Florida Gulf Coast Eagles vs Indiana Hoosiers Prediction, 11/7/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Florida Gulf Coast Eagles vs Indiana Hoosiers

Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN

TV: BTN

Odds/Point Spread: Florida Gulf Coast (+13)

The Indiana Hoosiers (23-12 last year) are hosting the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (17-15 last season) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Tuesday. Indiana opens this game as 13-point favorites. The over/under has been set at 144.

The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles faced Queens and took a loss by a final of 61-55 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Eagles ended up with 20 while Queens recorded 12 personal fouls. They also buried 8 of 26 attempts from 3-point range. Queens finished the contest at 73.9% at the free throw line by burying 17 of 23 shots. On top of that, Queens pulled down 42 rebounds (12 offensive, 30 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Queens distributed 10 dimes and had 5 steals in this contest. When it comes to the defense, Florida Gulf Coast allowed the other team to shoot 30.5% from the field on 18 of 59 shooting. They also recorded 12 assists for the matchup while forcing the opposition into 12 turnovers and having 7 steals. When discussing rebounding, they compiled a total of 28 with 0 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Eagles buried 5 of 9 shots for a percentage of 55.6%. Florida Gulf Coast ended the game having earned a 37.7% field goal percentage (20 out of 53) and made 10 of 34 3-point shots.

Chase Johnston is a guy who was a contributor in this game. He left the arena with 24 points on 8 of 16 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 39 mins played and snagged 4 boards. He finished shooting 50.0% from the floor but finished the game without an assist.

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Florida Gulf Coast enters this contest after finishing with a win-loss record of 17-15 last season. They had an average of 71.3 points per contest (185th in Division 1) while hitting 43.7% from the field. The Eagles hit on 35.5% on shots from 3-point land (295 of 832) and 74.0% from the free throw line. As a group, Florida Gulf Coast grabbed 34.6 boards per contest and earned 409 dimes throughout last season, which ranked 222nd in D-1 in terms of passing. They lost possession via turnover 11.4 times per contest and as a team committed 15.5 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Eagles forced 11.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and they drew 15.5 fouls. They surrendered 33.4% on 3-pointers and they ranked 155th in D-1 in opponents PPG (69.4). The Eagles defense gave up a shooting percentage of 43.5% (804 of 1,848) and they conceded 35.2 rebounds per contest as a team. They were ranked 158th in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 409 conceded last season.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Indiana Hoosiers took a defeat with a final score of 85-69 when they played Miami. The Hoosiers were able to corral 18 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive boards for a total of 29 in the game. They turned it over 12 times, while recording 9 steals for the contest. Miami had 13 fouls in this game which took the Hoosiers to the charity stripe for a total of 14 attempts. They were able to make 9 of those for a rate of 64.3%. When talking about shots from downtown, Indiana made 8 out of 25 attempts (32.0%). Overall, the Hoosiers went 26 for 63 from the floor which had them shooting 41.3%. The Hoosiers allowed Miami to knock down 34 out of their 70 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 48.6% in this matchup. They finished 39.1% from 3-point land by hitting 9 out of 23 and finished the contest at 8 of 13 at the free throw line (61.5%). When talking about how they cleaned up the glass, Indiana allowed Miami to collect 45 overall (19 on the offensive side).

Trayce Jackson-Davis pitched in for the Hoosiers in this contest. He recorded 23 points in his 39 minutes on the court and had 1 assist in the game. He made 7 of 10 for the matchup for a field goal percentage of 70.0%, and accounted for 8 rebounds.

Indiana had a win-loss record of 23-12 last year. The Hoosiers were responsible for committing 17.1 personal fouls per contest and they shot 71.1% from the charity stripe. They dished out assists 15.2 times per contest (42nd in college basketball) and they turned it over 11.5 times per contest. Indiana scored 2,616 pts over the course of last season (74.7 per contest) and they averaged 35.7 rebounds per contest. As an offense, the Hoosiers shot 48.6% from the field, which ranked them 13th in college basketball.

The Indiana defense gave up 33.4% on shots from behind the 3-point line (263 of 787) and opponents connected on 70.4% of their foul shots. They gave up 11.7 dimes and 34.3 boards per contest, which was ranked 102nd and 192nd in college hoops. The Hoosiers on defense were ranked 138th in college basketball in PPG given up with 68.7. They were able to force 11.2 TO's per game and let teams shoot 40.9% from the field (41st in college hoops).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Indiana (-13) and under 144 points

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