Prairie View A&M Panthers vs Fresno State Bulldogs Prediction, 11/20/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Prairie View A&M Panthers vs Fresno State Bulldogs

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Location: Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA

TV: ESPN+

Save Mart Center is the location where the Fresno State Bulldogs (1-2) will try to defeat the Prairie View A&M Panthers (1-3) on Wednesday.

The Prairie View A&M Panthers played SMU and took a loss by a score of 110-69 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Panthers finished with 25 while SMU finished the game with 20 personal fouls. They also made 12 out of their 25 attempts from beyond the arc. SMU finished 77.4% from the free throw line by making 24 of their 31 shots. On top of that, SMU grabbed 54 rebounds (20 offensive, 34 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. SMU doled out 25 dimes and had 8 steals in this contest. When talking about the defense, Prairie View A&M allowed the other team to shoot 50.0% from the field on 37 of 74 shooting. They also recorded 14 assists for the game in addition to forcing the opposition into 14 turnovers and earning 9 steals. When talking about getting rebounds, they earned a total of 30 with 13 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Panthers made 17 of their 23 attempts for a rate of 73.9%. Prairie View A&M ended the contest with a 32.4% FG percentage (23 of 71) and knocked down 6 of their 31 3-point shots.

Tanahj Pettway is one player who was a major factor in this matchup. He walked away from this one shooting 40.0% from the floor and distributed 1 assist. He saw the court for 32 minutes and grabbed 4 rebounds. He racked up 20 points on 6 out of 15 shooting.

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Prairie View A&M comes into this game with a record of 1-3 on the season. They have an average of 80.0 pts per game (153rd in the nation) while connecting on 41.4% from the floor. The Panthers are hitting 32.7% on shots from downtown (32 of 98) and 72.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, Prairie View A&M is snagging 30.5 rebounds per game and is sitting with 58 dimes so far this year, which ranks 185th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. They are turning it over 11.8 times per contest and as a team are committing 23.5 personal fouls every game.

Defensively, the Panthers are able to force 14.8 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 22.0 personal fouls. They are surrendering 36.1% on three-point shots and they are 362nd in D-1 in PPG allowed (94.0). The Panthers defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 49.2% (125 of 254) and they relinquish 45.0 boards per game as a group. They are ranked 300th in Division 1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 66 relinquished so far this year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Fresno State Bulldogs went home defeated by a final of 74-58 against CSU Bakersfield. The Bulldogs corralled 18 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards for a total of 24 in the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 15 times, while recording 7 steals for the game. CSU Bakersfield earned 18 fouls for the contest which got the Bulldogs to the charity stripe for a total of 19 tries. They were able to bury 12 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 63.2%. With respect to three-point shots, Fresno State converted 2 out of their 16 tries (12.5%). At the conclusion of this game, the Bulldogs went 21 for 56 from the field which had them sitting at 37.5%. The Bulldogs permitted CSU Bakersfield to bury 30 of their 65 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 46.2% in this contest. They wrapped up this game 29.4% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 5 out of 17 and ended up going 9 of 18 at the free throw line (50.0%). When discussing rebounds, Fresno State permitted CSU Bakersfield to pull down 47 in total (18 on the offensive glass).

Zaon Collins ended up having an impact for the Bulldogs for this game. He made 4 out of 8 for this game giving him a rate of 50.0%, and had 5 rebounds. He had 12 points in his 24 minutes of playing time and accounted for 1 assist for the game.

Fresno State has a win-loss mark of 1-2 so far this year. When it comes to offensive execution, the Bulldogs are hitting on 39.7% from the field, which ranks them 329th in the nation. Fresno State has scored 206 pts so far this year (68.7 per contest) and they collect 33.3 boards per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 10.0 times per game (342nd in the country) and they cough up possession 13.7 times per game. The Bulldogs are responsible for committing 18.7 fouls every game and they hit 67.7% from the free throw line.

The Bulldogs on the defensive side of the court are 234th in college hoops in PPG given up with 74.0. They are forcing 17.7 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.5% from the field (278th in D-1). The Fresno State defense allows 30.0% on shots from 3-point land (21 of 70) and their opponents are knocking down 73.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 10.7 dimes and 41.3 total boards per game, which has them ranked 82nd and 339th in Division 1.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Prairie View A&M

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