Florida State Seminoles vs Clemson Tigers Prediction, 1/11/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Florida State Seminoles vs Clemson Tigers

Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025

Location: Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, SC

TV: ESPN+

The Clemson Tigers (12-4) will try to beat the Florida State Seminoles (11-4) at Littlejohn Coliseum on Saturday.

The Florida State Seminoles faced Miami and earned the victory with a final of 80-65 in their last contest. When discussing fouls, the Seminoles finished with 18 while Miami recorded 15 fouls. They buried 5 out of their 21 shots from 3-point land. Miami ended up shooting 69.6% from the charity stripe by burying 16 of 23 shots. Additionally, Miami grabbed 32 rebounds (9 offensive, 23 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Miami earned 11 assists and had 4 steals in this matchup. Pertaining to defense, Florida State allowed their opponent to shoot 36.7% from the field on 22 out of 60 shooting. They also dished out 26 assists in the matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and earning 8 steals. Pertaining to grabbing boards, they compiled 37 with 6 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Seminoles made 6 of 11 attempts for a percentage of 54.5%. Florida State ended with a 50.0% field goal percentage (32 of 64) and converted 10 out of their 24 shots from distance.

Malique Ewin is one player who played a role for this contest. He accumulated 20 points on 10 of 14 shooting. He was on the court for 23 mins played and grabbed 10 rebounds. He went 71.4% from the floor and dished out 3 dimes.

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Florida State heads into this game with a record of 11-4 for the campaign. They average 79.1 pts per contest (90th in Division 1) while connecting on 47.3% from the field. The Seminoles are hitting 33.7% on shots from distance (101 of 300) and 70.6% from the free throw line. As a unit, Florida State is grabbing 35.0 boards per game and has tallied 222 assists so far this season, which is 161st in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 12.7 times per contest and as a team they are committing 19.9 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Seminoles are forcing 15.5 turnovers per contest while drawing 20.4 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 41st in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 165 conceded for the year. The Seminoles defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 40.0% (341 of 853) and they relinquish 34.7 rebounds per game as a squad. They concede 29.2% on shots from downtown and they are 122nd in Division 1 in PPG allowed (69.2).

The last time they took the court, the Clemson Tigers walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 74-64 when they faced Louisville. The Tigers collected 21 defensive boards and 14 offensive boards totaling 35 in this game. They turned it over 13 times, while earning 6 steals for this game. Louisville had 13 fouls in the matchup which took the Tigers to the charity stripe for a total of 5 shots. They were able to make 4 of the free throws for a percentage of 80.0%. In reference to shots from distance, Clemson converted 8 out of their 24 tries (33.3%). When the final whistle blew, the Tigers finished the game shooting 26 out of 65 from the floor which gave them a rate of 40.0%. The Tigers allowed Louisville to knock down 25 out of their 55 tries from the field which had them sitting at 45.5% for this game. They finished shooting 29.6% from distance by shooting 8 of 27 and walked away from this one shooting 16 of 20 from the charity stripe (80.0%). In the matter of attacking the glass, Clemson permitted Louisville to snag 32 in all (9 on the offensive glass).

Chase Hunter pitched in for the Tigers in the matchup. He buried 6 of 10 for this game for a field goal rate of 60.0%, and had 5 rebounds. He accumulated 15 points in his 36 mins of playing time and tallied 3 dimes for the contest.

Clemson has a win-loss record of 12-4 so far this year. As an offense, the Tigers are shooting 45.9% from the field, which ranks 138th in the country. Clemson has earned 1,242 pts on the year (77.6 per game) and they pull in 35.9 boards per contest. They are getting an assist 14.4 times per contest (157th in Division 1) and they turn it over 10.9 times per game. The Tigers commit 15.6 personal fouls per game and they go 78.3% from the charity stripe.

The Clemson defense concedes 31.8% on shots from 3-point land (112 of 352) and their opponents are connecting on 71.7% of their free throw shots. They have given up 10.4 assists and 32.4 boards on a nightly basis, which is ranked 30th and 73rd in those categories on the defensive end. The Tigers on the defensive side of the court are 80th in D-1 in points allowed per game with 67.3. They are forcing 14.1 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 43.4% from the field (199th in D-1).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Florida State

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