Long Beach State Beach vs BYU Cougars Prediction, 3/15/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Long Beach State Beach vs BYU Cougars

Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Location: Marriott Center in Provo, UT

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Long Beach State (+12)

The BYU Cougars (22-10) will take on the Long Beach State Beach (20-12) at Marriott Center on Tuesday. BYU opens as 12-point favorites from oddsmakers. The total is 148.5.

The Long Beach State Beach faced off with UC Santa Barbara and went home with a win by a final score of 67-64 in their last game. When it comes to personal fouls, the Beach finished with 12 while UC Santa Barbara totaled 16 personal fouls. They also converted 7 of 21 tries from 3-point range. UC Santa Barbara finished 62.5% when shooting free throws by converting 5 of their 8 attempts. On top of that, UC Santa Barbara collected 30 rebounds (3 offensive, 27 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. UC Santa Barbara doled out 18 assists and had 3 steals in this matchup. When discussing defending, Long Beach State allowed their opponent to shoot 45.6% from the field on 26 out of 57 shooting. They also recorded 11 assists in this matchup as well as forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and having 5 steals. In terms of getting rebounds, they compiled 31 with 6 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Beach made 14 of their 15 attempts for a percentage of 93.3%. Long Beach State finished the game with a 43.1% field goal percentage (25 out of 58) and knocked down 3 of 14 shots from downtown.

Joel Murray is one player who was a major factor in this matchup. He ended up scoring 26 points on 9 of 14 shooting. He played for 34 mins played and also totaled 2 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 64.3% from the field and earned 2 assists.

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Long Beach State comes into this matchup with a record of 20-12 on the year. They turn it over 13.4 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 16.4 fouls per game. As a unit, Long Beach State is collecting 35.5 rebounds per game and has accounted for 407 dimes for the year, which has them ranked 174th in college basketball in terms of passing. The Beach are hitting 35.4% from downtown (210 of 593) and 72.8% from the charity stripe. They average 73.9 points per contest (101st in Division 1) on 44.0% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Beach are forcing 14.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.3 personal fouls. They concede 34.5% on shots from distance while they are 268th in D-1 in PPG allowed (72.4). The Beach defense is allowing a FG percentage of 44.1% (836 of 1,896) and they surrender 34.3 boards per game as a basketball team. They currently rank 279th in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 436 surrendered so far this year.

The last time they took the court, the BYU Cougars took a loss by a score of 75-63 when they played San Francisco. The Cougars earned 26 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 33 for the matchup. They also gave up possession of the ball 11 times, while earning 4 steals in this matchup. San Francisco had 25 fouls in this contest which took the Cougars to the charity stripe for a total of 25 shots. They were able to bury 16 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 64.0%. When talking about shots from downtown, BYU made 3 out of their 20 attempts (15.0%). When all was said and done, the Cougars went 22 for 58 from the field which had them shooting 37.9%. The Cougars permitted San Francisco to knock down 24 out of their 56 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 42.9% for the contest. They wrapped up this game 35.0% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 7 out of 20 and walked away from this one shooting 20 out of 30 at the charity stripe (66.7%). In regard to team rebounding, BYU allowed San Francisco to snag 36 in total (7 offensive).

Fousseyni Traore pitched in for the Cougars in this game. He made 6 out of 11 for this game for a field goal rate of 54.5%, and totaled 12 rebounds. He had 16 points in his 34 mins on the court, but left the arena with no assists.

BYU has a win-loss record of 22-10 so far this season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Cougars are hitting on 45.3% from the field, which ranks them 104th in Division 1. BYU has 2,358 pts this season (73.7 per game) and they pull down 39.2 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 14.1 times per game (100th in the nation) and they are turning it over 12.8 times per contest. The Cougars are committing 17.7 fouls per game and they hit 72.5% from the charity stripe.

The Cougars on the defensive side of the court are 138th in college hoops in points allowed per contest with 67.9. They are able to force 10.9 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 42.0% from the floor (114th in D-1). The BYU defense surrenders 30.6% on shots from beyond the perimeter (213 of 695) and opponents are connecting on 67.9% of their free throw shots. They have surrendered 12.1 assists and 32.2 rebounds per game, which has them ranked 141st and 62nd in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Long Beach State (+12)

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