Saint Joseph's Hawks vs Dayton Flyers Prediction, 1/24/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Saint Joseph's Hawks vs Dayton Flyers

Date: Friday, January 24, 2025

Location: UD Arena in Dayton, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Dayton Flyers (13-6) are welcoming the Saint Joseph's Hawks (12-7) at UD Arena on Friday.

The Saint Joseph's Hawks stepped onto the hardwood against Davidson and went home with a win by a final score of 78-61 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Hawks finished with 12 while Davidson accumulated 14 fouls. They also buried 4 out of their 20 tries from long range. Davidson finished the game shooting 83.3% when shooting free throws by making 5 of their 6 attempts. In addition, Davidson grabbed 30 rebounds (7 offensive, 23 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Davidson earned 11 assists and had 3 steals in this game. In terms of defense, Saint Joseph's allowed the other team to shoot 40.6% from the field on 26 out of 64 shooting. They also distributed 17 assists for the game as well as forcing the opposition into 6 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they earned 36 with 7 of them being of the offensive variety. From the free throw line, the Hawks converted 7 of 13 shots for a rate of 53.8%. Saint Joseph's wrapped up the game with a 50.8% field goal percentage (30 out of 59) and converted 11 of their 27 shots from distance.

Xzayvier Brown is one guy who came through for this game. He shot 50.0% from the floor and dished out 6 assists. He saw the court for 33 minutes and grabbed 1 rebound. He recorded 20 points on 7 of 14 shooting.

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Saint Joseph's will take the court with a record of 12-7 for the season. They turn it over 11.6 times per contest and as a group they are committing 14.5 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Saint Joseph's is grabbing 37.5 rebounds per game and is sitting with 307 assists this season, which is 55th in college hoops in terms of passing. The Hawks are hitting 34.7% on shots from beyond the arc (181 of 521) and 73.4% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 76.4 pts per game (140th in D-1) on 45.0% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Hawks are able to force 11.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 15.7 fouls. They are 236th in college in giving up assists with 257 surrendered so far this season. The Hawks defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 40.6% (473 of 1,164) and they concede 34.9 rebounds per contest as a team. They are relinquishing 31.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are ranked 100th in college hoops in PPG allowed (68.7).

In their last game, the Dayton Flyers took home the win by a final score of 82-62 when they faced Duquesne. With respect to cleaning up the glass, Dayton allowed Duquesne to pull down 22 in total (7 offensive). They went 38.5% from distance by shooting 10 of 26 and ended up shooting 10 out of 19 from the free throw line (52.6%). The Flyers permitted Duquesne to bury 21 of 49 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.9% in this matchup. When the game finished, the Flyers finished 32 for 55 from the floor which had them at 58.2%. When discussing shots from beyond the perimeter, Dayton made 13 out of their 23 attempts (56.5%). They were able to make 5 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 55.6%. Duquesne had 13 fouls in this contest which got the Flyers to the charity stripe for 9 tries. They also coughed it up 16 times, while getting 9 steals in this matchup. The Flyers earned 21 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards for a total of 30 in this contest.

Enoch Cheeks pitched in for the Flyers for this contest. He totaled 23 points in his 31 mins of playing time and added 4 dimes in the game. He buried 9 out of 14 in the game for a rate of 64.3%, and had 6 rebounds.

Dayton has a win-loss mark of 13-6 for the campaign. On the offensive side of the court, the Flyers are shooting 47.6% from the floor, which is ranked 57th in the nation. Dayton has accumulated 1,445 pts so far this season (76.1 per contest) and they average 34.2 boards per game. They are earning an assist 16.2 times per game (51st in D-1) and they are turning it over 10.4 times per game. The Flyers have committed 15.2 personal fouls per game and they connect on 71.7% from the charity stripe.

The Dayton defense concedes 34.3% on shots from beyond the perimeter (151 of 440) and their opposition makes 74.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 12.5 dimes and 31.7 boards per contest, which is 139th and 43rd in college. The Flyers are ranked 107th in Division 1 in points per game surrendered with 69.0. They are forcing 12.2 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 43.3% from the field (185th in D-1).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Saint Joseph's

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