Cincinnati Bearcats vs Baylor Bears Prediction, 1/7/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Bearcats vs Baylor Bears

Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Location: Foster Pavilion in Waco, TX

TV: ESPN+

Foster Pavilion is where the Baylor Bears (9-4) will take on the Cincinnati Bearcats (10-3) on Tuesday.

The Cincinnati Bearcats faced off with Arizona and went home with a loss by a final score of 72-67 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Bearcats ended up with 18 while Arizona finished the game with 17 personal fouls. They also converted 5 of 14 tries from beyond the perimeter. Arizona went 77.8% at the charity stripe by knocking down 21 of their 27 attempts. Moreover, Arizona collected 31 rebounds (6 offensive, 25 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Arizona recorded 8 assists and had 5 steals for the game. In regard to defense, Cincinnati allowed the other team to shoot 43.4% from the field on 23 of 53 shooting. They also doled out 11 assists for the contest as well as forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and earning 5 steals. When discussing grabbing rebounds, they collected 35 with 14 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Bearcats converted 12 of 23 tries for a percentage of 52.2%. Cincinnati wrapped up the contest having earned a 39.1% FG percentage (25 out of 64) and knocked down 5 out of their 25 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Daniel Skillings Jr. is a player who had an impact in this matchup. He shot 42.9% from the field and also recorded 2 dimes. He played for 29 mins and pulled down 6 rebounds. He ended up finishing with 18 points on 6 out of 14 shooting.

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Cincinnati will enter this contest with a win-loss record of 10-3 so far this season. They cough up possession 9.9 times per game and as a team they commit 13.8 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Cincinnati is pulling in 38.5 boards per game and has racked up 206 assists on the season, which is 193rd in D-1 in terms of passing. The Bearcats are shooting 34.5% on shots beyond the perimeter (109 of 316) and 63.5% from the free throw line. They are averaging 77.5 pts per game (128th in the country) while connecting on 47.8% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Bearcats are able to force 12.8 turnovers per game while drawing 14.8 personal fouls. They currently rank 11th in Division 1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 135 surrendered so far this year. The Bearcats are allowing an opponent FG percentage of 38.3% (283 of 738) and they concede 31.2 rebounds per game as a group. They give up 28.2% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 9th in college in PPG from their opponents (60.5).

The last time they took the court, the Baylor Bears walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 74-55 when they played Iowa State. The Bears earned 21 defensive boards and 12 offensive rebounds totaling 33 for the game. They gave up possession of the ball 7 times, while getting 9 steals in this matchup. Iowa State earned 15 personal fouls for the contest which got the Bears to the free throw line for a total of 14 shots. They were able to bury 10 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 71.4%. In reference to shooting from distance, Baylor knocked down 7 out of their 29 attempts (24.1%). When the final whistle blew, the Bears ended up shooting 19 for 64 from the floor which had them shooting 29.7%. The Bears allowed Iowa State to make 24 of their 49 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 49.0% in the game. They finished the game shooting 47.6% from 3-point land by shooting 10 out of 21 and walked away from this one shooting 16 out of 24 at the free throw line (66.7%). In regard to cleaning the glass, Baylor allowed Iowa State to grab 41 in total (7 offensive).

Jeremy Roach was important for the Bears for this contest. He scored 16 points in his 37 mins of playing time and accumulated 3 assists in this contest. He made 5 of 14 for the game for a field goal rate of 35.7%, and had 1 rebound.

Baylor has a win-loss record of 9-4 so far this season. The Bears commit 15.5 personal fouls per game while shooting 70.7% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 17.5 times per game (25th in the nation) and they are losing possession via turnover 11.2 times per game. Baylor has totaled 1,092 pts on the year (84.0 per contest) and they pull in 38.6 boards per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Bears are shooting 47.0% from the field, which is ranked 91st in college.

The Bears defensively are ranked 118th in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 68.9. They are forcing their opponents into 15.4 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 43.2% from the field (191st in D-1). The Baylor defense gives up 37.0% on 3-pointers (110 of 297) and opponents are converting on 66.9% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 15.2 dimes and 32.3 boards per game, which has them ranked 311th and 72nd in college.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Baylor

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