%). When this game wrapped up, the Bulldogs ended up shooting 25 for 65 from the floor which had them shooting 38.5%. The Bulldogs permitted St. John's to convert 30 out of 69 tries from the floor which had them shooting 43.5% for the contest. They wrapped up this game 30.0% from 3-point land by going 6 out of 20 and walked away from this one shooting 10 of 16 from the free throw line (62.5%). In reference to rebounds, Butler allowed St. John's to snag 49 overall (17 offensive).

Simas Lukosius ended up having an impact for the Bulldogs in the matchup. He totaled 23 points in his 38 mins on the court and totaled 3 assists for the matchup. He buried 8 out of 15 in the game for a field goal percentage of 53.3%, and earned 4 rebounds.

Butler had a record of 14-18 last season. The Bulldogs committed 13.4 fouls per game and they connected on 73.9% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates was at 12.6 times per game (215th in D-1) and they turned the ball over 11.8 times per game. Butler accumulated 2,088 pts over the course of last year (65.3 per game) and they averaged 29.9 rebounds per contest. In terms of offensive execution, the Bulldogs shot 43.6% from the floor, which ranked 240th in college basketball.

The Bulldogs on the defensive side of the court were 115th in college basketball in points given up per game with 67.9. They forced 12.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and allowed teams to shoot 44.7% from the field (254th in college hoops). The Butler defense allowed 32.1% on 3-point shots (200 of 623) and their opposition made 70.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They gave up 13.8 dimes and 36.3 rebounds on a nightly basis, which was ranked 260th and 307th in college hoops.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Eastern Michigan (+14)

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