North Florida Ospreys vs Florida Gators Prediction, 12/21/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Florida Ospreys vs Florida Gators

Date: Saturday, December 21, 2024

Location: Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, FL

TV: ESPN+

Stephen C. O'Connell Center is the site where the Florida Gators (11-0) will compete against the North Florida Ospreys (7-5) on Saturday.

The North Florida Ospreys took the court against UNC Asheville and took a loss by a score of 95-81 in their last game. In the matter of personal fouls, the Ospreys ended up walking away with 21 and UNC Asheville accounted for 17 personal fouls. They buried 9 of 20 attempts from distance. UNC Asheville finished 69.0% from the free throw line by making 20 of 29 shots. Additionally, UNC Asheville collected 38 rebounds (12 offensive, 26 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. UNC Asheville distributed 20 assists and had 8 steals in this matchup. Regarding defending, North Florida allowed 56.9% from the field on 33 of 58 shooting. They also distributed 17 assists in this game as well as forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and earning 9 steals. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they compiled 23 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Ospreys buried 17 of their 22 attempts for a rate of 77.3%. North Florida finished the game with a 41.3% field goal percentage (26 out of 63) and made 12 of 40 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Nate Lliteras is a guy who was a contributor for the game. He finished the game shooting 50.0% from the floor and also earned 1 assist. He played for 32 mins and also totaled 5 rebounds. He scored 16 points on 5 of 10 shooting.

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North Florida will play this game with a record of 7-5 this year. They cough up possession 10.8 times per game and as a team they commit 18.0 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, North Florida is grabbing 39.1 rebounds per game and has totaled 211 dimes this year, which is 15th in the country in terms of passing. The Ospreys are connecting on 36.4% on 3-pointers (163 of 448) and 66.3% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 87.9 points per contest (8th in the nation) while hitting 45.9% from the field.

When they are on the defensive end, the Ospreys are forcing their opponents into 11.2 turnovers per game and they draw 14.1 fouls. They rank 339th in college hoops in giving up assists with 192 conceded so far this season. The Ospreys defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 47.5% (383 of 806) and they concede 39.8 rebounds per game as a squad. They give up 34.4% on shots from downtown while they are 355th in the nation in opponents points per game (82.7).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Florida Gators walked away with a victory by a final of 90-84 against North Carolina. The Gators earned 29 defensive boards and 14 offensive boards totaling 43 for the matchup. They gave up possession of the ball 17 times, while getting 7 steals for the matchup. North Carolina had 23 personal fouls in this contest which took the Gators to the free throw line for a total of 27 shots. They were able to knock down 19 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 70.4%. In regard to shooting from downtown, Florida buried 11 out of their 32 tries (34.4%). At the conclusion of this game, the Gators walked away from this one shooting 30 out of 65 from the field which had them shooting 46.2%. The Gators allowed North Carolina to bury 33 out of 72 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 45.8% in this matchup. They went 17.9% from beyond the perimeter by going 5 of 28 and ended up shooting 13 of 19 from the free throw line (68.4%). Concerning how they rebounded, Florida permitted North Carolina to snag 30 in total (8 on the offensive glass).

Will Richard ended up having an impact for the Gators in this matchup. He buried 8 of 10 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 80.0%, and had 6 rebounds. He earned 22 points in his 36 minutes on the hardwood and had 1 assist for the contest.

Florida has a mark of 11-0 for the season. As an offensive unit, the Gators are hitting on 47.2% from the floor, which is ranked 91st in Division 1. Florida has earned 952 points so far this year (86.5 per game) and they snag 43.6 boards per game. They are getting an assist 15.5 times per game (101st in college) and they are losing possession via turnover 10.9 times per contest. The Gators commit 16.1 personal fouls per contest and they shoot 72.7% from the free throw line.

The Florida defense allows 28.5% on shots from behind the 3-point line (67 of 235) and their opponents are knocking down 73.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have allowed 9.6 assists and 33.4 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 18th and 130th in the country. The Gators on defense are ranked 72nd in college in points per game surrendered with 66.8. They are forcing their opponents into 13.4 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 39.0% from the field (34th in college).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take North Florida

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