Oakland Golden Grizzlies vs Boise State Broncos Prediction, 11/6/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Golden Grizzlies vs Boise State Broncos

Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Location: ExtraMile Arena in Boise, ID

TV: ESPN+

The Boise State Broncos (22-11 last season) will compete against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (24-12 last year) at ExtraMile Arena on Wednesday.

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies faced off with North Carolina State and went home with a loss by a final score of 79-73 in their last contest. When discussing fouls, the Golden Grizzlies walked away with 13 while North Carolina State totaled 16 fouls. They made 9 out of their 26 attempts from long range. North Carolina State finished the contest at 75.0% at the charity stripe by making 12 of 16 tries. Furthermore, North Carolina State snagged 44 boards (11 offensive, 33 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. North Carolina State earned 19 assists and had 4 steals in the game. When it comes to defense, Oakland allowed the other team to go 45.3% from the field on 29 out of 64 shooting. They also dished out 13 assists in this game as well as forcing 8 turnovers and earning 4 steals. In terms of pulling down boards, they compiled 30 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Golden Grizzlies knocked down 11 of their 15 attempts for a percentage of 73.3%. Oakland wrapped up the contest having earned a 36.8% field goal percentage (25 of 68) and converted 12 of their 35 3-pointers.

Trey Townsend is someone who played a role in this contest. He shot 44.0% from the field and totaled 1 assist. He played for 45 minutes and collected 13 boards. He recorded 30 points on 11 out of 25 shooting.

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Oakland will play this game after finishing with a record of 24-12 last season. They averaged 76.4 points per contest (96th in Division 1) while going 44.6% from the floor. The Golden Grizzlies connected on 35.5% on shots from 3-point land (318 of 895) and 75.1% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Oakland collected 35.9 boards per contest and tallied 522 assists last season, which ranked 53rd in the country in terms of passing. They lost possession via turnover 11.0 times per contest and as a unit committed 15.1 fouls on a nightly basis.

When they were on defense, the Golden Grizzlies were able to force 11.2 turnovers per contest and they drew 16.5 fouls. They were 362nd in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 595 relinquished last year. The Golden Grizzlies gave up and opponent field goal percentage of 43.7% (951 of 2,175) and they relinquished 34.7 boards per game as a group. They surrendered 33.9% from 3-point land and they were ranked 222nd in the nation in PPG from their opponents (73.2).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Boise State Broncos walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 60-53 against Colorado. The Broncos pulled down 21 defensive boards and 15 offensive boards totaling 36 in this game. They also gave up possession 9 times, while earning 5 steals in this matchup. Colorado committed 13 personal fouls for the game which took the Broncos to the free throw line for a total of 6 attempts. They were able to convert 5 of those for a percentage of 83.3%. Concerning shots from downtown, Boise State made 2 of 18 tries (11.1%). Overall, the Broncos shot 23 for 67 from the floor which had them shooting 34.3%. The Broncos allowed Colorado to knock down 21 out of 48 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 43.8% for the game. They finished the game shooting 26.7% from distance by shooting 4 of 15 and walked away from this one shooting 14 of 15 from the charity stripe (93.3%). In reference to how they rebounded, Boise State allowed Colorado to pull down 29 overall (5 on the offensive side).

Chibuzo Agbo was important for the Broncos in this contest. He earned 17 points in his 37 minutes on the hardwood, but wasn't able to get an assist. He made 8 out of 14 in this contest for a field goal rate of 57.1%, and tallied 4 rebounds.

Boise State had a win-loss record of 22-11 last season. When it comes to offense, the Broncos shot 44.9% from the floor, which had them ranked 161st in the nation. Boise State tallied 2,479 pts over the course of last season (75.1 per contest) and they collected 37.3 boards per contest. They assisted teammates 12.2 times per contest (259th in the country) and they lost possession by turning the ball over 11.1 times per game. The Broncos were responsible for committing 16.7 fouls every game and they went 73.6% from the charity stripe.

The Broncos defensively were ranked 53rd in college basketball in points given up per game with 67.3. They forced 11.4 TO's every game and let teams shoot 43.8% from the field (188th in D-1). The Boise State defense allowed 31.0% on 3-point attempts (208 of 671) and their opposition knocked down 72.6% of their free throw shots. They surrendered 11.7 assists and 29.8 boards per game, which had them ranked 79th and 6th in college basketball.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Boise State and under the total points

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