Texas A&M Aggies vs Florida Gators Prediction, 1/4/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas A&M Aggies vs Florida Gators

Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Location: Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, FL

TV: Youtube TV

The Florida Gators (7-6) will take on the Texas A&M Aggies (8-5) at Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center on Wednesday.

The Texas A&M Aggies stepped onto the hardwood against Prairie View A&M and earned the victory with a final of 86-66 in their last game. Texas A&M finished the game with a 54.0% field goal percentage (27 of 50) and made 8 out of their 18 three-point attempts. From the free throw line, the Aggies made 24 of 28 shots for a percentage of 85.7%. With regard to pulling down rebounds, they compiled 33 with 9 of them being on the offensive end. They also doled out 12 dimes for the game while forcing the opposition into 14 turnovers and having 6 steals. When discussing defense, Texas A&M allowed 41.7% from the floor on 25 out of 60 shooting. Prairie View A&M doled out 15 assists and had 9 steals in the game. Furthermore, Prairie View A&M totaled 25 boards (9 offensive, 16 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Prairie View A&M shot 80.0% at the charity stripe by burying 8 of 10 attempts. They made 8 of 19 attempts from 3-point land. With respect to personal fouls, the Aggies ended up with 15 and Prairie View A&M accounted for 21 personal fouls.

Tyrece Radford is one player who had an impact in the game. He went 85.7% from the field and also distributed 1 assist. He saw the court for 22 minutes and grabbed 1 rebound. He accounted for 20 points on 6 out of 7 shooting.

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Texas A&M steps onto the court with a mark of 8-5 on the season. They turn the ball over 12.8 times per game and as a group they commit 19.8 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Texas A&M is pulling in 35.8 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 180 assists this year, which ranks 248th in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. The Aggies are shooting 32.5% on three-point shots (86 of 265) and 74.1% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 75.7 points per outing (114th in college hoops) while hitting 44.8% from the field.

Defensively, the Aggies have forced 15.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 20.7 fouls. They currently rank 182nd in college basketball in giving up assists to the opposition with 178 surrendered so far this year. The Aggies defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 41.1% (287 of 698) and they surrender 31.8 boards per contest as a group. They are giving up 36.1% from beyond the arc and they rank 185th in D-1 in PPG allowed (68.6).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Florida Gators took a defeat with a final score of 61-58 against Auburn. The Gators were able to snag 21 defensive boards and 5 offensive boards for a total of 26 for the game. They also coughed up the ball 12 times, while getting 9 steals for this game. Auburn earned 16 fouls in this game which got the Gators to the charity stripe for 19 shots. They were able to convert 17 of the free throws for a percentage of 89.5%. With regard to 3-point shots, Florida buried 3 of 19 attempts (15.8%). When the final whistle was blown, the Gators finished the game shooting 19 for 47 from the field which had them shooting 40.4%. The Gators allowed Auburn to make 21 out of 55 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 38.2% for the matchup. They finished shooting 21.4% from three-point range by shooting 3 of 14 and walked away from this one shooting 16 of 24 from the charity stripe (66.7%). In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Florida permitted Auburn to collect 31 in all (12 on the offensive side).

Kowacie Reeves pitched in for the Gators for the matchup. He racked up 15 points in his 26 mins of playing time, but didn't get an assist. He converted 7 out of 14 for the matchup giving him a rate of 50.0%, and totaled 4 rebounds.

Florida has a win-loss mark of 7-6 on the campaign. The Gators are committing 16.9 personal fouls per contest and they hit 74.9% from the free throw line. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 12.2 times per game (277th in the country) and they turn it over 11.5 times per contest. Florida has scored 976 pts this season (75.1 per game) and they average 36.2 boards per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Gators are shooting 45.1% from the floor, which is ranked 157th in the country.

The Florida defense gives up 35.0% on three-point shots (85 of 243) and opponents are knocking down 69.7% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 11.8 assists and 35.2 total boards per game, which is 131st and 237th in college hoops. The Gators are ranked 126th in D-1 in PPG given up with 66.7. They are forcing their opponents into 13.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 41.2% from the floor (102nd in college hoops).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Florida

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