Eastern Washington Eagles vs Colorado Buffaloes Prediction, 11/4/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Eastern Washington Eagles vs Colorado Buffaloes

Date: Monday, November 4, 2024

Location: CU Events Center in Boulder, CO

TV: ESPN+

The Colorado Buffaloes (26-11 last season) welcome the Eastern Washington Eagles (21-11 last year) at CU Events Center on Monday.

The Eastern Washington Eagles stepped onto the hardwood against Sacramento State and took a loss by a final of 74-69 in their last game. In the matter of personal fouls, the Eagles left the arena with 24 and Sacramento State had 20 personal fouls. They made 8 of 21 tries from long range. Sacramento State went 78.8% when shooting free throws by making 26 of their 33 attempts. On top of that, Sacramento State snagged 32 boards (10 offensive, 22 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Sacramento State dished out 11 assists and had 8 steals in the game. Pertaining to defending, Eastern Washington allowed their opponent to shoot 40.0% from the field on 20 of 50 shooting. They also distributed 15 assists for the matchup while forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and having 6 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they collected 24 with 7 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Eagles knocked down 23 of 27 shots for a percentage of 85.2%. Eastern Washington walked away from the game with a 40.0% field goal percentage (20 out of 50) and converted 6 of 26 three-point attempts.

Cedric Coward is a guy who came through in this matchup. He ended up shooting 50.0% from the field and recorded 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 34 minutes played and pulled down 6 boards. He accounted for 22 points on 7 of 14 shooting.

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Eastern Washington enters this matchup after finishing with a win-loss record of 21-11 last year. They turned it over 13.2 times per game and as a group committed 18.1 fouls every game. As a unit, Eastern Washington collected 33.8 boards per game and accumulated 562 assists last season, which was 24th in D-1 in terms of passing. The Eagles hit on 36.4% on three-point shots (273 of 749) and 77.1% from the free throw line. They averaged 80.8 pts per contest (28th in the country) while shooting 50.1% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Eagles forced their opponents into 12.0 turnovers every game and they drew 19.4 personal fouls. They gave up 36.0% on 3-point shots while they were 277th in D-1 in PPG from their opponents (75.2). The Eagles allowed an opponent shooting percentage of 43.7% (836 of 1,912) and they relinquished 31.5 rebounds per contest as a unit. They were 218th in the nation in allowing assists to their opponents with 435 relinquished throughout last season.

The last time they took the court, the Colorado Buffaloes took a loss by a final score of 81-77 when they faced Marquette. The Buffaloes snagged 17 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 27 for this game. They also turned the ball over 12 times, while recording 8 steals in this matchup. Marquette had 10 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Buffaloes to the free throw line for 7 shots. They were able to knock down 5 of those for a percentage of 71.4%. With regard to shooting from 3-point land, Colorado converted 10 out of 30 tries (33.3%). When the final whistle blew, the Buffaloes went 31 out of 66 from the field which had them at 47.0%. The Buffaloes permitted Marquette to bury 34 out of their 55 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 61.8% in this contest. They finished the game shooting 42.9% from downtown by going 9 out of 21 and ended up shooting 4 out of 8 at the free throw line (50.0%). When talking about rebounding, Colorado allowed Marquette to pull down 23 in all (2 offensive).

KJ Simpson ended up being important for the Buffaloes for the game. He racked up 20 points in his 40 mins on the court and accumulated 7 dimes for the game. He knocked down 8 out of 19 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 42.1%, and had 5 rebounds.

Colorado had a record of 26-11 last year. The Buffaloes committed 14.8 fouls every game while shooting 78.4% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists was at 16.2 times per game (26th in college hoops) and they turned it over 12.6 times per game. Colorado tallied 2,935 pts over the course of last year (79.3 per game) and they grabbed 36.9 rebounds per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Buffaloes shot 49.5% from the field, which was ranked 6th in Division 1.

The Buffaloes were ranked 168th in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 71.7. They forced 10.6 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 44.0% from the floor (203rd in D-1). The Colorado defense conceded 32.0% on 3-point attempts (252 of 787) and opponents knocked down 71.1% of their free throw attempts. They surrendered 11.6 dimes and 30.2 rebounds every game, which was ranked 75th and 8th in those categories.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado

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