Texas A&M Aggies vs UCF Knights Prediction, 11/4/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas A&M Aggies vs UCF Knights

Date: Monday, November 4, 2024

Location: Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, FL

TV: ESPN+

The UCF Knights (17-16 last season) will go up against the Texas A&M Aggies (21-15 last year) at Addition Financial Arena on Monday.

The Texas A&M Aggies faced Houston and went home with a loss by a final score of 100-95 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Aggies ended up walking away with 24 and Houston racked up 28 personal fouls. They also made 11 of 34 shots from distance. Houston ended up going 70.0% at the free throw line by converting 21 of 30 tries. Furthermore, Houston pulled down 32 rebounds (11 offensive, 21 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Houston distributed 18 assists and had 6 steals for this game. In terms of defending, Texas A&M allowed 51.5% from the field on 34 out of 66 shooting. They also doled out 12 dimes in this game while forcing 10 turnovers and getting 5 steals. In regard to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 45 with 22 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Aggies knocked down 29 of 45 tries for a rate of 64.4%. Texas A&M ended with a 38.7% FG percentage (29 of 75) and converted 8 of their 23 three-point shots.

Tyrece Radford is a guy who was a contributor for this game. He shot 45.5% from the field and also distributed 6 dimes. He played for 42 minutes and collected 15 rebounds. He scored 27 points on 10 of 22 shooting.

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Texas A&M heads into this game after finishing with a record of 21-15 last year. They coughed up possession 9.6 times per contest and as a team committed 17.0 fouls per contest. As a team, Texas A&M pulled in 42.8 boards per game and accumulated 412 dimes last season, which was 226th in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. The Aggies shot 29.3% on 3-point shots (255 of 869) and 70.7% from the free throw line. They had an average of 76.0 pts per contest (101st in D-1) while shooting 40.2% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Aggies were able to force 11.4 turnovers per game while drawing 19.7 personal fouls. They were ranked 351st in college basketball in allowing assists 534 surrendered over the course of last year. The Aggies defense allowed an opponent shooting percentage of 42.9% (898 of 2,095) and they surrendered 33.7 rebounds per contest as a group. They gave up 33.8% from beyond the arc while they were 183rd in college hoops in PPG from their opponents (72.0).

When they last played, the UCF Knights took a defeat with a final score of 83-77 against South Florida. The Knights were able to snag 20 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive boards totaling 32 in this contest. They also coughed it up 11 times, while earning 8 steals in this game. South Florida was called for 20 personal fouls for this game which took the Knights to the free throw line for a total of 23 shots. They were able to make 12 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 52.2%. When discussing shooting from downtown, UCF converted 9 out of 25 attempts (36.0%). In all, the Knights ended up going 28 out of 64 from the floor which had them sitting at 43.8%. The Knights allowed South Florida to make 24 of 48 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 50.0% in this matchup. They shot 54.2% from distance by going 13 out of 24 and finished the contest at 22 of 28 at the charity stripe (78.6%). Concerning how they attacked the glass, UCF permitted South Florida to snag 31 in all (4 on the offensive glass).

Darius Johnson was important for the Knights in the game. He scored 20 points in his 24 minutes of playing time and earned 3 dimes for the game. He made 6 out of 11 for this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 54.5%, and had 1 rebound.

UCF had a record of 17-16 last season. When it comes to offensive execution, the Knights hit 42.0% from the floor, which had them ranked 307th in the nation. UCF tallied 2,366 points last season (71.7 per contest) and they snagged 37.7 rebounds per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists was at 11.4 times per contest (314th in Division 1) and they turned it over 12.5 times per game. The Knights were responsible for committing 18.2 fouls every game and they connected on 70.1% from the charity stripe.

The UCF defense conceded 34.0% on shots from beyond the arc (242 of 712) and their opponents converted on 72.9% of their foul shots. They surrendered 12.9 dimes and 34.5 total boards per game, ranking them 180th and 167th in the nation. The Knights defensively were ranked 66th in the nation in PPG given up with 67.9. They forced 14.2 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 41.2% from the field (39th in college hoops).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take UCF

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