Grambling Tigers vs Dayton Flyers Prediction, 12/2/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Grambling Tigers vs Dayton Flyers

Date: Saturday, December 2, 2023

Location: UD Arena in Dayton, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Dayton Flyers (5-2) are hosting the Grambling Tigers (2-5) at UD Arena on Saturday.

The Grambling Tigers played Troy and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 80-67 in their last game. In the matter of personal fouls, the Tigers finished with 27 and Troy totaled 19 personal fouls. They also buried 3 of 15 shots from downtown. Troy walked away from this one shooting 69.2% from the free throw line by converting 27 of their 39 attempts. Furthermore, Troy pulled down 30 boards (10 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Troy earned 13 dimes and had 11 steals for this game. Concerning the defense, Grambling allowed the other team to go 45.5% from the field on 25 out of 55 shooting. They also doled out 11 assists for the matchup while forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and getting 7 steals. In terms of getting rebounds, they earned a total of 27 with 7 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Tigers converted 13 of 20 attempts for a percentage of 65.0%. Grambling finished the game with a 45.5% FG percentage (25 of 55) and made 4 of their 15 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Terrence Lewis is a guy who was a major contributor for the matchup. He finished the game shooting 33.3% from the field and earned 2 assists. He was on the hardwood for 29 minutes and also pulled down 6 rebounds. He racked up 11 points on 4 out of 12 shooting.

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Grambling enters this matchup with a mark of 2-5 so far this season. They have an average of 70.4 points per outing (270th in the country) while shooting 45.0% from the floor. The Tigers are connecting on 28.2% on three-point attempts (29 of 103) and 70.1% from the free throw line. As a unit, Grambling is pulling down 30.9 boards per contest and has accumulated 74 assists so far this year, which ranks 298th in the country in terms of passing. They cough up possession 13.7 times per contest and as a team they commit 18.7 personal fouls per game.

On the defensive end, the Tigers are forcing their opponents into 13.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.1 fouls. They relinquish 39.7% on three-point shots while they are 336th in D-1 in points per game allowed (80.6). The Tigers defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 48.9% (197 of 403) and they surrender 32.7 boards per contest as a group. They rank 334th in college basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 115 surrendered on the season.

For their last game, the Dayton Flyers walked away with a victory by a final of 65-63 when they faced SMU. The Flyers collected 18 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 28 in the game. They coughed it up 16 times, while recording 8 steals in the matchup. SMU committed 11 personal fouls for this contest which got the Flyers to the free throw line for a total of 10 attempts. They were able to make 7 of them for a rate of 70.0%. In the matter of shots from beyond the perimeter, Dayton buried 10 out of their 20 tries (50.0%). When the final whistle was blown, the Flyers ended up shooting 24 for 51 from the floor which had them at 47.1%. The Flyers permitted SMU to bury 26 out of their 63 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.3% in the matchup. They wrapped up this game 22.7% from downtown by shooting 5 out of 22 and ended up shooting 6 of 8 at the free throw line (75.0%). In the matter of team rebounding, Dayton permitted SMU to snag 30 in total (13 on the offensive side).

Koby Brea ended up having an impact for the Flyers for this contest. He knocked down 8 out of 13 for the game for a field goal rate of 61.5%, and had 6 rebounds. He totaled 22 points in his 32 minutes on the hardwood, but wasn't able to notch an assist.

Dayton has a win-loss record of 5-2 for the campaign. In terms of offensive execution, the Flyers are connecting on 46.3% from the floor, which is 123rd in college basketball. Dayton has earned 484 pts on the year (69.1 per contest) and they grab 31.0 boards per contest. They are assisting teammates 14.7 times per contest (104th in the country) and they turn it over 12.0 times per game. The Flyers commit 13.0 fouls per game while shooting 74.1% from the charity stripe.

The Flyers on the defensive side of the court are 104th in college hoops in points allowed per contest with 66.7. They are able to force 11.0 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 43.6% from the floor (235th in Division 1). The Dayton defense concedes 38.2% from downtown (50 of 131) and opponents are connecting on 73.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have surrendered 12.0 assists and 32.6 total rebounds per game, which is 151st and 85th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Dayton

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