Alabama Crimson Tide vs Ole Miss Rebels Prediction, 2/28/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Ole Miss Rebels

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Location: The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, MS

TV: ESPN

The Alabama Crimson Tide (19-8) are on their way to The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss on Wednesday where they will try to defeat the Ole Miss Rebels (19-8).

The Alabama Crimson Tide faced Kentucky and went home with a loss by a final score of 117-95 in their last contest. Alabama walked away from the game with a 56.7% FG percentage (34 out of 60) and buried 6 of 17 shots from beyond the arc. From the charity stripe, the Crimson Tide made 21 of their 27 attempts for a rate of 77.8%. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they collected 27 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. They also doled out 14 assists in this contest in addition to forcing 10 turnovers and getting 5 steals. With regard to defending, Alabama allowed their opponent to shoot 63.1% from the field on 41 of 65 shooting. Kentucky totaled 24 dimes and had 11 steals in this matchup. Moreover, Kentucky totaled 24 boards (7 offensive, 17 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Kentucky walked away from this one shooting 84.6% from the charity stripe by making 22 of their 26 attempts. They also made 13 of their 24 attempts from beyond the arc. With respect to personal fouls, the Crimson Tide ended up with 21 and Kentucky totaled 21 personal fouls.

Rylan Griffen is a player who was a major factor in this game. He left the arena with 21 points on 6 of 13 shooting. He played 35 minutes played and also snagged 3 rebounds. He finished 46.2% from the field and earned 4 dimes.

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Alabama heads into this game with a mark of 19-8 so far this season. They lose possession by turning the ball over 12.3 times per contest and as a team they are committing 19.1 fouls every game. As a unit, Alabama is pulling down 39.6 boards per game and is sitting with 434 assists for the year, which has them ranked 49th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Crimson Tide are shooting 37.9% on 3-pointers (310 of 817) and 79.0% from the free throw line. They average 91.1 points per outing (1st in the nation) while going 48.3% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Crimson Tide are able to force 11.9 turnovers per game and they draw 19.9 personal fouls. They rank 126th in the nation in giving up assists to their opponents with 338 relinquished on the season. The Crimson Tide defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 43.7% (741 of 1,696) and they surrender 34.6 boards per contest as a group. They surrender 32.0% on three-point shots and they are 339th in the nation in points per game allowed (78.9).

The last time they took the court, the Ole Miss Rebels took a loss by a score of 72-59 when they faced South Carolina. The Rebels pulled down 20 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive boards for a total of 29 for this game. They also coughed it up 9 times, while getting 6 steals for the matchup. South Carolina had 21 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Rebels to the charity stripe for a total of 32 shots. They were able to bury 20 of the free throws for a clip of 62.5%. When discussing shots from 3-point land, Ole Miss knocked down 3 of 16 attempts (18.8%). When this game wrapped up, the Rebels ended up shooting 18 for 54 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 33.3%. The Rebels allowed South Carolina to bury 26 of 59 tries from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 44.1% for this contest. They finished 47.1% from three-point range by connecting on 8 of 17 and ended up going 12 out of 18 at the free throw line (66.7%). In relation to rebounding, Ole Miss permitted South Carolina to collect 37 in total (11 offensive).

Moussa Cisse ended up having an impact for the Rebels in this contest. He recorded 13 points in his 26 mins of playing time and had 1 assist in this game. He made 6 of 8 for the game for a rate of 75.0%, and had 6 rebounds.

Ole Miss has a mark of 19-8 so far this year. The Rebels are committing 15.9 personal fouls every game and they go 74.1% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 15.3 times per contest (57th in D-1) and they turn the ball over 10.6 times per game. Ole Miss has earned 2,029 pts so far this year (75.1 per game) and they pull in 34.1 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Rebels are shooting 44.9% from the floor, which ranks 169th in D-1.

The Ole Miss defense surrenders 33.6% on shots from beyond the perimeter (196 of 584) and their opponents are connecting on 70.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 14.3 dimes and 36.7 total boards per game, ranking them 298th and 282nd in the nation. The Rebels on the defensive side of the court are 193rd in college hoops in points allowed per contest with 72.2. They are able to force 12.7 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 43.5% from the field (180th in D-1).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Alabama

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