Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks vs High Point Panthers Prediction, 11/4/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks vs High Point Panthers

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Location: Qubein Center in High Point, NC

TV: ESPN+

The High Point Panthers (31-5 last season) will go up against the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (9-23 last year) at Qubein Center on Wednesday.

The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks faced off with North Carolina Central and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 83-76 in their last contest. In regard to fouls, the Hawks ended up finishing with 19 while North Carolina Central totaled 21 fouls. They made 8 of their 18 attempts from three-point range. North Carolina Central finished the contest at 91.3% at the charity stripe by converting 21 of their 23 shots. Additionally, North Carolina Central collected 27 rebounds (7 offensive, 20 defensive), but didn't have a block. North Carolina Central doled out 11 dimes and had 9 steals in this matchup. In terms of defending, Maryland Eastern Shore let their opponent shoot 50.9% from the field on 27 out of 53 shooting. They also doled out 10 dimes for the matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and having 6 steals. When it comes to pulling down rebounds, they earned 27 with 14 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Hawks buried 22 of their 25 shots for a percentage of 88.0%. Maryland Eastern Shore ended with a 41.4% field goal percentage (24 of 58) and buried 6 of their 22 shots from 3-point land.

Zion Obanla is someone who played a role in this game. He ended up going 42.9% from the field but had no dimes when the game ended. He was on the court for 30 mins played and also snagged 8 rebounds. He recorded 21 points on 3 out of 7 shooting.

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Maryland Eastern Shore comes into this game after finishing with a mark of 9-23 last year. They turned it over 15.8 times per game and as a group committed 18.1 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Maryland Eastern Shore snagged 32.5 boards per contest and totaled 431 assists last year, which was 229th in the country in terms of passing the rock. The Hawks shot 30.0% on shots from downtown (172 of 574) and 71.7% from the free throw line. They averaged 64.4 points per contest (357th in the country) while hitting 44.4% from the floor.

When they were on defense, the Hawks forced 12.0 turnovers per contest and they drew 16.6 personal fouls. They were 115th in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 416 surrendered last season. The Hawks gave up a field goal percentage of 43.7% (754 of 1,726) and they surrendered 32.2 rebounds per contest as a squad. They gave up 33.0% on 3-point attempts and they were ranked 93rd in the nation in points per game allowed (70.8).

The last time they took the court, the High Point Panthers went home defeated by a final of 94-88 when they faced Arkansas. The Panthers were able to corral 24 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive boards for a total of 32 for the contest. They turned it over 9 times, while getting 5 steals for the contest. Arkansas committed 9 personal fouls for the contest which took the Panthers to the charity stripe for 11 attempts. They were able to bury 10 of the free throw tries for a rate of 90.9%. Pertaining to shooting from beyond the arc, High Point buried 10 of their 38 tries (26.3%). At the conclusion of this game, the Panthers walked away from this one shooting 34 for 75 from the field which gave them a rate of 45.3%. The Panthers allowed Arkansas to knock down 35 of 68 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 51.5% for this game. They finished 56.3% from distance by hitting 9 out of 16 and finished the contest at 15 of 20 at the free throw line (75.0%). In the matter of team rebounding, High Point allowed Arkansas to get 35 in all (6 on the offensive glass).

Rob Martin pitched in for the Panthers for this game. He made 11 of 23 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 47.8%, and accumulated 4 rebounds. He totaled 30 points in his 35 mins of playing time and accumulated 5 dimes in the game.

High Point had a mark of 31-5 last season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Panthers connected on 48.8% from the field, which was ranked 26th in the nation. High Point accumulated 3,230 points over the course of last year (89.7 per contest) and they grabbed 36.5 rebounds per contest. They dished out assists 16.4 times per contest (45th in the country) and they coughed up possession 9.3 times per contest. The Panthers were responsible for committing 18.5 personal fouls per game and they went 74.4% from the charity stripe.

The High Point defense gave up 32.4% on 3-pointers (270 of 833) and opponents made 70.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They relinquished 34.6 dimes and 34.4 rebounds on a nightly basis, which was ranked 355th and 180th in those categories on the defensive end. The Panthers on the defensive end were ranked 106th in college in PPG given up with 71.3. They were able to force 16.0 turnovers per game and allowed teams to shoot 43.1% from the field (106th in Division 1).

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Maryland Eastern Shore

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