Long Beach State Beach vs San Diego State Aztecs Prediction, 11/14/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Long Beach State Beach vs San Diego State Aztecs

Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Location: Viejas Arena in San Diego, CA

TV: ESPN+

The Long Beach State Beach (1-1) are headed to Viejas Arena on Tuesday where they will take on the San Diego State Aztecs (1-1).

The Long Beach State Beach faced off with DePaul and walked away with a win by a score of 77-73 in their last contest. When discussing fouls, the Beach ended up finishing with 18 and DePaul finished the game with 21 fouls. They also converted 7 out of their 21 attempts from beyond the arc. DePaul finished shooting 70.0% when shooting free throws by converting 14 of their 20 attempts. Furthermore, DePaul collected 25 rebounds (5 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. DePaul doled out 16 dimes and had 6 steals for the game. In terms of the defense, Long Beach State allowed 44.1% from the field on 26 out of 59 shooting. They also doled out 11 assists in this contest while forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and earning 4 steals. Pertaining to rebounding, they collected 39 with 12 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Beach converted 17 of 26 attempts for a rate of 65.4%. Long Beach State wrapped up the contest having earned a 45.9% field goal percentage (28 out of 61) and buried 4 out of their 14 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Marcus Tsohonis is one player who played a role for the game. He finished the game at 50.0% from the field and distributed 1 assist. He was on the court for 29 minutes and pulled down 2 rebounds. He ended up with 22 points on 8 of 16 shooting.

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Long Beach State steps onto the court with a record of 1-1 so far this season. They currently have an average of 75.0 pts per game (206th in Division 1) while shooting 40.8% from the field. The Beach are hitting 27.9% on 3-pointers (12 of 43) and 65.3% from the charity stripe. As a team, Long Beach State is grabbing 42.0 rebounds per game and is sitting with 25 dimes so far this year, which has them ranked 237th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. They turn the ball over 14.5 times per game and as a squad they are committing 22.0 fouls every game.

Defensively, the Beach are forcing their opponents into 14.0 turnovers per contest while drawing 20.5 fouls. They are 245th in college basketball in allowing assists with 29 conceded for the year. The Beach defensively are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 43.8% (49 of 112) and they concede 34.5 rebounds per game as a team. They are conceding 27.5% on 3-point attempts while they are 258th in Division 1 in opponents PPG (75.5).

When they last played, the San Diego State Aztecs took a loss by a score of 74-65 against BYU. The Aztecs snagged 21 defensive boards and 4 offensive boards for a total of 25 for this game. They turned it over 13 times, while getting 11 steals for this contest. BYU had 19 personal fouls for this game which took the Aztecs to the charity stripe for 13 tries. They were able to make 8 of the free throws for a percentage of 61.5%. When talking about three-point attempts, San Diego State knocked down 5 out of their 18 attempts (27.8%). In all, the Aztecs walked away from this one shooting 26 out of 58 from the field which had them at 44.8%. The Aztecs permitted BYU to knock down 26 of 61 attempts from the field which gave them a rate of 42.6% in this matchup. They finished shooting 37.0% from 3-point land via 10 of 27 and ended up shooting 12 of 16 at the free throw line (75.0%). When discussing cleaning up the glass, San Diego State allowed BYU to snag 35 in total (7 on the offensive glass).

Jaedon Ledee ended up having an impact for the Aztecs for the contest. He scored 21 points in his 32 minutes on the court and had 1 assist for the game. He made 9 of 16 in the game for a field goal percentage of 56.3%, and had 7 rebounds.

San Diego State has a win-loss record of 1-1 on the campaign. As an offensive unit, the Aztecs are shooting 45.0% from the field, which is 184th in the country. San Diego State has tallied 148 points on the season (74.0 per contest) and they pull down 37.0 rebounds per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 14.5 times per game (148th in the nation) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 13.5 times per contest. The Aztecs are committing 19.5 fouls per game and they connect on 63.4% from the charity stripe.

The San Diego State defense concedes 29.4% on 3-point shots (15 of 51) and their opponents are converting on 70.6% of their free throw attempts. They have allowed 11.0 assists and 42.0 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 148th and 320th in D-1. The Aztecs are ranked 127th in the country in points given up per game with 65.5. They are able to force 16.0 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 37.7% from the field (95th in college basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Diego State

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