St. Mary's Gaels vs UNLV Rebels Prediction, 12/16/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Mary's Gaels vs UNLV Rebels

Date: Saturday, December 16, 2023

Location: Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ

TV: ESPN+

The St. Mary's Gaels (5-5) are en route to Footprint Center on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the UNLV Rebels (4-4).

The St. Mary's Gaels faced off with Colorado State and went home with a win by a final score of 64-61 in their last game. Concerning fouls, the Gaels left the arena with 20 and Colorado State accumulated 16 fouls. They converted 5 of their 18 tries from distance. Colorado State shot 87.0% from the free throw line by burying 20 of their 23 shots. On top of that, Colorado State grabbed 25 rebounds (8 offensive, 17 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Colorado State totaled 12 assists and had 6 steals for this contest. In reference to defense, St. Mary's allowed 36.7% from the field on 18 out of 49 shooting. They also doled out 11 dimes for this contest as well as forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 7 steals. When it comes to pulling down rebounds, they compiled 32 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Gaels made 7 of 12 attempts for a rate of 58.3%. St. Mary's walked away from the contest having earned a 49.0% field goal percentage (25 out of 51) and made 7 of 24 shots from beyond the arc.

Augustas Marciulionis is one player who was a major contributor for the contest. He was able to score 18 points on 8 out of 11 shooting. He played 36 minutes and grabbed 2 boards. He finished shooting 72.7% from the floor and earned 3 assists.

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St. Mary's enters this game with a record of 5-5 for the season. They turn the ball over 11.6 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 17.5 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, St. Mary's is grabbing 40.6 rebounds per contest and has tallied 141 dimes for the year, which is 151st in D-1 in terms of passing. The Gaels are connecting on 29.1% on shots from beyond the arc (66 of 227) and 61.5% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 69.3 points per game (293rd in the country) while hitting 43.9% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Gaels are forcing 11.5 turnovers every game and they draw 16.9 fouls. They are conceding 30.3% on 3-pointers while they are 9th in college hoops in PPG allowed (60.6). The Gaels defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 39.0% (212 of 544) and they surrender 31.1 boards per game as a team. They are 58th in D-1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 101 relinquished so far this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the UNLV Rebels walked away with a victory by a final of 79-64 when they faced Creighton. The Rebels corralled 22 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive rebounds for a total of 28 in the matchup. They coughed it up 5 times, while earning 11 steals for this game. Creighton had 10 personal fouls in this contest which took the Rebels to the charity stripe for 5 shots. They were able to knock down 5 of them for a clip of 100.0%. Concerning shooting from 3-point land, UNLV made 10 of 22 tries (45.5%). Overall, the Rebels finished 32 for 61 from the floor which had them shooting 52.5%. The Rebels allowed Creighton to make 22 of 55 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 40.0% for the matchup. They went 27.6% from behind the 3-point line via 8 of 29 and ended up going 12 of 13 from the charity stripe (92.3%). In relation to how they rebounded, UNLV allowed Creighton to get 30 in all (10 offensive).

Kalib Boone was important for the Rebels for this contest. He made 12 of 17 for the game for a field goal rate of 70.6%, and had 7 rebounds. He tallied 25 points in his 29 mins on the court and added 1 assist for the matchup.

UNLV has a win-loss mark of 4-4 so far this year. When it comes to offense, the Rebels are hitting on 48.0% from the field, which is ranked 59th in the nation. UNLV has accounted for 590 pts for the campaign (73.8 per game) and they average 30.8 boards per game. They are assisting teammates 13.6 times per game (184th in the nation) and they turn it over 10.1 times per contest. The Rebels commit 14.4 personal fouls per contest and they go 71.0% from the free throw line.

The Rebels are ranked 239th in the nation in PPG surrendered with 73.1. They have forced 12.5 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 47.7% from the floor (340th in D-1). The UNLV defense concedes 38.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter (62 of 161) and their opposition knocks down 76.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They allow 15.9 dimes and 33.3 boards per contest, which ranks them 340th and 104th in Division 1.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take UNLV

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