St. Thomas Tommies vs Bowling Green Falcons Prediction, 12/21/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Thomas Tommies vs Bowling Green Falcons

Date: Saturday, December 21, 2024

Location: Stroh Center in Bowling Green, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Bowling Green Falcons (4-6) will compete against the St. Thomas Tommies (9-4) at Stroh Center on Saturday.

The St. Thomas Tommies played Crown and took home the win by a score of 100-61 in their last contest. St. Thomas ended the game with a 53.5% FG percentage (38 of 71) and converted 11 of 28 shots from downtown. From the free throw line, the Tommies converted 13 of 17 shots for a percentage of 76.5%. In regard to pulling down boards, they earned 35 with 8 of them being of the offensive variety. They also dished out 24 dimes in the game while forcing 17 turnovers and getting 12 steals. In regard to defense, St. Thomas allowed the other team to go 35.7% from the field on 20 of 56 shooting. Crown earned 15 dimes and had 2 steals in this matchup. In addition, Crown grabbed 28 rebounds (4 offensive, 24 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Crown finished the game at 78.6% when shooting free throws by converting 11 of their 14 shots. They also buried 10 of their 29 shots from beyond the arc. When discussing fouls, the Tommies walked away with 13 while Crown had 13 fouls.

Rich Byhre is a guy who came through in the game. He finished the game at 66.7% from the floor but didn't record an assist. He saw the court for 12 mins but concluded the game with no rebounds. He accounted for 15 points on 6 of 9 shooting.

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St. Thomas comes into this contest with a win-loss record of 9-4 so far this year. They are losing possession via turnover 11.1 times per contest and as a team they are committing 17.5 fouls every game. As a unit, St. Thomas is pulling in 33.7 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 222 dimes on the campaign, which is 3rd in college hoops in terms of passing the ball. The Tommies are hitting 39.8% on shots from downtown (139 of 349) and 78.2% from the charity stripe. They average 84.9 pts per game (25th in Division 1) while going 49.6% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Tommies are forcing their opponents into 14.1 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.9 personal fouls. They are giving up 32.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 215th in D-1 in points per game allowed (72.4). The Tommies defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 43.7% (330 of 755) and they concede 34.7 boards per game as a team. They rank 346th in D-1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 196 surrendered on the campaign.

In their last game, the Bowling Green Falcons walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 85-77 against UMKC. The Falcons pulled down 17 defensive boards and 5 offensive boards for a total of 22 in the matchup. They also gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while getting 8 steals for the matchup. UMKC was called for 14 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Falcons to the charity stripe for 14 tries. They were able to convert 10 of those for a rate of 71.4%. With regard to shots from beyond the perimeter, Bowling Green made 9 out of their 23 tries (39.1%). At the conclusion of this game, the Falcons ended up going 29 for 56 from the field which had them at 51.8%. The Falcons allowed UMKC to convert 32 out of 54 attempts from the field which had them shooting 59.3% for the matchup. They finished shooting 50.0% from downtown by going 11 out of 22 and walked away from this one shooting 10 of 12 from the free throw line (83.3%). When talking about cleaning up the glass, Bowling Green allowed UMKC to snag 22 in all (3 on the offensive side).

Javontae Campbell was important for the Falcons in this matchup. He buried 11 out of 17 in the game giving him a rate of 64.7%, and tallied 3 rebounds. He accumulated 27 points in his 37 mins of playing time and had 2 assists for this contest.

Bowling Green has a record of 4-6 so far this year. On the offensive side of the court, the Falcons are shooting 46.9% from the floor, which ranks them 106th in Division 1. Bowling Green has accumulated 786 points on the season (78.6 per contest) and they pull in 32.5 boards per contest. They are earning an assist 12.5 times per contest (285th in the country) and they are losing possession via turnover 10.9 times per game. The Falcons commit 18.2 fouls per game and they connect on 79.9% from the free throw line.

The Falcons defensively are ranked 260th in college in points allowed per game with 74.4. They are able to force 13.1 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 44.6% from the floor (261st in the nation). The Bowling Green defense concedes 31.0% on shots from behind the 3-point line (72 of 232) and opponents are knocking down 77.7% of their free throw shots. They surrender 15.1 dimes and 35.3 boards per game, which is 310th and 229th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Thomas

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