Radford Highlanders vs Pittsburgh Panthers Prediction, 11/4/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Radford Highlanders vs Pittsburgh Panthers

Date: Monday, November 4, 2024

Location: Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: ESPN+

Petersen Events Center is the site where the Pittsburgh Panthers (22-11 last year) will take on the Radford Highlanders (16-17 last season) on Monday.

The Radford Highlanders faced off with High Point and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 77-63 in their last contest. In relation to personal fouls, the Highlanders walked away with 12 and High Point racked up 16 personal fouls. They also converted 8 out of their 28 attempts from distance. High Point finished 87.5% when shooting free throws by burying 7 of their 8 tries. Additionally, High Point collected 47 boards (25 offensive, 22 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. High Point earned 13 assists and had 3 steals for the game. Concerning the defense, Radford allowed 43.7% from the field on 31 of 71 shooting. They also distributed 8 assists for this game in addition to forcing the opposition into 10 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In terms of grabbing boards, they compiled 27 with 14 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Highlanders converted 10 of their 18 attempts for a percentage of 55.6%. Radford finished the game having earned a 40.0% FG percentage (24 of 60) and buried 5 of their 22 shots from beyond the arc.

Chandler Turner is a guy who played a role for the game. He scored 19 points on 6 of 9 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 34 minutes and snagged 5 rebounds. He went 66.7% from the field and dished out 2 assists.

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Radford comes into this matchup after finishing with a mark of 16-17 last season. They had an average of 72.0 pts per contest (227th in D-1) while connecting on 45.7% from the field. The Highlanders hit on 36.3% from downtown (238 of 655) and 73.9% from the free throw line. As a squad, Radford snagged 34.6 rebounds per game and sat with 366 dimes last season, which was 315th in Division 1 in terms of passing. They turned it over 10.8 times per game and as a team committed 17.0 fouls on a nightly basis.

When they were on defense, the Highlanders forced their opponents into 10.5 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 15.2 personal fouls. They were 88th in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 394 surrendered over the course of last season. The Highlanders defense allowed an opponent shooting percentage of 43.4% (845 of 1,946) and they conceded 35.1 rebounds per game as a unit. They conceded 31.6% on 3-point attempts and they were 164th in college hoops in opponents PPG (71.5).

The last time they took the court, the Pittsburgh Panthers took a loss by a final score of 72-65 when they played North Carolina. When discussing rebounding, Pittsburgh permitted North Carolina to pull down 38 overall (10 on the offensive glass). They went 27.3% from distance by shooting 6 out of 22 and walked away from this one shooting 14 of 19 from the charity stripe (73.7%). The Panthers allowed North Carolina to knock down 26 out of 60 attempts from the field which had them shooting 43.3% in this game. When the game finished, the Panthers shot 25 for 65 from the floor which had them shooting 38.5%. Regarding shots from 3-point land, Pittsburgh knocked down 9 out of their 27 tries (33.3%). They were able to knock down 6 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 100.0%. North Carolina had 12 fouls in the game which took the Panthers to the free throw line for a total of 6 attempts. They also turned it over 5 times, while earning 4 steals in this game. The Panthers earned 24 defensive rebounds and 5 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 for the contest.

Carlton Carrington ended up being a factor for the Panthers in this game. He scored 24 points in his 40 mins on the hardwood and accumulated 3 dimes for the contest. He made 9 out of 17 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 52.9%, and accumulated 5 rebounds.

Pittsburgh had a win-loss mark of 22-11 last season. The Panthers were responsible for committing 15.5 personal fouls every game and they went 70.8% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists was at 13.7 times per game (132nd in the nation) and they gave up possession 9.0 times per game. Pittsburgh tallied 2,495 pts last season (75.6 per game) and they grabbed 37.1 boards per game. When it comes to executing on offense, the Panthers shot 43.7% from the floor, which ranked them 244th in the country.

The Panthers defensively were ranked 62nd in college hoops in PPG given up with 67.6. They were able to force 11.1 turnovers per game and allowed teams to shoot 43.1% from the field (143rd in college hoops). The Pittsburgh defense conceded 30.8% on 3-point attempts (219 of 711) and their opposition knocked down 76.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They allowed 12.4 assists and 33.3 total boards per game, which ranked them 126th and 94th in those defensive categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Pittsburgh

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