Rider Broncs vs San Diego Toreros Prediction, 11/6/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Rider Broncs vs San Diego Toreros

Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Location: Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, CA

TV: ESPN+

Jenny Craig Pavilion is the location where the San Diego Toreros (18-15 last year) will attempt to beat the Rider Broncs (15-17 last season) on Wednesday.

The Rider Broncs stepped onto the hardwood against St. Peter's and went home with a loss by a final score of 50-48 in their last game. Regarding fouls, the Broncs walked away with 21 while St. Peter's recorded 18 fouls. They converted 3 out of their 13 tries from three-point range. St. Peter's walked away from this one shooting 63.0% at the charity stripe by converting 17 of their 27 attempts. Furthermore, St. Peter's collected 45 rebounds (14 offensive, 31 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. St. Peter's earned 4 assists and had 1 steal for the matchup. In terms of defense, Rider allowed their opponent to shoot 28.8% from the field on 15 out of 52 shooting. They also recorded 8 assists for this game while creating 12 turnovers and getting 3 steals. When discussing getting rebounds, they earned 30 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Broncs knocked down 12 of 17 attempts for a percentage of 70.6%. Rider wrapped up the game with a 29.3% field goal percentage (17 of 58) and buried 2 of 15 three-point attempts.

Mervin James is a guy who was a major contributor for this contest. He ended up finishing with 17 points on 5 of 15 shooting. He saw the court for 33 mins played and also pulled down 9 rebounds. He finished the game shooting 33.3% from the floor and totaled 1 assist.

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Rider enters this contest after finishing with a record of 15-17 last season. They had an average of 72.2 pts per game (222nd in the country) while connecting on 43.5% from the field. The Broncs shot 33.7% on shots from distance (182 of 540) and 74.8% from the charity stripe. As a team, Rider grabbed 37.6 boards per contest and accumulated 427 dimes last year, which had them ranked 189th in the country in terms of passing. They lost possession via turnover 12.4 times per game and as a unit committed 17.5 fouls per contest.

On defense, the Broncs were able to force their opponents into 11.5 turnovers every game and they drew 16.8 personal fouls. They relinquished 33.9% from beyond the arc and they were ranked 190th in D-1 in PPG from their opponents (72.1). The Broncs defensively gave up a FG percentage of 42.3% (794 of 1,878) and they conceded 34.8 rebounds per contest as a group. They were ranked 146th in college basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 412 conceded throughout last season.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the San Diego Toreros took a defeat with a final score of 104-79 against Santa Clara. The Toreros snagged 14 defensive rebounds and 4 offensive rebounds for a total of 18 for this game. They coughed up the ball 12 times, while getting 9 steals for the contest. Santa Clara had 17 fouls in this game which took the Toreros to the free throw line for 19 shots. They were able to convert 12 of the free throws for a percentage of 63.2%. In terms of shooting from 3-point land, San Diego knocked down 7 of 24 tries (29.2%). When this game wrapped up, the Toreros finished shooting 30 for 70 from the field which gave them a rate of 42.9%. The Toreros allowed Santa Clara to convert 31 out of 64 attempts from the field which gave them a rate of 48.4% for the matchup. They finished 26.9% from distance by hitting 7 of 26 and finished the contest at 35 of 41 at the free throw line (85.4%). When talking about how they cleaned up the glass, San Diego permitted Santa Clara to get 46 overall (11 on the offensive glass).

Kevin Patton Jr. was important for the Toreros in the game. He racked up 19 points in his 28 mins on the court and earned 4 assists in this contest. He made 8 out of 12 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 66.7%, and totaled 2 rebounds.

San Diego had a win-loss record of 18-15 last year. The Toreros were responsible for committing 19.0 fouls per game and they went 72.8% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates was at 13.1 times per contest (179th in college basketball) and they turned it over 13.2 times per game. San Diego accounted for 2,392 pts throughout last season (72.5 per game) and they pulled down 34.2 boards per contest. As an offense, the Toreros connected on 42.9% from the field, which was ranked 280th in D-1.

The San Diego defense gave up 33.6% on shots from distance (261 of 776) and opponents knocked down 70.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They gave up 16.7 assists and 37.5 rebounds every game, which was ranked 358th and 317th in those categories on the defensive end. The Toreros on the defensive end were ranked 321st in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 77.3. They were able to force 13.3 turnovers per game and let teams shoot 45.6% from the field (295th in the nation).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Rider

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