Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 11/24/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Friday, November 24, 2023

Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC

TV: ESPN

The Duke Blue Devils (3-1) will go up against the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (1-5) at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Friday.

The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles stepped onto the hardwood against Bucknell and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 67-56 in their last game. Southern Indiana finished the contest having earned a 33.3% field goal percentage (19 out of 57) and made 8 of 28 three-point attempts. From the charity stripe, the Screaming Eagles converted 10 of 15 tries for a rate of 66.7%. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 29 with 4 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 11 assists for the contest as well as forcing 14 turnovers and having 7 steals. In regard to defending, Southern Indiana let their opponent shoot 38.3% from the field on 18 out of 47 shooting. Bucknell recorded 9 dimes and had 10 steals in the matchup. In addition, Bucknell grabbed 32 boards (4 offensive, 28 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Bucknell ended up going 81.5% from the charity stripe by knocking down 22 of 27 shots. They also knocked down 9 out of their 24 shots from beyond the perimeter. In regard to fouls, the Screaming Eagles ended up finishing with 23 and Bucknell finished the game with 17 fouls.

Jack Mielke is someone who was a contributor for the contest. He ended up with 14 points on 5 of 10 shooting. He was on the court for 28 mins played and pulled down 4 boards. He ended up going 50.0% from the field but finished the game without an assist.

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Southern Indiana comes into this game with a mark of 1-5 on the year. They average 63.8 pts per game (330th in Division 1) while shooting 41.3% from the floor. The Screaming Eagles are shooting 29.5% on shots from beyond the arc (38 of 129) and 67.1% from the free throw line. As a unit, Southern Indiana is snagging 36.0 rebounds per game and has accounted for 78 dimes for the year, which is 64th in college hoops in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 14.2 times per game and as a basketball team they commit 19.2 fouls per contest.

On defense, the Screaming Eagles are forcing their opponents into 10.3 turnovers every game and they draw 14.8 fouls. They currently rank 338th in college basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 80 surrendered on the campaign. The Screaming Eagles defense is giving up an opponent FG percentage of 42.4% (146 of 344) and they concede 35.5 rebounds per game as a team. They are relinquishing 35.7% on three-point shots and they are 238th in college hoops in points per game allowed (73.0).

In their last game, the Duke Blue Devils took home the win by a final score of 90-60 when they played Bucknell. The Blue Devils were able to collect 33 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive rebounds for a total of 45 in the matchup. They also coughed it up 7 times, while getting 9 steals in the game. Bucknell was called for 14 personal fouls for this contest which got the Blue Devils to the free throw line for a total of 16 tries. They were able to make 13 of them for a clip of 81.3%. When discussing three-point attempts, Duke made 13 of their 34 tries (38.2%). When this game wrapped up, the Blue Devils finished 32 out of 65 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 49.2%. The Blue Devils allowed Bucknell to knock down 20 out of 54 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 37.0% for the game. They wrapped up this game 31.0% from beyond the perimeter via 9 of 29 and finished the contest at 11 of 15 from the free throw line (73.3%). With respect to rebounding, Duke allowed Bucknell to pull down 24 in all (4 offensive).

Mark Mitchell ended up being a factor for the Blue Devils in this matchup. He converted 8 of 13 in this matchup giving him a rate of 61.5%, and totaled 6 rebounds. He earned 20 points in his 22 mins on the court and added 2 dimes for this contest.

Duke has a record of 3-1 for the year. As an offense, the Blue Devils are shooting 50.4% from the floor, which is ranked 39th in the country. Duke has scored 329 pts on the campaign (82.3 per contest) and they collect 37.0 boards per game. They are assisting teammates 18.0 times per contest (38th in the nation) and they turn it over 10.8 times per game. The Blue Devils are committing 16.5 fouls every game and they hit 78.6% from the free throw line.

The Blue Devils defensively are ranked 83rd in college hoops in points given up per game with 64.3. They are forcing their opponents into 14.0 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 39.9% from the floor (119th in college basketball). The Duke defense allows 30.1% on 3-point shots (25 of 83) and opponents are converting on 67.7% of their foul shots. They concede 13.3 assists and 33.5 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 242nd and 112th in D-1.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Duke

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