Rider Broncs vs UCLA Bruins Prediction, 11/4/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Rider Broncs vs UCLA Bruins

Date: Monday, November 4, 2024

Location: Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA

TV: FS1

Pauley Pavilion is where the UCLA Bruins (16-17 last year) will try to defeat the Rider Broncs (15-17 last season) on Monday.

The Rider Broncs faced St. Peter's and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 50-48 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Broncs walked away with 21 while St. Peter's recorded 18 personal fouls. They converted 3 of their 13 tries from 3-point land. St. Peter's ended up going 63.0% from the charity stripe by burying 17 of their 27 shots. Furthermore, St. Peter's collected 45 rebounds (14 offensive, 31 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. St. Peter's distributed 4 assists and had 1 steal in this matchup. Pertaining to defense, Rider allowed the other team to go 28.8% from the field on 15 of 52 shooting. They also doled out 8 assists in the game in addition to forcing the other team into 12 turnovers and earning 3 steals. When it comes to grabbing rebounds, they collected 30 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Broncs buried 12 of 17 tries for a rate of 70.6%. Rider ended the game having earned a 29.3% FG percentage (17 of 58) and made 2 out of their 15 shots from distance.

Mervin James is someone who had an impact for this game. He notched 17 points on 5 out of 15 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 33 minutes and totaled 9 rebounds. He ended up shooting 33.3% from the field and also recorded 1 assist.

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Rider will play this contest after finishing with a win-loss mark of 15-17 last season. They had an average of 72.2 points per contest (222nd in college hoops) while shooting 43.5% from the field. The Broncs hit on 33.7% on shots beyond the perimeter (182 of 540) and 74.8% from the free throw line. As a unit, Rider pulled in 37.6 rebounds per contest and totaled 427 dimes last season, which had them ranked 189th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. They lost possession by turning the ball over 12.4 times per contest and as a squad committed 17.5 fouls per contest.

When they were on defense, the Broncs were able to force their opponents into 11.5 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.8 fouls. They conceded 33.9% on 3-point shots and they were ranked 190th in D-1 in PPG allowed (72.1). The Broncs defensively gave up an opponent shooting percentage of 42.3% (794 of 1,878) and they relinquished 34.8 rebounds per game as a unit. They were 146th in Division 1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 412 surrendered last season.

The last time they took the court, the UCLA Bruins took a loss by a final score of 68-66 against Oregon. The Bruins were able to corral 20 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards for a total of 28 in this contest. They coughed it up 11 times, while getting 5 steals in the matchup. Oregon committed 20 fouls for the contest which got the Bruins to the free throw line for a total of 24 shots. They were able to convert 17 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 70.8%. In reference to shooting from 3-point land, UCLA converted 5 of 21 tries (23.8%). In all, the Bruins finished shooting 22 for 50 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.0%. The Bruins allowed Oregon to make 24 out of 56 tries from the floor which had them shooting 42.9% in the game. They finished 20.0% from distance by going 4 of 20 and finished the contest at 16 out of 21 at the free throw line (76.2%). In relation to cleaning up the glass, UCLA allowed Oregon to grab 29 in total (10 offensive).

Dylan Andrews was important for the Bruins in this matchup. He earned 24 points in his 37 minutes on the court and had 2 dimes for the matchup. He made 10 out of 21 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 47.6%, and accumulated 4 rebounds.

UCLA had a win-loss record of 16-17 last season. The Bruins were responsible for committing 18.5 fouls per game while shooting 73.0% from the charity stripe. They got an assist 11.2 times per contest (324th in college hoops) and they turned it over 10.8 times per game. UCLA earned 2,177 pts last season (66.0 per game) and they pulled in 33.8 boards per contest. As an offensive team, the Bruins hit 41.9% from the field, which had them ranked 311th in Division 1.

The Bruins defensively were ranked 19th in the country in PPG allowed with 65.5. They forced 11.8 turnovers per game and allowed teams to shoot 42.4% from the floor (98th in college hoops). The UCLA defense surrendered 33.3% on shots from 3-point land (249 of 748) and their opponents connected on 69.6% of their free throw attempts. They relinquished 11.3 dimes and 32.5 rebounds per contest, which ranked them 52nd and 50th in those defensive categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take UCLA

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