Niagara Purple Eagles vs Detroit Titans Prediction, 11/10/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Niagara Purple Eagles vs Detroit Titans

Date: Sunday, November 10, 2024

Location: Calihan Hall in Detroit, MI

TV: ESPN+

The Niagara Purple Eagles (1-1) are on their way to Calihan Hall on Sunday where they will attempt to defeat the Detroit Titans (1-1).

The Niagara Purple Eagles stepped onto the hardwood against Michigan State and went home with a loss by a final score of 96-60 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Purple Eagles ended up finishing with 22 and Michigan State finished the game with 15 personal fouls. They also buried 6 of 18 tries from beyond the arc. Michigan State ended up going 80.0% from the free throw line by converting 20 of 25 shots. In addition, Michigan State collected 43 boards (15 offensive, 28 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Michigan State dished out 20 assists and had 6 steals for the game. In terms of defense, Niagara allowed the other team to go 52.2% from the field on 35 of 67 shooting. They also doled out 11 assists for the contest in addition to creating 9 turnovers and earning 5 steals. In relation to getting rebounds, they earned 23 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Purple Eagles converted 11 of 18 shots for a rate of 61.1%. Niagara wrapped up the game having earned a 37.7% FG percentage (20 out of 53) and knocked down 9 of 26 three-point shots.

Olumide Adelodun is a player who was a major factor in this contest. He notched 13 points on 4 of 10 shooting. He played for 29 minutes and totaled 5 rebounds. He ended up going 40.0% from the field and also distributed 1 assist.

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Niagara heads into this one with a record of 1-1 this season. They are turning it over 15.0 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 21.5 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Niagara is grabbing 33.0 boards per game and has accounted for 33 dimes for the year, which is 23rd in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. The Purple Eagles are hitting 39.6% on 3-point shots (21 of 53) and 67.4% from the free throw line. They average 80.0 pts per game (188th in the country) while shooting 48.2% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Purple Eagles are forcing 14.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 17.0 personal fouls. They currently rank 342nd in D-1 in allowing assists with 32 relinquished so far this season. The Purple Eagles are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 45.3% (58 of 128) and they surrender 39.0 boards per game as a team. They are surrendering 30.0% on shots from beyond the arc and they are 285th in the nation in points per game allowed (80.5).

In their last game, the Detroit Titans walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 87-65 when they faced Loyola. The Titans earned 18 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive rebounds totaling 30 in this game. They coughed it up 16 times, while recording 7 steals in this contest. Loyola had 22 personal fouls for this contest which took the Titans to the charity stripe for 29 attempts. They were able to make 19 of the free throw tries for a clip of 65.5%. When talking about shots from beyond the arc, Detroit converted 6 of 24 attempts (25.0%). Overall, the Titans shot 20 out of 59 from the floor which had them sitting at 33.9%. The Titans permitted Loyola to bury 29 of their 59 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 49.2% for this contest. They shot 26.7% from beyond the arc by going 8 out of 30 and finished the contest at 21 of 27 from the free throw line (77.8%). In relation to rebounds, Detroit allowed Loyola to collect 30 in all (10 on the offensive side).

Mak Manciel was important for the Titans in the game. He racked up 16 points in his 26 minutes on the court and totaled 1 assist in the game. He converted 4 of 14 in the matchup for a field goal rate of 28.6%, and accumulated 3 rebounds.

Detroit has a win-loss record of 1-1 so far this season. The Titans are committing 19.0 fouls per contest and they go 70.0% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 14.5 times per contest (196th in the nation) and they are turning it over 14.0 times per game. Detroit has accounted for 156 pts for the season (78.0 per game) and they collect 46.5 boards per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Titans are shooting 42.2% from the field, which ranks them 264th in the nation.

The Detroit defense concedes 25.0% on shots from 3-point land (14 of 56) and their opponents are knocking down 71.1% of their free throw attempts. They surrender 14.5 assists and 31.5 boards every game, which is 253rd and 121st in the nation. The Titans on the defensive side of the court are 190th in college hoops in PPG given up with 69.5. They are able to force 14.0 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 43.0% from the floor (219th in college basketball).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit

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