Tulane Green Wave vs East Carolina Pirates Prediction, 2/18/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tulane Green Wave vs East Carolina Pirates

Date: Sunday, February 18, 2024

Location: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, NC

TV: ESPN+

The East Carolina Pirates (13-12) welcome the Tulane Green Wave (13-11) at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Sunday.

The Tulane Green Wave faced SMU and took a loss by a final of 87-79 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Green Wave ended up finishing with 21 while SMU accounted for 19 fouls. They also made 10 of their 23 tries from 3-point range. SMU finished the game shooting 74.2% from the charity stripe by converting 23 of their 31 shots. On top of that, SMU had 42 rebounds (15 offensive, 27 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. SMU doled out 19 dimes and had 8 steals in this game. When talking about defense, Tulane allowed the other team to go 41.5% from the floor on 27 out of 65 shooting. They also recorded 12 assists for the matchup in addition to forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and having 9 steals. In relation to rebounding, they collected 33 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Green Wave converted 19 of their 25 shots for a percentage of 76.0%. Tulane wrapped up the contest with a 45.2% FG percentage (28 out of 62) and converted 4 out of their 13 3-pointers.

Kevin Cross is someone who had an impact in the game. He ended up walking away with 20 points on 6 of 18 shooting. He played for 33 minutes and pulled down 6 boards. He ended up shooting 33.3% from the field and also dished out 4 assists.

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Tulane enters this game with a win-loss record of 13-11 for the year. They are turning it over 10.6 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 17.4 personal fouls every game. As a team, Tulane is snagging 33.8 boards per game and is sitting with 344 dimes this season, which ranks 140th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. The Green Wave are hitting 35.4% on three-point attempts (183 of 517) and 74.3% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 84.5 points per game (12th in D-1) while going 48.2% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Green Wave are forcing 13.5 turnovers per game while drawing 20.3 fouls. They relinquish 33.6% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 348th in the nation in points per game allowed (80.1). The Green Wave defensively are allowing a field goal percentage of 42.6% (672 of 1,576) and they concede 40.5 boards per game as a group. They currently rank 317th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 369 surrendered this year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the East Carolina Pirates got the victory with a final of 68-55 against Wichita State. The Pirates pulled down 24 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds totaling 31 for the contest. They gave up possession of the ball 11 times, while getting 9 steals in the matchup. Wichita State earned 13 personal fouls for this game which took the Pirates to the charity stripe for 12 shots. They were able to bury 11 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 91.7%. Pertaining to shots from downtown, East Carolina made 7 of 19 attempts (36.8%). In all, the Pirates shot 25 for 55 from the field which gave them a percentage of 45.5%. The Pirates permitted Wichita State to make 20 of their 53 tries from the floor which had them at 37.7% in this game. They shot 19.0% from distance by hitting 4 of 21 and ended up going 11 out of 13 at the free throw line (84.6%). In reference to rebounds, East Carolina permitted Wichita State to collect 28 in total (7 on the offensive glass).

RJ Felton was important for the Pirates in this game. He scored 21 points in his 33 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 2 assists in the matchup. He knocked down 7 of 14 for this game for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and had 7 rebounds.

East Carolina has a win-loss record of 13-12 this year. The Pirates are responsible for committing 15.4 fouls per game and they go 70.1% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 11.6 times per contest (302nd in the nation) and they turn it over 10.5 times per game. East Carolina has scored 1,735 pts for the season (69.4 per game) and they grab 35.5 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Pirates are hitting on 41.8% from the floor, which is 312th in the country.

The East Carolina defense concedes 30.2% on 3-point attempts (178 of 589) and their opponents are making 74.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have relinquished 12.0 dimes and 35.1 boards on a nightly basis, which ranks 113th and 197th in Division 1. The Pirates defensively are ranked 76th in the country in PPG given up with 67.8. They are forcing 13.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 43.1% from the floor (155th in college hoops).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tulane

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