Bucknell Bison vs Army Black Knights Prediction, 1/27/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Bucknell Bison vs Army Black Knights

Date: Saturday, January 27, 2024

Location: Christl Arena in West Point, NY

TV: ESPN+

The Army Black Knights (6-14) will compete against the Bucknell Bison (7-13) at Christl Arena on Saturday.

The Bucknell Bison played Navy and notched a win by a score of 71-63 in their last contest. Bucknell ended the contest having earned a 48.9% field goal percentage (23 of 47) and knocked down 10 of their 20 3-point attempts. From the free throw line, the Bison knocked down 15 of their 23 shots for a rate of 65.2%. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 30 with 7 of them being of the offensive sort. They also doled out 15 assists for this contest as well as forcing 6 turnovers and having 3 steals. Pertaining to the defense, Bucknell let their opponent shoot 35.2% from the floor on 19 of 54 shooting. Navy distributed 8 assists and had 4 steals in this game. On top of that, Navy collected 29 boards (11 offensive, 18 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Navy shot 66.7% from the free throw line by converting 18 of their 27 shots. They also converted 7 of their 22 tries from downtown. When it comes to fouls, the Bison walked away with 21 and Navy finished the game with 21 fouls.

Jack Forrest is one player who came through for the game. He accounted for 24 points on 9 of 12 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 39 minutes played and pulled down 7 rebounds. He finished the game shooting 75.0% from the floor and distributed 1 assist.

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Bucknell enters this game with a mark of 7-13 for the year. They turn it over 13.0 times per contest and as a group they commit 17.5 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Bucknell is pulling in 31.6 rebounds per game and has tallied 242 dimes this year, which ranks 235th in the nation in terms of passing. The Bison are shooting 34.9% on 3-point shots (159 of 456) and 75.7% from the charity stripe. They average 65.7 pts per game (340th in the nation) while going 43.2% from the floor.

On the defensive end of the court, the Bison have forced 10.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.4 personal fouls. They are 343rd in the nation in giving up assists with 297 conceded on the campaign. The Bison defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 44.9% (502 of 1,118) and they relinquish 32.6 boards per game as a squad. They are conceding 35.0% from 3-point land and they are 157th in D-1 in PPG allowed (71.1).

For their last game, the Army Black Knights took home the win by a final score of 69-59 against Boston. The Black Knights were able to corral 24 defensive boards and 5 offensive boards totaling 29 for the contest. They also coughed it up 11 times, while earning 5 steals in the game. Boston earned 15 fouls in the matchup which took the Black Knights to the charity stripe for 19 shots. They were able to make 15 of the free throw tries for a clip of 78.9%. Concerning shooting from 3-point land, Army converted 8 out of their 23 attempts (34.8%). Overall, the Black Knights ended up shooting 23 out of 47 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 48.9%. The Black Knights permitted Boston to make 21 out of 56 attempts from the floor which left them shooting 37.5% for the contest. They finished 23.1% from 3-point land via 6 out of 26 and ended up shooting 11 out of 14 from the free throw line (78.6%). Concerning how they attacked the glass, Army allowed Boston to grab 30 overall (8 on the offensive side).

Ryan Curry ended up having an impact for the Black Knights for this game. He earned 12 points in his 29 mins of playing time and had 3 assists in this game. He buried 4 out of 7 in this game for a field goal percentage of 57.1%, and earned 1 rebound.

Army has a record of 6-14 on the year. On the offensive side of the court, the Black Knights are shooting 40.2% from the floor, which is 339th in the nation. Army has totaled 1,220 pts on the year (61.0 per contest) and they snag 34.8 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 12.9 times per contest (223rd in the nation) and they turn it over 12.9 times per game. The Black Knights are committing 15.7 fouls every game and they connect on 57.9% from the charity stripe.

The Black Knights on the defensive side of the court are 14th in Division 1 in points given up per game with 63.2. They are able to force 11.5 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 42.7% from the floor (145th in college basketball). The Army defense gives up 31.4% from downtown (125 of 398) and opponents are making 68.8% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 12.1 dimes and 33.3 rebounds per game, which has them ranked 115th and 93rd in the country.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Army

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