UT Rio Grande Vaqueros vs Nebraska Cornhuskers Prediction, 11/4/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: UTRGV Vaqueros vs Nebraska Cornhuskers

Date: Monday, November 4, 2024

Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, NE

TV: BTN+

The UTRGV Vaqueros (6-25 last year) are traveling to Pinnacle Bank Arena on Monday where they will compete against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (23-11 last season).

The UTRGV Vaqueros played Southern Utah and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 68-59 in their last contest. UT Rio Grande finished with a 43.8% field goal percentage (21 of 48) and buried 2 out of their 10 3-pointers. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Vaqueros buried 15 of 17 tries for a rate of 88.2%. With regard to grabbing boards, they compiled 26 with 2 of them being offensive. They also recorded 12 assists in this matchup in addition to creating 9 turnovers and having 5 steals. In terms of defending, UT Rio Grande allowed the other team to shoot 45.2% from the floor on 28 out of 62 shooting. Southern Utah earned 23 assists and had 8 steals for this contest. Furthermore, Southern Utah totaled 29 rebounds (8 offensive, 21 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Southern Utah finished 42.9% at the charity stripe by burying 3 of their 7 attempts. They knocked down 9 of their 30 tries from 3-point land. When talking about personal fouls, the Vaqueros left the arena with 12 while Southern Utah finished the game with 10 personal fouls.

Elijah Elliott is a guy who was a factor in the game. He accumulated 24 points on 8 out of 20 shooting. He played 40 minutes and also totaled 4 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 40.0% from the field and also recorded 4 dimes.

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UT Rio Grande heads into this contest after finishing with a win-loss mark of 6-25 last year. They averaged 70.4 points per game (274th in the country) while going 41.9% from the field. The Vaqueros hit on 29.3% on shots from distance (160 of 547) and 70.5% from the charity stripe. As a basketball team, UT Rio Grande collected 33.5 boards per contest and earned 400 assists over the course of last year, which had them ranked 254th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. They turned it over 14.0 times per contest and as a unit committed 18.2 personal fouls per game.

Defensively, the Vaqueros were able to force their opponents into 14.5 turnovers per game and they drew 19.0 personal fouls. They were ranked 352nd in Division 1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 539 surrendered throughout last year. The Vaqueros defense gave up an opponent shooting percentage of 46.9% (890 of 1,898) and they surrendered 39.5 boards per contest as a basketball team. They conceded 34.6% on three-point shots and they were ranked 346th in D-1 in opponents points per game (79.8).

In their last game, the Nebraska Cornhuskers took a loss by a score of 98-83 against Texas A&M. The Cornhuskers collected 19 defensive boards and 5 offensive boards totaling 24 in this game. They coughed it up 10 times, while earning 5 steals for the contest. Texas A&M had 21 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Cornhuskers to the charity stripe for a total of 24 tries. They were able to make 22 of those for a percentage of 91.7%. Regarding shooting from beyond the arc, Nebraska buried 7 out of 22 attempts (31.8%). Overall, the Cornhuskers ended up going 27 for 59 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 45.8%. The Cornhuskers permitted Texas A&M to convert 35 out of 71 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 49.3% in the matchup. They finished 56.5% from beyond the perimeter via 13 of 23 and walked away from this one shooting 15 of 20 from the free throw line (75.0%). In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Nebraska allowed Texas A&M to grab 36 overall (13 offensive).

Brice Williams ended up having an impact for the Cornhuskers in the game. He knocked down 8 of 17 in this game for a field goal percentage of 47.1%, and added 5 rebounds. He scored 23 points in his 35 mins on the court and accumulated 3 dimes for this game.

Nebraska had a record of 23-11 last year. The Cornhuskers were responsible for committing 15.9 fouls per game and they went 76.0% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists was at 15.3 times per contest (50th in the nation) and they turned it over 11.1 times per contest. Nebraska scored 2,643 pts over the course of last year (77.7 per game) and they collected 37.6 rebounds per game. As an offensive unit, the Cornhuskers shot 45.2% from the floor, which had them ranked 139th in the nation.

The Nebraska defense allowed 32.5% on 3-pointers (288 of 885) and opponents converted on 70.1% of their foul shots. They surrendered 13.2 dimes and 37.3 total rebounds per game, which ranked them 205th and 312th in college hoops. The Cornhuskers on the defensive side of the court were 136th in college hoops in points allowed per game with 70.9. They were able to force 11.4 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 40.0% from the field (11th in the nation).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Nebraska

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