Alabama Crimson Tide vs Texas A&M Aggies Prediction, 1/11/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Texas A&M Aggies

Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025

Location: Reed Arena in College Station, TX

TV: ESPN+

The Alabama Crimson Tide (13-2) are on their way to Reed Arena on Saturday where they will try to beat the Texas A&M Aggies (13-2).

The Alabama Crimson Tide stepped onto the hardwood against South Carolina and walked away with a win by a score of 88-68 in their last game. In regard to fouls, the Crimson Tide ended up with 20 and South Carolina recorded 21 fouls. They made 3 of 14 tries from long range. South Carolina walked away from this one shooting 76.0% at the free throw line by converting 19 of 25 tries. Furthermore, South Carolina collected 30 boards (6 offensive, 24 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. South Carolina earned 8 assists and had 6 steals in the matchup. When talking about defense, Alabama allowed the other team to shoot 42.6% from the field on 23 out of 54 shooting. They also dished out 21 dimes for the game while creating 15 turnovers and earning 10 steals. With respect to rebounding, they collected 31 with 9 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Crimson Tide made 10 of 20 shots for a percentage of 50.0%. Alabama finished the contest having earned a 54.7% FG percentage (35 of 64) and converted 8 of their 19 shots from downtown.

Mark Sears is one guy who was a major contributor in this contest. He accounted for 22 points on 7 of 12 shooting. He played for 30 mins played and grabbed 3 rebounds. He finished the game at 58.3% from the floor and earned 6 dimes.

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Alabama comes into this matchup with a record of 13-2 this year. They are averaging 90.9 points per outing (1st in the nation) on 47.9% from the field. The Crimson Tide are connecting on 32.1% on 3-pointers (152 of 474) and 69.7% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Alabama is collecting 44.8 boards per contest and has totaled 263 dimes for the campaign, which has them ranked 34th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. They are turning it over 12.4 times per contest and as a unit are committing 17.9 fouls per contest.

Defensively, the Crimson Tide are able to force 11.2 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 21.0 personal fouls. They are 38th in the country in giving up assists with 163 surrendered for the season. The Crimson Tide defense is allowing a FG percentage of 40.9% (412 of 1,007) and they surrender 36.1 rebounds per contest as a team. They are giving up 28.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are ranked 310th in the country in PPG from their opponents (76.7).

For their last game, the Texas A&M Aggies got the victory with a final of 80-78 when they played Oklahoma. When it comes to how they rebounded, Texas A&M allowed Oklahoma to snag 26 in all (8 on the offensive glass). They wrapped up this game 58.3% from downtown by going 14 of 24 and walked away from this one shooting 14 out of 17 from the free throw line (82.4%). The Aggies permitted Oklahoma to knock down 25 out of 46 tries from the field which had them at 54.3% for the game. Overall, the Aggies walked away from this one shooting 27 for 61 from the floor which gave them a rate of 44.3%. Regarding 3-pointers, Texas A&M converted 9 out of their 23 tries (39.1%). They were able to convert 17 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 77.3%. Oklahoma had 16 personal fouls for the game which took the Aggies to the charity stripe for a total of 22 shots. They coughed up the ball 7 times, while earning 13 steals for this game. The Aggies earned 13 defensive boards and 15 offensive boards totaling 28 in this contest.

Zhuric Phelps pitched in for the Aggies for this game. He tallied 34 points in his 33 mins of playing time and tallied 1 assist in the matchup. He knocked down 11 of 25 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 44.0%, and accumulated 5 rebounds.

Texas A&M has a win-loss record of 13-2 on the season. The Aggies are committing 16.7 fouls per contest while shooting 70.6% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 13.1 times per contest (243rd in college) and they turn the ball over 12.2 times per contest. Texas A&M has totaled 1,150 pts on the campaign (76.7 per contest) and they average 42.1 boards per game. As an offense, the Aggies are connecting on 43.4% from the field, which ranks 260th in the country.

The Texas A&M defense allows 30.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter (116 of 380) and opponents are converting on 75.3% of their free throw shots. They have given up 13.2 dimes and 31.0 boards per contest, which ranks them 197th and 30th in the nation. The Aggies defensively are ranked 23rd in the country in points per game surrendered with 63.5. They are forcing their opponents into 14.5 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 38.7% from the floor (22nd in college hoops).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Alabama

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