Prairie View A&M Panthers vs Washington State Cougars Prediction, 11/10/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Prairie View A&M Panthers vs Washington State Cougars

Date: Friday, November 10, 2023

Location: Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, WA

TV: PAC12

The Washington State Cougars (1-0) will take on the Prairie View A&M Panthers (1-1) at Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum on Friday.

The Prairie View A&M Panthers took the court against Seattle and went home with a loss by a final score of 71-60 in their last game. Prairie View A&M finished the game with a 30.4% field goal percentage (21 of 69) and converted 2 out of their 11 three-point shots. At the free throw line, the Panthers buried 16 of their 23 tries for a rate of 69.6%. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they compiled 34 with 14 of them being of the offensive variety. They also distributed 4 dimes in this contest as well as forcing 23 turnovers and getting 11 steals. When discussing the defense, Prairie View A&M allowed 43.1% from the field on 22 of 51 shooting. Seattle earned 10 assists and had 10 steals for this game. Furthermore, Seattle collected 40 boards (10 offensive, 30 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Seattle finished shooting 84.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 21 of their 25 attempts. They also knocked down 6 out of their 16 attempts from 3-point range. With respect to fouls, the Panthers ended up walking away with 25 while Seattle had 24 fouls.

Nick Gazelas is a player who was a major contributor for this contest. He finished the game shooting 43.8% from the field but had no assists when the game ended. He played 34 minutes and grabbed 4 rebounds. He ended up finishing with 16 points on 7 of 16 shooting.

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Prairie View A&M will play this contest with a win-loss mark of 1-1 this year. They are turning it over 16.0 times per game and as a team they commit 22.5 fouls per game. As a unit, Prairie View A&M is collecting 44.5 boards per contest and has 14 assists on the season, which is 172nd in the country in terms of passing the ball. The Panthers are connecting on 19.4% from downtown (6 of 31) and 73.3% from the charity stripe. They average 74.5 pts per game (198th in the nation) while going 39.0% from the floor.

On defense, the Panthers are forcing 19.5 turnovers per game and they draw 20.0 fouls. They are conceding 33.3% on 3-point shots while they are 191st in college basketball in PPG allowed (68.5). The Panthers defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 39.3% (42 of 107) and they surrender 33.5 boards per game as a squad. They are 255th in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 14 surrendered on the season.

In their last game, the Washington State Cougars walked away with a victory by a final of 84-59 against Idaho. The Cougars were able to snag 30 defensive boards and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 43 in this game. They coughed it up 9 times, while recording 6 steals for this contest. Idaho committed 2 personal fouls for this game which took the Cougars to the charity stripe for a total of 29 tries. They were able to knock down 15 of those for a clip of 51.7%. Regarding shooting from downtown, Washington State knocked down 7 of 18 tries (38.9%). When the final whistle blew, the Cougars ended up going 31 out of 57 from the field which had them shooting 54.4%. The Cougars allowed Idaho to knock down 18 of 52 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 34.6% for the matchup. They finished 20.0% from three-point range by shooting 5 of 25 and ended up shooting 18 out of 25 at the free throw line (72.0%). With respect to rebounding, Washington State permitted Idaho to pull down 23 in total (5 offensive).

Andrej Jakimovski ended up having an impact for the Cougars in this matchup. He recorded 21 points in his 33 minutes on the hardwood and added 2 assists for the game. He knocked down 8 out of 16 for the contest giving him a rate of 50.0%, and added 4 rebounds.

Washington State has a mark of 1-0 so far this season. In terms of offensive execution, the Cougars are shooting 54.4% from the field, which is ranked 46th in the country. Washington State has scored 84 pts on the year and they pull in 45.0 rebounds per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 14.0 times per game (179th in college basketball) and they are giving up possession 10.0 times per contest. The Cougars commit 24.0 personal fouls per contest and they shoot 51.7% from the charity stripe.

The Washington State defense gives up 20.0% on shots from beyond the perimeter (5 of 25) and their opposition makes 72.0% of their free throw attempts. They concede 8.0 dimes and 26.0 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 90th and 41st in Division 1. The Cougars on defense are ranked 113th in college basketball in PPG surrendered with 59.0. They are forcing their opponents into 11.0 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 34.6% from the floor (97th in college basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Washington State

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