Saint Louis Billikens vs Davidson Wildcats Prediction, 1/27/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Saint Louis Billikens vs Davidson Wildcats

Date: Friday, January 27, 2023

Location: John M. Belk Arena in Davidson, NC

TV: ESPN2

John M. Belk Arena is the site where the Davidson Wildcats (10-10) will go up against the Saint Louis Billikens (14-6) on Friday.

The Saint Louis Billikens played La Salle and notched a win by a score of 84-71 in their last contest. In regard to personal fouls, the Billikens walked away with 15 and La Salle recorded 22 personal fouls. They made 7 of their 23 tries from distance. La Salle shot 73.7% at the charity stripe by making 14 of their 19 attempts. Additionally, La Salle totaled 38 rebounds (15 offensive, 23 defensive), but didn't notch a block. La Salle earned 15 assists and had 6 steals in the game. In the matter of defense, Saint Louis let their opponent shoot 35.7% from the field on 25 of 70 shooting. They also recorded 14 dimes in the matchup while forcing the other team into 8 turnovers and earning 6 steals. With regard to rebounding, they earned 44 with 13 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Billikens converted 15 of 24 attempts for a percentage of 62.5%. Saint Louis ended with a 48.4% field goal percentage (31 out of 64) and buried 7 out of their 17 3-point attempts.

Sincere Parker is one guy who was a major contributor in the game. He walked away with 20 points on 8 out of 9 shooting. He saw the court for 22 minutes and pulled down 5 rebounds. He finished 88.9% from the field but wasn't able to get an assist.

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Saint Louis steps onto the court with a win-loss mark of 14-6 this year. They have an average of 76.9 points per contest (70th in college hoops) while hitting 46.1% from the floor. The Billikens are hitting 34.5% on shots from 3-point land (143 of 415) and 73.0% from the charity stripe. As a team, Saint Louis is snagging 40.0 boards per game and has tallied 333 assists this year, which ranks 26th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 11.8 times per contest and as a squad are committing 16.9 fouls per contest.

On defense, the Billikens are able to force 10.5 turnovers per game while drawing 18.0 fouls. They are relinquishing 33.0% on 3-point shots and they are ranked 219th in college basketball in PPG allowed (70.6). The Billikens defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 40.2% (492 of 1,224) and they relinquish 34.1 boards per contest as a group. They are ranked 178th in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 258 surrendered for the year.

For their last game, the Davidson Wildcats got the win with a final of 64-57 against La Salle. In the matter of cleaning the glass, Davidson permitted La Salle to collect 35 overall (13 on the offensive glass). They shot 27.8% from distance by going 5 out of 18 and ended up going 14 of 16 from the free throw line (87.5%). The Wildcats permitted La Salle to knock down 19 out of their 56 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 33.9% for this contest. In all, the Wildcats finished the game shooting 23 out of 55 from the floor which had them shooting 41.8%. Concerning 3-pointers, Davidson knocked down 9 of their 22 tries (40.9%). They were able to knock down 9 of the free throw tries for a rate of 75.0%. La Salle earned 18 fouls for this contest which got the Wildcats to the free throw line for 12 tries. They coughed up the ball 11 times, while getting 6 steals in the game. The Wildcats snagged 21 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 for the contest.

Sam Mennenga ended up being a factor for the Wildcats for this contest. He scored 27 points in his 36 mins of playing time and earned 2 assists for the contest. He made 10 of 16 in this matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 62.5%, and had 11 rebounds.

Davidson has a record of 10-10 for the campaign. As an offensive unit, the Wildcats are connecting on 44.5% from the field, which ranks 187th in D-1. Davidson has totaled 1,401 pts for the season (70.1 per game) and they average 33.4 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 12.9 times per contest (214th in college hoops) and they cough up possession 11.9 times per contest. The Wildcats are committing 15.5 personal fouls every game and they hit 73.7% from the free throw line.

The Wildcats are ranked 169th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 68.8. They are forcing their opponents into 12.5 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 43.1% from the floor (177th in the nation). The Davidson defense surrenders 31.4% on shots from 3-point land (139 of 442) and their opponents are making 67.8% of their foul shots. They give up 12.1 assists and 36.0 boards every game, ranking them 140th and 279th in college basketball.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Davidson

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