Lafayette Leopards vs Villanova Wildcats Prediction, 11/4/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Lafayette Leopards vs Villanova Wildcats

Date: Monday, November 4, 2024

Location: Finneran Pavilion in Villanova, PA

TV: ESPN+

The Lafayette Leopards (11-21 last year) are on their way to Finneran Pavilion on Monday where they will compete against the Villanova Wildcats (18-16 last season).

The Lafayette Leopards faced off with Lehigh and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 76-61 in their last contest. Lafayette wrapped up the contest with a 38.7% FG percentage (24 of 62) and made 6 out of their 25 shots from beyond the perimeter. From the charity stripe, the Leopards converted 7 of 15 shots for a percentage of 46.7%. In reference to rebounding, they earned a total of 24 with 7 of them being of the offensive sort. They also dished out 16 assists for this contest in addition to forcing the opposition into 16 turnovers and getting 13 steals. When discussing defense, Lafayette allowed the other team to go 53.8% from the field on 28 out of 52 shooting. Lehigh totaled 24 dimes and had 10 steals in the game. On top of that, Lehigh grabbed 38 rebounds (4 offensive, 34 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Lehigh went 77.8% at the charity stripe by making 7 of their 9 attempts. They also converted 13 of their 20 attempts from 3-point land. In the matter of personal fouls, the Leopards ended up walking away with 13 and Lehigh recorded 16 personal fouls.

Mark Butler is a player who was a factor in the game. He ended up walking away with 11 points on 5 out of 9 shooting. He played 32 mins and also pulled down 4 boards. He walked away from this one shooting 55.6% from the floor and also totaled 6 assists.

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Lafayette will enter this contest after finishing with a win-loss mark of 11-21 last season. They averaged 62.8 points per game (357th in college basketball) on 40.8% from the floor. The Leopards hit on 31.2% on shots beyond the perimeter (227 of 728) and 67.4% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Lafayette pulled down 33.3 boards per game and earned 421 dimes last year, which was 205th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They coughed up possession 11.6 times per contest and as a squad committed 16.2 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Leopards were able to force their opponents into 11.8 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 14.7 personal fouls. They were 79th in college basketball in giving up assists with 387 conceded over the course of last year. The Leopards defensively gave up a FG percentage of 41.8% (752 of 1,801) and they conceded 37.0 boards per contest as a group. They surrendered 34.2% on shots from distance while they were 54th in college basketball in PPG from their opponents (67.3).

For their last game, the Villanova Wildcats took a loss by a score of 70-61 when they faced VCU. The Wildcats corralled 26 defensive boards and 3 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 for the contest. They also turned the ball over 12 times, while getting 8 steals in this matchup. VCU had 16 fouls for this contest which took the Wildcats to the charity stripe for a total of 20 attempts. They were able to knock down 13 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 65.0%. With regard to shots from 3-point land, Villanova converted 6 out of their 23 tries (26.1%). In all, the Wildcats finished 21 for 51 from the field which had them at 41.2%. The Wildcats permitted VCU to make 23 of 54 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 42.6% for the contest. They shot 36.7% from beyond the perimeter by going 11 out of 30 and finished the game at 13 out of 16 from the charity stripe (81.3%). In the matter of rebounds, Villanova permitted VCU to get 32 overall (5 on the offensive side).

Eric Dixon ended up being a factor for the Wildcats for this game. He made 7 of 14 in the matchup giving him a rate of 50.0%, and had 13 rebounds. He earned 21 points in his 34 mins on the hardwood, but left the arena with no assists.

Villanova had a record of 18-16 last season. The Wildcats committed 15.3 fouls per contest and they shot 80.8% from the free throw line. They got an assist 12.9 times per game (206th in college basketball) and they lost possession via turnover 9.6 times per game. Villanova earned 2,388 pts last season (70.2 per game) and they snagged 34.8 rebounds per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Wildcats shot 42.5% from the floor, which ranked 287th in the country.

The Villanova defense gave up 32.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter (286 of 872) and opponents made 73.7% of their free throw shots. They relinquished 13.3 dimes and 34.0 rebounds per contest, which was ranked 215th and 143rd in college hoops. The Wildcats on defense were ranked 22nd in college hoops in points allowed per contest with 65.6. They forced 10.6 TO's every game and allowed teams to shoot 40.9% from the field (29th in D-1).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lafayette

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