Brown Bears vs Princeton Tigers Prediction, 3/16/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Brown Bears vs Princeton Tigers

Date: Saturday, March 16, 2024

Location: Francis S. Levien Gymnasium in New York, NY

TV: ESPNU

The Brown Bears (12-17) are headed to Francis S. Levien Gymnasium on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the Princeton Tigers (24-3).

The Brown Bears faced off with Yale and earned the victory with a final of 84-81 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Bears ended up walking away with 16 while Yale totaled 17 personal fouls. They also converted 10 out of their 25 attempts from downtown. Yale finished shooting 81.8% from the free throw line by making 9 of their 11 tries. Furthermore, Yale collected 24 rebounds (5 offensive, 19 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Yale recorded 18 dimes and had 8 steals in this contest. Pertaining to the defense, Brown let their opponent shoot 52.5% from the floor on 31 of 59 shooting. They also doled out 13 assists for this game while forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and getting 5 steals. When it comes to getting rebounds, they earned 36 with 15 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Bears knocked down 16 of their 21 attempts for a rate of 76.2%. Brown ended with a 46.8% FG percentage (29 out of 62) and converted 10 out of their 25 three-point attempts.

Kino Lilly is one player who had an impact in the matchup. He accounted for 26 points on 10 out of 19 shooting. He played for 42 mins and also collected 3 rebounds. He went 52.6% from the floor and distributed 4 dimes.

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Brown heads into this one with a mark of 12-17 for the season. They are giving up possession 12.3 times per contest and as a squad are committing 16.9 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Brown is pulling in 37.2 rebounds per game and has earned 380 assists this year, which is 281st in the country in terms of passing the rock. The Bears are hitting 34.2% on 3-pointers (239 of 698) and 65.4% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 71.1 points per game (255th in college hoops) while going 42.6% from the field.

Defensively, the Bears are forcing 12.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 17.7 personal fouls. They are ranked 99th in college basketball in giving up assists with 383 surrendered for the year. The Bears are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 44.9% (746 of 1,660) and they relinquish 34.5 rebounds per contest as a group. They give up 33.3% on 3-point attempts while they are 178th in college basketball in points per game from their opponents (71.9).

The last time they took the court, the Princeton Tigers walked away with a victory by a final of 105-83 against Penn. Concerning rebounding, Princeton permitted Penn to pull down 22 in total (2 on the offensive side). They finished shooting 20.0% from 3-point land by shooting 4 out of 20 and finished the contest at 17 of 26 from the free throw line (65.4%). The Tigers allowed Penn to convert 31 of 55 tries from the floor which had them shooting 56.4% for the contest. When the game finished, the Tigers finished shooting 36 for 62 from the floor which gave them a rate of 58.1%. Regarding shots from downtown, Princeton made 17 out of their 27 tries (63.0%). They were able to make 16 of the free throw tries for a clip of 84.2%. Penn had 15 personal fouls for this game which took the Tigers to the charity stripe for a total of 19 attempts. They also gave up possession of the ball 3 times, while getting 2 steals for the matchup. The Tigers were able to snag 25 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 32 for the game.

Caden Pierce ended up having an impact for the Tigers in this game. He knocked down 11 out of 17 in this matchup giving him a rate of 64.7%, and accumulated 9 rebounds. He earned 32 points in his 30 minutes on the court and earned 4 assists for this game.

Princeton has a win-loss mark of 24-3 so far this year. The Tigers commit 13.3 fouls per contest while shooting 81.3% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 14.7 times per contest (88th in the country) and they are turning it over 8.1 times per game. Princeton has totaled 2,077 pts on the year (76.9 per contest) and they pull in 33.7 boards per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Tigers are shooting 46.1% from the field, which is 91st in the nation.

The Tigers are ranked 18th in Division 1 in points given up per game with 65.1. They are forcing 10.6 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 43.4% from the floor (162nd in D-1). The Princeton defense gives up 32.0% on 3-point attempts (189 of 590) and opponents are converting on 72.1% of their free throw shots. They concede 11.6 assists and 31.5 boards every game, which is ranked 77th and 21st in those categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Brown

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