Ole Miss Rebels vs Auburn Tigers Prediction, 2/22/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Ole Miss Rebels vs Auburn Tigers

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Location: Neville Arena in Auburn, AL

TV: SECN

The Ole Miss Rebels (10-17) are traveling to Neville Arena on Wednesday where they will take on the Auburn Tigers (18-9).

The Ole Miss Rebels played Mississippi State and took a loss by a score of 69-61 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Rebels ended up finishing with 16 and Mississippi State accounted for 20 personal fouls. They converted 3 out of their 18 shots from beyond the perimeter. Mississippi State ended up shooting 85.7% at the charity stripe by converting 18 of their 21 attempts. Additionally, Mississippi State grabbed 41 rebounds (9 offensive, 32 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Mississippi State recorded 15 dimes and had 4 steals for the game. Regarding defending, Ole Miss let their opponent shoot 46.2% from the field on 24 out of 52 shooting. They also doled out 13 assists for the matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 19 turnovers and having 13 steals. In the matter of rebounding, they collected 29 with 9 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Rebels made 18 of their 26 attempts for a rate of 69.2%. Ole Miss walked away from the contest having earned a 32.3% field goal percentage (20 of 62) and converted 3 out of their 22 3-pointers.

Jaemyn Brakefield is someone who had an impact in the game. He ended up finishing with 20 points on 8 out of 15 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 43 minutes played and also collected 8 boards. He ended up shooting 53.3% from the floor and also dished out 3 assists.

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Ole Miss enters this contest with a mark of 10-17 for the campaign. They have an average of 67.1 points per game (297th in D-1) while hitting 41.8% from the field. The Rebels are hitting 28.8% on shots from 3-point land (155 of 539) and 69.2% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Ole Miss is collecting 36.3 boards per contest and has totaled 346 assists on the campaign, which ranks 244th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 12.1 times per game and as a group are committing 16.3 fouls every game.

Defensively, the Rebels have forced 12.3 turnovers per game while drawing 15.9 fouls. They are 230th in college hoops in giving up assists with 369 conceded so far this season. The Rebels defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 43.3% (664 of 1,532) and they concede 34.7 rebounds per game as a squad. They give up 34.9% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 143rd in D-1 in PPG allowed (68.5).

When they last stepped on the court, the Auburn Tigers took a loss by a score of 67-65 against Vanderbilt. The Tigers recorded 23 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards for a total of 30 in the game. They also turned it over 9 times, while recording 6 steals for the game. Vanderbilt committed 11 fouls for the matchup which got the Tigers to the free throw line for 10 tries. They were able to convert 5 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 50.0%. Concerning shots from beyond the perimeter, Auburn knocked down 6 of 19 tries (31.6%). At the conclusion of this game, the Tigers ended up going 27 out of 62 from the floor which had them sitting at 43.5%. The Tigers allowed Vanderbilt to bury 20 out of their 56 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 35.7% in the game. They finished shooting 38.9% from distance via 7 out of 18 and finished the contest at 20 of 27 from the charity stripe (74.1%). When talking about how they cleaned up the glass, Auburn permitted Vanderbilt to collect 39 in all (12 on the offensive side).

Johni Broome ended up having an impact for the Tigers in this contest. He converted 8 of 15 in this contest for a rate of 53.3%, and earned 6 rebounds. He scored 20 points in his 29 mins on the court and totaled 2 dimes in the matchup.

Auburn has a record of 18-9 for the season. As an offense, the Tigers are connecting on 43.9% from the floor, which ranks them 225th in the nation. Auburn has earned 1,958 points for the season (72.5 per contest) and they average 37.8 boards per game. They are getting an assist 14.5 times per contest (91st in the country) and they cough up possession 12.6 times per contest. The Tigers have committed 19.1 fouls per contest and they shoot 69.8% from the free throw line.

The Auburn defense surrenders 27.5% from downtown (145 of 528) and their opponents are converting on 70.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 10.6 assists and 34.6 total boards per game, which is ranked 35th and 215th in college hoops. The Tigers on defense are ranked 48th in D-1 in points allowed per contest with 64.8. They are forcing 13.3 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 39.2% from the field (12th in D-1).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Auburn

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