Texas Tech Red Raiders vs UCF Knights Prediction, 2/24/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Tech Red Raiders vs UCF Knights

Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024

Location: Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, FL

TV: BIG12|ESPN+

Addition Financial Arena is the location where the UCF Knights (13-12) will attempt to beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders (19-7) on Saturday.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders faced off with TCU and took home the win by a score of 82-81 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Red Raiders ended up finishing with 17 while TCU recorded 21 personal fouls. They made 5 out of their 19 attempts from beyond the perimeter. TCU finished shooting 76.2% when shooting free throws by knocking down 16 of their 21 shots. Additionally, TCU grabbed 45 boards (17 offensive, 28 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. TCU dished out 16 assists and had 7 steals for the contest. In relation to the defense, Texas Tech allowed their opponent to shoot 42.3% from the field on 30 out of 71 shooting. They also doled out 14 dimes in this contest in addition to creating 12 turnovers and getting 10 steals. When talking about pulling down boards, they compiled 32 with 12 of them being offensive. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Red Raiders converted 24 of 28 attempts for a percentage of 85.7%. Texas Tech wrapped up the game with a 39.4% field goal percentage (26 of 66) and converted 6 of their 22 three-point attempts.

Pop Isaacs is one player who was a major factor in this game. He ended up with 19 points on 4 of 11 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 35 mins played and snagged 6 boards. He finished the game at 36.4% from the floor and also dished out 4 assists.

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Texas Tech will enter this matchup with a win-loss record of 19-7 so far this season. They currently have an average of 76.5 pts per contest (100th in the nation) while hitting 45.8% from the floor. The Red Raiders are connecting on 36.7% on shots beyond the perimeter (224 of 610) and 78.0% from the charity stripe. As a team, Texas Tech is pulling down 35.1 boards per game and has accumulated 392 dimes so far this year, which has them ranked 90th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. They lose possession via turnover 10.8 times per contest and as a group they commit 14.3 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end of the court, the Red Raiders are forcing 11.6 turnovers every game and they draw 16.9 personal fouls. They surrender 32.8% on 3-point shots and they are ranked 91st in college basketball in opponents points per game (68.7). The Red Raiders are allowing a FG percentage of 42.4% (659 of 1,554) and they concede 34.0 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They currently rank 84th in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 307 surrendered on the campaign.

The last time they took the court, the UCF Knights took a loss by a score of 77-67 against West Virginia. When discussing cleaning up the glass, UCF allowed West Virginia to collect 37 in total (7 on the offensive side). They finished 50.0% from distance by going 7 of 14 and ended up shooting 18 out of 26 from the charity stripe (69.2%). The Knights permitted West Virginia to make 26 of 54 tries from the field which had them sitting at 48.1% in this matchup. When this game wrapped up, the Knights ended up going 23 out of 70 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 32.9%. With respect to three-point shots, UCF converted 9 of 38 tries (23.7%). They were able to make 12 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 66.7%. West Virginia earned 14 personal fouls for the game which got the Knights to the free throw line for a total of 18 attempts. They also coughed it up 7 times, while getting 9 steals in the matchup. The Knights corralled 22 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 35 in this game.

Darius Johnson ended up being a major contributor for the Knights in this contest. He scored 20 points in his 24 minutes on the court and totaled 3 assists for this contest. He buried 6 of 11 in this game giving him a rate of 54.5%, and tallied 1 rebound.

UCF has a record of 13-12 on the campaign. On the offensive side of the court, the Knights are hitting on 41.6% from the field, which is ranked 321st in Division 1. UCF has accounted for 1,797 points on the season (71.9 per contest) and they average 38.0 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 12.2 times per contest (273rd in the nation) and they turn it over 12.3 times per game. The Knights have committed 17.7 personal fouls every game and they hit 70.1% from the charity stripe.

The UCF defense surrenders 33.3% from downtown (172 of 516) and opponents are knocking down 73.7% of their free throw shots. They have surrendered 12.8 dimes and 35.2 rebounds every game, which ranks them 176th and 203rd in D-1. The Knights on the defensive end are ranked 53rd in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 67.0. They are forcing their opponents into 14.6 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.7% from the floor (36th in Division 1).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas Tech

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