Rider Broncs vs Iowa Hawkeyes Prediction, 11/19/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Rider Broncs vs Iowa Hawkeyes

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Location: Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA

TV: BTN+

The Rider Broncs (3-1) are en route to Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday where they will play the Iowa Hawkeyes (3-0).

The Rider Broncs faced off with Navy and earned the victory with a final of 90-79 in their last game. Rider walked away from the game with a 52.9% FG percentage (27 out of 51) and made 10 of their 19 shots from beyond the arc. At the charity stripe, the Broncs made 26 of their 32 shots for a rate of 81.3%. In the matter of grabbing rebounds, they compiled 34 with 12 of them being of the offensive sort. They also dished out 17 assists for this contest while forcing the opposition into 8 turnovers and having 4 steals. In terms of the defense, Rider allowed the other team to shoot 43.3% from the field on 26 out of 60 shooting. Navy recorded 15 dimes and had 8 steals in this contest. Additionally, Navy had 26 rebounds (11 offensive, 15 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Navy walked away from this one shooting 80.0% at the free throw line by making 20 of 25 attempts. They also made 7 of 25 tries from long range. When talking about personal fouls, the Broncs finished with 20 while Navy accounted for 25 personal fouls.

Jay Alvarez is one guy who played a role for the game. He accounted for 19 points on 5 of 12 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 30 minutes and totaled 6 boards. He walked away from this one shooting 41.7% from the field and also totaled 1 assist.

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Rider will enter this matchup with a win-loss mark of 3-1 so far this season. They currently have an average of 68.0 points per outing (312th in Division 1) on 41.5% from the floor. The Broncs are connecting on 33.3% on shots from beyond the arc (26 of 78) and 68.8% from the charity stripe. As a team, Rider is pulling in 38.0 rebounds per game and has accounted for 52 assists for the campaign, which is 96th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 14.3 times per game and as a group they are committing 16.8 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Broncs are forcing 10.5 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 19.5 fouls. They concede 29.5% on shots from distance and they are ranked 201st in D-1 in PPG allowed (71.0). The Broncs defensively are allowing an opponent FG percentage of 42.6% (106 of 249) and they relinquish 35.8 boards per contest as a team. They are 336th in college basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 60 conceded this season.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Iowa Hawkeyes took home the win by a final score of 96-77 against South Dakota. When talking about how they attacked the glass, Iowa permitted South Dakota to pull down 35 in total (13 on the offensive side). They wrapped up this game 31.3% from 3-point land by shooting 10 out of 32 and finished the contest at 7 of 14 from the free throw line (50.0%). The Hawkeyes allowed South Dakota to bury 30 out of their 68 attempts from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 44.1% for the game. When the game finished, the Hawkeyes finished 37 for 68 from the floor which gave them a rate of 54.4%. With regard to shooting from downtown, Iowa converted 13 of their 31 attempts (41.9%). They were able to convert 9 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 75.0%. South Dakota earned 15 fouls in this game which took the Hawkeyes to the free throw line for a total of 12 tries. They turned it over 10 times, while getting 5 steals in the game. The Hawkeyes collected 29 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards for a total of 39 for this contest.

Josh Dix was important for the Hawkeyes in this game. He made 8 out of 10 for the matchup giving him a rate of 80.0%, and accounted for 4 rebounds. He recorded 23 points in his 27 minutes of playing time and added 5 dimes for this contest.

Iowa has a mark of 3-0 on the season. The Hawkeyes commit 14.3 personal fouls per game and they shoot 70.5% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 23.3 times per contest (3rd in the country) and they turn the ball over 12.0 times per contest. Iowa has scored 274 points so far this year (91.3 per contest) and they average 38.7 boards per game. As an offensive unit, the Hawkeyes are connecting on 51.0% from the floor, which ranks them 49th in the nation.

The Hawkeyes on defense are ranked 222nd in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 72.7. They are forcing 16.0 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.2% from the floor (296th in Division 1). The Iowa defense allows 30.7% on shots from distance (23 of 75) and opponents are knocking down 42.9% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have conceded 12.7 assists and 36.3 total boards per game, which ranks them 196th and 241st in D-1.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Iowa

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