Evansville Purple Aces vs UNI Panthers Prediction, 1/23/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Evansville Purple Aces vs UNI Panthers

Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Location: McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, IA

TV: ESPN+

The Evansville Purple Aces (11-8) are en route to McLeod Center on Tuesday where they will take on the UNI Panthers (11-8).

The Evansville Purple Aces faced off with Drake and went home with a loss by a final score of 97-48 in their last contest. Regarding fouls, the Purple Aces walked away with 16 while Drake finished the game with 13 fouls. They also converted 12 of 27 tries from beyond the arc. Drake finished shooting 53.8% when shooting free throws by making 7 of 13 attempts. In addition, Drake pulled down 39 rebounds (3 offensive, 36 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Drake distributed 22 assists and had 9 steals for this contest. Pertaining to defense, Evansville allowed the other team to go 63.9% from the floor on 39 of 61 shooting. They also dished out 7 assists for the game as well as forcing 11 turnovers and getting 8 steals. With regard to hauling in boards, they earned 23 with 1 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Purple Aces made 2 of 6 attempts for a rate of 33.3%. Evansville finished with a 35.6% field goal percentage (21 of 59) and knocked down 4 of their 22 3-point shots.

Yacine Toumi is someone who had an impact for the contest. He walked away with 13 points on 6 of 12 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 22 mins and snagged 3 rebounds. He shot 50.0% from the field but had no assists when the time ran out.

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Evansville will play this contest with a mark of 11-8 for the year. They are averaging 74.7 points per contest (181st in the nation) while going 45.6% from the field. The Purple Aces are shooting 34.1% on shots beyond the perimeter (133 of 390) and 70.1% from the free throw line. As a unit, Evansville is collecting 35.5 rebounds per game and has tallied 278 dimes on the campaign, which ranks 92nd in the country in terms of passing. They cough up possession 12.0 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 14.7 personal fouls every game.

On defense, the Purple Aces are forcing 13.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 16.0 personal fouls. They give up 35.5% from beyond the arc while they are 263rd in college hoops in opponents PPG (74.8). The Purple Aces defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 44.1% (516 of 1,170) and they surrender 36.2 rebounds per game as a group. They currently rank 310th in college basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 273 surrendered so far this year.

When they last stepped on the court, the UNI Panthers got the victory with a final of 61-57 when they played Southern Illinois. The Panthers were able to collect 21 defensive rebounds and 5 offensive boards totaling 26 for the game. They also coughed up the ball 8 times, while recording 6 steals for the matchup. Southern Illinois earned 24 personal fouls for the matchup which got the Panthers to the charity stripe for a total of 31 attempts. They were able to make 18 of the free throw tries for a rate of 58.1%. Regarding shots from downtown, UNI made 3 out of 8 attempts (37.5%). Overall, the Panthers ended up going 20 for 45 from the field which gave them a rate of 44.4%. The Panthers permitted Southern Illinois to make 20 of their 53 tries from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 37.7% in this matchup. They went 23.1% from 3-point land by going 6 of 26 and finished the contest at 11 out of 12 from the charity stripe (91.7%). When talking about how they cleaned up the glass, UNI permitted Southern Illinois to snag 32 in all (7 offensive).

Bowen Born ended up being a factor for the Panthers for this contest. He knocked down 5 of 11 in the game for a field goal rate of 45.5%, and totaled 2 rebounds. He recorded 16 points in his 36 mins of playing time, but left the arena with no assists.

UNI has a mark of 11-8 so far this season. The Panthers commit 16.7 fouls every game and they hit 70.9% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 13.0 times per contest (214th in Division 1) and they cough up possession 10.7 times per game. UNI has scored 1,422 pts on the year (74.8 per contest) and they pull in 33.6 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Panthers are connecting on 47.0% from the field, which ranks them 70th in D-1.

The UNI defense allows 34.8% on three-point shots (154 of 443) and their opponents are making 76.6% of their free throw attempts. They allow 10.8 assists and 32.8 rebounds every game, which has them ranked 48th and 76th in the nation. The Panthers on the defensive end are ranked 153rd in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 70.8. They are forcing their opponents into 12.0 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.1% from the field (231st in D-1).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take UNI

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