Florida Atlantic Owls vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane Prediction, 2/8/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Florida Atlantic Owls vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025

Location: Reynolds Center in Tulsa, OK

TV: ESPN+

Reynolds Center is the site where the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (9-14) will try to beat the Florida Atlantic Owls (12-10) on Saturday.

The Florida Atlantic Owls faced South Florida and earned the victory with a final of 94-72 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Owls finished with 21 and South Florida recorded 19 personal fouls. They also made 7 of their 23 shots from 3-point land. South Florida ended up going 80.6% from the free throw line by burying 25 of their 31 shots. In addition, South Florida snagged 24 rebounds (10 offensive, 14 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. South Florida totaled 9 assists and had 8 steals for the game. With regard to the defense, Florida Atlantic allowed the other team to go 32.3% from the floor on 20 out of 62 shooting. They also distributed 19 dimes in this game as well as forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and having 4 steals. Regarding rebounding, they compiled a total of 34 with 6 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Owls knocked down 20 of their 27 shots for a percentage of 74.1%. Florida Atlantic walked away from the contest with a 56.1% field goal percentage (32 of 57) and made 10 out of their 23 three-point shots.

Matas Vokietaitis is a guy who was important for this game. He notched 18 points on 5 out of 8 shooting. He played for 22 minutes and collected 3 boards. He finished the game shooting 62.5% from the floor but had no assists when the game ended.

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Florida Atlantic comes into this contest with a record of 12-10 for the season. They are averaging 81.1 pts per contest (37th in the nation) while shooting 46.5% from the field. The Owls are connecting on 35.1% on shots from 3-point land (196 of 558) and 70.3% from the charity stripe. As a team, Florida Atlantic is pulling down 37.2 rebounds per game and has totaled 368 assists this season, which ranks 49th in the country in terms of passing. They are losing possession via turnover 11.7 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 17.5 fouls every game.

On defense, the Owls are forcing their opponents into 13.0 turnovers per game and they draw 17.6 personal fouls. They give up 39.2% on 3-point attempts while they are 313th in college hoops in points per game allowed (77.0). The Owls defense is giving up a FG percentage of 43.6% (588 of 1,349) and they concede 36.9 boards per game as a group. They rank 237th in college in giving up assists to the opposition with 312 conceded on the campaign.

In their last game, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane took a loss by a score of 83-71 when they faced Memphis. The Golden Hurricane snagged 18 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 27 in this game. They gave up possession 13 times, while recording 6 steals in the matchup. Memphis committed 10 fouls for the contest which took the Golden Hurricane to the charity stripe for a total of 6 shots. They were able to bury 3 of them for a clip of 50.0%. In the matter of three-point attempts, Tulsa made 8 of their 19 attempts (42.1%). When the game finished, the Golden Hurricane finished the game shooting 30 out of 56 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 53.6%. The Golden Hurricane permitted Memphis to make 34 of their 60 tries from the field which left them shooting 56.7% for the matchup. They shot 42.9% from distance by connecting on 9 out of 21 and ended up going 6 of 12 at the free throw line (50.0%). Concerning attacking the glass, Tulsa permitted Memphis to snag 26 in all (10 on the offensive glass).

Tyshawn Archie was important for the Golden Hurricane for the contest. He tallied 17 points in his 28 mins of playing time and added 3 assists in this matchup. He converted 7 of 8 in the matchup giving him a rate of 87.5%, and had 4 rebounds.

Tulsa has a mark of 9-14 for the year. The Golden Hurricane have committed 15.4 fouls per contest and they hit 65.8% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 13.9 times per game (168th in college) and they turn it over 11.9 times per contest. Tulsa has accounted for 1,682 points for the season (73.1 per game) and they pull down 37.7 boards per game. As an offensive unit, the Golden Hurricane are shooting 43.1% from the floor, which is 274th in the country.

The Tulsa defense concedes 34.4% on 3-point shots (162 of 471) and opponents are connecting on 67.8% of their free throw shots. They give up 12.8 dimes and 36.7 rebounds per contest, which has them ranked 156th and 302nd in college hoops. The Golden Hurricane on defense are ranked 249th in the country in points allowed per contest with 73.7. They are forcing their opponents into 10.7 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.5% from the floor (242nd in college).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tulsa

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