Towson at Hofstra Betting Preview
College basketball content contributor Kyle Kargel breaks down tonight’s Towson at Hofstra showdown in the CAA. At the time of posting, the Pride have opened as a 3-point home favorite over the road Tigers, with the total sitting at 144 points.
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Thursday, February 3 | CAA Basketball Betting Notes |
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Point Spread: | Towson Tigers +3 at Hofstra Pride |
Total: | 144 Points |
Game Time: | 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT |
Arena: | David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex in Uniondale, NY |
TV: | SNY FloHoops |
Towson at Hofstra Analysis
The Towson Tigers and Hofstra Pride do battle tonight in the CAA where both teams are fighting to get to the top of the conference with UNC Wilmington. Both teams are 4-1 in their last five with both team’s one loss to UNC Wilmington.
Hofstra is favored in this game as the home team despite having the worst record of the two. Both teams are also similar in that they rely on their seniors to lead their teams to victory. Let’s break this game down from a betting perspective and see how this game might play out.
Tigers Patient With Pace of Play
The Tigers will rely heavily on their ability to steal the ball as four different players average one steal or more per game and nationally they rank 4th in steal percentage.
Towson also likes to slow the pace of play down and rely on their efficient offense to produce points as they rank 57th nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency. Guard Cameron Holden averages over eight rebounds per game and collectively as a unit the Tigers 16th nationally in offensive rebounding percentage.
Holden is also the team’s leading scorer at 14.4 ppg while shooting just over 45% overall from the field. Other key offensive contributors are Nicolas Timberlake and Jason Gibson who collectively shoot over 83% from the free throw line.
The Pride Work the Paint
While Hofstra has a high effective field goal shooting percentage, they also allow opponents to generate effective shots as well ranking near the bottom of the country in that statistic.
Where the Pride will look to take advantage of the Tigers is by working the paint as they shoot over 56% from inside the arch, good for 11th in the country. If they get fouled while shooting inside, that will work in Hofstra’s favor too as they shoot over 80% from the free throw line, good for 4th in the country.
One quirky stat about Hofstra is that they only roster 10 players for each game with each gaining quality playing time. Junior guard Aaron Estrada is their go-to player averaging 17 ppg, 5 rpg and 5 apg shooting over 46% from the field and over 94% from the free throw line. I
f this game comes down to the wire and ends up being any sort of a free throw shooting contest, the Pride will come away winning this one.
Towson at Hofstra Prediction
These two teams are very evenly matched, but Hofstra does play the more balanced game spreading it out among a variety of players. It’ll be tough for Towson to account for all of them and the Tigers will likely be exposed one way or another.
Opinion : Take Hofstra -3 back at home tonight after three straight road games.
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