Grambling Tigers vs Washington State Cougars Prediction, 12/10/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Grambling Tigers vs Washington State Cougars

Date: Sunday, December 10, 2023

Location: Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, WA

TV: PAC12

The Grambling Tigers (2-6) are hitting the road to Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum on Sunday where they will try to beat the Washington State Cougars (7-1).

The Grambling Tigers played Dayton and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 76-46 in their last game. Grambling finished with a 30.5% field goal percentage (18 out of 59) and converted 2 of their 19 shots from 3-point land. At the free throw line, the Tigers converted 8 of their 10 shots for a rate of 80.0%. With respect to rebounding, they collected 25 with 11 of them being on the offensive end. They also doled out 9 assists in this game as well as forcing the other team into 12 turnovers and getting 7 steals. When talking about defense, Grambling allowed 50.0% from the floor on 28 out of 56 shooting. Dayton distributed 21 assists and had 4 steals in this game. Additionally, Dayton grabbed 35 rebounds (11 offensive, 24 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Dayton finished 60.0% from the charity stripe by converting 6 of 10 attempts. They also converted 14 of 28 attempts from 3-point range. When it comes to fouls, the Tigers ended up finishing with 13 and Dayton totaled 11 fouls.

Mikale Stevenson is a player who was a factor for this game. He finished with 10 points on 3 out of 7 shooting. He played for 32 minutes and also totaled 3 boards. He finished the contest at 42.9% from the field and also recorded 3 dimes.

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Grambling will enter this contest with a win-loss mark of 2-6 this season. They have an average of 67.4 points per contest (318th in Division 1) while connecting on 43.2% from the floor. The Tigers are hitting 25.4% on three-point shots (31 of 122) and 70.8% from the free throw line. As a team, Grambling is collecting 30.8 rebounds per game and has racked up 83 assists this season, which ranks 336th in the country in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession via turnover 13.5 times per contest and as a squad they commit 18.0 fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Tigers have forced 13.1 turnovers per game while drawing 15.5 personal fouls. They are conceding 41.4% on 3-point attempts while they are 339th in college hoops in points per game from their opponents (80.0). The Tigers are giving up a shooting percentage of 49.0% (225 of 459) and they concede 33.5 rebounds per contest as a group. They are 322nd in college basketball in giving up assists with 136 conceded for the campaign.

For their last game, the Washington State Cougars got the win with a final of 86-49 when they played UC Riverside. The Cougars collected 31 defensive rebounds and 16 offensive boards totaling 47 for this contest. They also turned the ball over 6 times, while getting 9 steals in this game. UC Riverside had 13 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Cougars to the free throw line for a total of 11 tries. They were able to make 9 of them for a rate of 81.8%. Pertaining to 3-point attempts, Washington State made 7 out of 26 tries (26.9%). When the final whistle blew, the Cougars finished 35 for 71 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 49.3%. The Cougars allowed UC Riverside to convert 14 out of their 51 tries from the floor which had them shooting 27.5% for this contest. They went 20.0% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 4 out of 20 and finished the game at 17 of 21 at the charity stripe (81.0%). In regard to how they cleaned up the glass, Washington State allowed UC Riverside to snag 23 in all (7 offensive).

Jaylen Wells ended up having an impact for the Cougars for this contest. He earned 18 points in his 27 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 3 dimes for this contest. He made 7 of 12 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 58.3%, and tallied 10 rebounds.

Washington State has a win-loss mark of 7-1 on the campaign. The Cougars have committed 19.1 personal fouls per game and they shoot 65.8% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 13.6 times per game (172nd in college basketball) and they cough up possession 9.9 times per game. Washington State has tallied 641 points so far this year (80.1 per contest) and they pull down 40.4 boards per game. As an offensive team, the Cougars are hitting on 50.1% from the field, which is 22nd in the country.

The Cougars defensively are ranked 17th in college hoops in PPG given up with 61.5. They are forcing 12.1 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 36.2% from the floor (7th in college hoops). The Washington State defense concedes 26.5% on 3-point attempts (44 of 166) and their opponents are knocking down 76.5% of their free throw attempts. They allow 8.9 dimes and 31.3 boards on a nightly basis, which ranks them 8th and 42nd in those categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Washington State

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