Oklahoma Sooners vs Providence Friars Prediction, 11/27/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oklahoma Sooners vs Providence Friars

Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Location: Imperial Arena in Nassau, Bahamas

TV: ESPN+

The Providence Friars (5-0) will go up against the Oklahoma Sooners (4-0) at Imperial Arena on Wednesday.

The Oklahoma Sooners faced off with East Texas A&M and earned the victory with a final of 84-56 in their last contest. Oklahoma finished with a 47.5% field goal percentage (28 of 59) and made 10 out of their 32 shots from beyond the perimeter. At the charity stripe, the Sooners converted 18 of 22 attempts for a rate of 81.8%. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they earned 37 with 8 of them being of the offensive variety. They also recorded 16 assists in this matchup while forcing the other team into 15 turnovers and earning 10 steals. In terms of the defense, Oklahoma allowed the other team to shoot 37.7% from the floor on 20 out of 53 shooting. East Texas A&M recorded 9 dimes and had 6 steals for the matchup. Moreover, East Texas A&M totaled 26 boards (8 offensive, 18 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. East Texas A&M finished the contest at 52.9% from the charity stripe by knocking down 9 of 17 shots. They converted 7 out of their 32 attempts from downtown. With respect to fouls, the Sooners ended up with 15 and East Texas A&M racked up 19 fouls.

Jeremiah Fears is a guy who was a major contributor for this contest. He racked up 20 points on 7 of 10 shooting. He played for 34 minutes and also totaled 4 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 70.0% from the field and dished out 5 assists.

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Oklahoma heads into this contest with a win-loss mark of 4-0 on the year. They lose possession via turnover 10.5 times per contest and as a team are committing 14.3 fouls every game. As a team, Oklahoma is snagging 37.0 rebounds per game and has accumulated 70 dimes this season, which is 298th in college hoops in terms of passing. The Sooners are connecting on 35.1% on three-point attempts (39 of 111) and 76.1% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 83.8 pts per game (61st in D-1) while hitting 48.2% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Sooners are forcing their opponents into 17.5 turnovers per game while drawing 16.0 personal fouls. They give up 24.7% on shots from downtown while they are 19th in college basketball in points per game from their opponents (59.3). Sooners are allowing a FG percentage of 41.3% (90 of 218) and they concede 29.5 boards per contest as a group. They are 2nd in college basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 32 relinquished this year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Providence Friars took home the win by a final score of 78-48 when they faced Delaware State. When discussing how they rebounded, Providence permitted Delaware State to collect 23 in total (6 offensive). They shot 14.3% from 3-point land by connecting on 1 of 7 and finished the game at 7 of 15 from the free throw line (46.7%). The Friars allowed Delaware State to make 20 of their 53 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 37.7% in the matchup. Overall, the Friars ended up going 29 for 59 from the field which gave them a rate of 49.2%. Regarding three-point shots, Providence converted 11 out of their 33 tries (33.3%). They were able to convert 9 of the free throw tries for a clip of 69.2%. Delaware State was called for 15 personal fouls for the contest which took the Friars to the charity stripe for a total of 13 tries. They coughed up the ball 9 times, while getting 3 steals in this contest. The Friars pulled down 31 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 44 for the matchup.

Oswin Erhunmwunse ended up being a factor for the Friars in this game. He tallied 13 points in his 18 minutes of playing time, but didn't get an assist. He converted 6 of 6 in this matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 100.0%, and accounted for 6 rebounds.

Providence has a record of 5-0 this year. As an offense, the Friars are shooting 44.9% from the floor, which is ranked 193rd in the country. Providence has accumulated 352 points for the year (70.4 per game) and they collect 44.0 rebounds per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 15.0 times per game (149th in the nation) and they are giving up possession 13.4 times per game. The Friars are responsible for committing 17.0 fouls per contest and they connect on 60.8% from the free throw line.

The Providence defense surrenders 24.4% on shots from distance (22 of 90) and opponents are making 63.7% of their free throw attempts. They allow 6.4 dimes and 29.4 rebounds per game, which ranks them 1st and 20th in the nation. The Friars defensively are ranked 2nd in college basketball in PPG given up with 53.6. They are able to force 10.4 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 34.6% from the floor (5th in the country).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Providence

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