Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs SMU Mustangs Prediction, 1/20/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs SMU Mustangs

Date: Saturday, January 20, 2024

Location: Moody Coliseum in University Park, TX

TV: ESPN+

Moody Coliseum is where the SMU Mustangs (12-5) will compete against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (10-7) on Saturday.

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane stepped onto the hardwood against UTSA and took home the win by a score of 107-78 in their last contest. In reference to fouls, the Golden Hurricane ended up walking away with 19 and UTSA racked up 16 fouls. They made 6 out of their 31 tries from beyond the arc. UTSA went 84.6% at the free throw line by burying 22 of their 26 attempts. In addition, UTSA grabbed 35 rebounds (15 offensive, 20 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. UTSA doled out 15 dimes and had 5 steals in this matchup. In relation to defense, Tulsa allowed the other team to go 37.9% from the floor on 25 of 66 shooting. They also doled out 24 assists in this game in addition to forcing 10 turnovers and having 7 steals. Pertaining to getting rebounds, they earned 32 with 4 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the free throw line, the Golden Hurricane made 19 of their 23 shots for a percentage of 82.6%. Tulsa walked away from the contest having earned a 59.0% FG percentage (36 of 61) and knocked down 16 out of their 29 shots from distance.

PJ Haggerty is a guy who was a major factor for the game. He shot 75.0% from the floor and distributed 7 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 28 minutes played and snagged 6 rebounds. He ended up with 25 points on 9 out of 12 shooting.

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Tulsa enters this one with a win-loss mark of 10-7 so far this season. They average 78.1 pts per contest (95th in Division 1) while hitting 44.1% from the field. The Golden Hurricane are hitting 34.4% on shots beyond the perimeter (144 of 418) and 73.3% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Tulsa is collecting 37.1 boards per game and has earned 223 assists on the season, which is 226th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They are losing possession via turnover 13.6 times per contest and as a unit are committing 17.2 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Golden Hurricane have forced 14.7 turnovers every game and they draw 19.5 fouls. They surrender 28.4% on three-point shots and they rank 137th in college basketball in opponents PPG (69.9). The Golden Hurricane defense is allowing an opponent FG percentage of 40.4% (421 of 1,041) and they surrender 38.5 rebounds per game as a squad. They are ranked 122nd in the nation in giving up assists to their opponents with 205 relinquished on the year.

The last time they took the court, the SMU Mustangs went home victorious with a score of 77-64 against Temple. When talking about team rebounding, SMU permitted Temple to snag 33 in all (12 offensive). They finished 25.0% from 3-point land via 7 of 28 and finished the contest at 9 out of 12 at the free throw line (75.0%). The Mustangs allowed Temple to knock down 24 of 65 attempts from the floor which had them at 36.9% in this game. When all was said and done, the Mustangs finished 24 for 56 from the floor which gave them a rate of 42.9%. In terms of three-point attempts, SMU converted 7 out of 23 attempts (30.4%). They were able to convert 22 of the free throw tries for a rate of 88.0%. Temple earned 18 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Mustangs to the free throw line for a total of 25 attempts. They gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while getting 10 steals for the matchup. The Mustangs earned 22 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive rebounds totaling 33 for this game.

Chuck Harris pitched in for the Mustangs for this contest. He made 5 out of 10 for this contest for a rate of 50.0%, and had 3 rebounds. He accumulated 18 points in his 32 minutes on the hardwood and had 3 assists for the matchup.

SMU has a mark of 12-5 for the year. As an offense, the Mustangs are hitting on 45.3% from the floor, which ranks them 158th in the country. SMU has accounted for 1,270 points for the campaign (74.7 per game) and they pull down 40.5 boards per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 15.9 times per game (53rd in the nation) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 12.2 times per contest. The Mustangs are responsible for committing 16.9 fouls per game and they shoot 68.8% from the charity stripe.

The Mustangs defensively are ranked 9th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 61.9. They are able to force 13.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 36.7% from the floor (3rd in the nation). The SMU defense concedes 25.5% on 3-point attempts (95 of 372) and opponents are connecting on 69.6% of their free throw shots. They concede 11.6 dimes and 35.1 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 89th and 188th in college hoops.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tulsa

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