Maine Black Bears vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 11/4/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Maine Black Bears vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Monday, November 4, 2024

Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC

TV: ESPN+

The Maine Black Bears (15-17 last year) are headed to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday where they will go up against the Duke Blue Devils (27-9 last season).

The Maine Black Bears stepped onto the hardwood against Bryant and went home with a loss by a final score of 84-58 in their last game. In regard to personal fouls, the Black Bears walked away with 12 and Bryant totaled 16 personal fouls. They converted 11 out of their 17 tries from long range. Bryant finished 81.8% from the free throw line by making 9 of their 11 shots. Furthermore, Bryant pulled down 38 rebounds (9 offensive, 29 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Bryant recorded 17 dimes and had 6 steals in this contest. With respect to defense, Maine let their opponent shoot 58.2% from the floor on 32 out of 55 shooting. They also recorded 9 assists for this game while forcing the other team into 15 turnovers and earning 10 steals. Pertaining to pulling down boards, they compiled 20 with 7 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Black Bears made 14 of 18 tries for a percentage of 77.8%. Maine wrapped up the game with a 32.2% FG percentage (19 of 59) and buried 6 out of their 22 shots from distance.

Peter Filipovity is one player who was a contributor for the game. He finished the contest at 45.5% from the field and also earned 2 assists. He saw the court for 29 mins and totaled 6 rebounds. He notched 16 points on 5 out of 11 shooting.

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Maine will take the court after finishing with a record of 15-17 last year. They turned it over 11.4 times per game and as a unit committed 16.3 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Maine grabbed 32.6 boards per contest and earned 397 dimes last year, which was 260th in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Black Bears connected on 29.5% on 3-pointers (173 of 587) and 71.9% from the charity stripe. They averaged 67.6 pts per game (319th in the country) while hitting 43.7% from the floor.

Defensively, the Black Bears forced their opponents into 13.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and they drew 15.2 fouls. They were 142nd in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 411 surrendered last season. The Black Bears gave up an opponent shooting percentage of 44.0% (789 of 1,794) and they surrendered 35.4 boards per contest as a unit. They gave up 31.7% on shots from downtown and they ranked 57th in college hoops in PPG from their opponents (67.5).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Duke Blue Devils took a loss by a final score of 76-64 against North Carolina State. The Blue Devils earned 27 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards for a total of 37 for the game. They also gave up possession 9 times, while earning 4 steals in the matchup. North Carolina State had 16 fouls for the matchup which took the Blue Devils to the charity stripe for 26 tries. They were able to knock down 21 of them for a percentage of 80.8%. With respect to 3-point shots, Duke converted 5 of their 20 tries (25.0%). When the final whistle was blown, the Blue Devils finished the game shooting 19 out of 59 from the field which had them shooting 32.2%. The Blue Devils allowed North Carolina State to make 28 of their 60 attempts from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 46.7% for the matchup. They finished the game shooting 23.1% from downtown by shooting 3 out of 13 and finished the contest at 17 out of 23 from the free throw line (73.9%). In reference to how they rebounded, Duke permitted North Carolina State to collect 35 in total (8 offensive).

Jared McCain ended up being a factor for the Blue Devils for this game. He converted 8 of 20 for the contest giving him a rate of 40.0%, and totaled 6 rebounds. He scored 32 points in his 40 minutes on the hardwood and had 1 assist in this contest.

Duke had a record of 27-9 last year. As an offense, the Blue Devils connected on 47.5% from the field, which ranked them 36th in the nation. Duke scored 2,830 points throughout last season (78.6 per game) and they grabbed 36.6 rebounds per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists was at 15.3 times per game (53rd in college basketball) and they turned it over 9.7 times per game. The Blue Devils were responsible for committing 15.9 personal fouls per game while shooting 72.3% from the free throw line.

The Blue Devils on defense were ranked 29th in D-1 in points allowed per contest with 66.3. They were able to force 11.3 turnovers per game and let teams shoot 43.0% from the floor (134th in D-1). The Duke defense gave up 31.8% on shots from beyond the arc (227 of 713) and their opponents connected on 67.8% of their foul shots. They allowed 12.5 dimes and 31.6 boards per contest, which was ranked 143rd and 24th in D-1.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Duke

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