Florida A&M Rattlers vs Florida State Seminoles Prediction, 11/2/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Florida A&M Rattlers vs Florida State Seminoles

Date: Monday, November 2, 2026

Location: Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, FL

TV: ESPN+

Benchmark International Arena is the location where the Florida State Seminoles (18-15 last year) will compete against the Florida A&M Rattlers (15-16 last season) on Monday.

The Florida A&M Rattlers played Southern and took a loss by a final of 73-70 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Rattlers ended up with 11 and Southern recorded 15 personal fouls. They buried 6 out of their 22 tries from beyond the arc. Southern walked away from this one shooting 50.0% from the charity stripe by knocking down 5 of 10 attempts. Additionally, Southern pulled down 34 rebounds (12 offensive, 22 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Southern earned 20 assists and had 13 steals in the matchup. When discussing defense, Florida A&M allowed the other team to shoot 45.6% from the field on 31 out of 68 shooting. They also distributed 14 assists in this matchup in addition to creating 12 turnovers and having 8 steals. Pertaining to rebounding, they earned 31 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Rattlers converted 18 of 20 shots for a percentage of 90.0%. Florida A&M finished the contest with a 46.0% FG percentage (23 of 50) and knocked down 6 of 16 3-point shots.

Tyler Shirley is a player who was a major contributor for this contest. He notched 16 points on 7 out of 12 shooting. He played for 33 minutes played and collected 5 boards. He finished shooting 58.3% from the floor and also distributed 2 assists.

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Florida A&M will take the court after finishing with a record of 15-16 last season. They had an average of 70.4 points per contest (296th in D-1) while going 43.5% from the field. The Rattlers connected on 32.6% on 3-pointers (213 of 654) and 69.7% from the free throw line. As a group, Florida A&M grabbed 34.2 boards per contest and totaled 397 dimes throughout last season, which had them ranked 291st in Division 1 in terms of passing. They gave up possession 15.1 times per contest and as a squad committed 18.0 fouls per game.

On the defensive end, the Rattlers were able to force 13.7 turnovers per game and they drew 18.2 fouls. They relinquished 34.9% from 3-point land and they ranked 204th in college in PPG allowed (74.6). The Rattlers defensively gave up an opponent FG percentage of 44.8% (785 of 1,752) and they relinquished 34.3 rebounds per game as a team. They were 53rd in the nation in allowing assists to their opponents with 389 conceded last season.

The last time they took the court, the Florida State Seminoles went home defeated by a final of 80-79 when they faced Duke. In the matter of how they rebounded, Florida State allowed Duke to pull down 44 overall (20 offensive). They finished the game shooting 29.4% from three-point range via 10 of 34 and ended up shooting 14 out of 23 from the free throw line (60.9%). The Seminoles allowed Duke to bury 28 of 64 attempts from the field which had them shooting 43.8% for the contest. When all was said and done, the Seminoles ended up shooting 28 for 54 from the floor which gave them a rate of 51.9%. With regard to three-point shots, Florida State made 11 of their 28 attempts (39.3%). They were able to make 12 of them for a rate of 66.7%. Duke committed 17 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Seminoles to the charity stripe for a total of 18 attempts. They turned the ball over 10 times, while getting 11 steals for the contest. The Seminoles earned 19 defensive boards and 5 offensive rebounds totaling 24 for this contest.

Lajae Jones was important for the Seminoles in the game. He converted 8 of 15 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 53.3%, and had 5 rebounds. He totaled 28 points in his 32 minutes of playing time and accounted for 1 assist in the game.

Florida State had a mark of 18-15 last season. The Seminoles were responsible for committing 18.3 personal fouls per contest and they shot 71.3% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists was at 14.3 times per contest (142nd in the country) and they turned the ball over 10.9 times per contest. Florida State scored 2,652 pts throughout last year (80.4 per game) and they collected 35.3 rebounds per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Seminoles shot 44.0% from the floor, which was ranked 252nd in college hoops.

The Florida State defense surrendered 34.6% on shots from behind the 3-point line (313 of 904) and opponents converted on 70.9% of their free throw shots. They surrendered 14.8 assists and 38.2 total rebounds per game, which ranked them 215th and 344th in Division 1. The Seminoles were ranked 297th in college in points allowed per game with 77.9. They forced their opponents into 13.6 TO's every game and let teams shoot 44.5% from the floor (200th in college hoops).

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Florida A&M

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