Florida Gators vs Auburn Tigers Prediction, 12/28/2022 College Basketball Picks,

Game: Florida Gators vs Auburn Tigers

Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Location: Neville Arena in Auburn, AL

TV: ESPN2

The Auburn Tigers (10-2) will play the Florida Gators (7-5) at Neville Arena on Wednesday.

The Florida Gators took the court against Oklahoma and ended up losing by a score of 62-53 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Gators finished with 16 and Oklahoma had 11 fouls. They knocked down 7 of their 18 tries from distance. Oklahoma finished the contest at 72.2% at the charity stripe by burying 13 of their 18 tries. On top of that, Oklahoma had 41 rebounds (7 offensive, 34 defensive), but wasn’t able to record a block. Oklahoma recorded 11 dimes and had 7 steals in this contest. In reference to the defense, Florida allowed their opponent to shoot 39.6% from the floor on 21 of 53 shooting. They also doled out 6 assists for this game while forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and earning 7 steals. When it comes to grabbing rebounds, they earned 35 with 6 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Gators buried 11 of their 14 shots for a percentage of 78.6%. Florida walked away from the contest with a 32.8% FG percentage (20 of 61) and knocked down 2 of 22 shots from downtown.

Colin Castleton is a guy who came through in this contest. He ended up finishing with 22 points on 8 of 15 shooting. He played for 32 minutes and collected 8 rebounds. He ended up going 53.3% from the floor and also distributed 1 assist.

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Florida comes into this game with a win-loss record of 7-5 this year. They have an average of 76.5 pts per contest (111th in the nation) while going 45.4% from the field. The Gators are shooting 35.6% on 3-pointers (84 of 236) and 73.8% from the charity stripe. As a team, Florida is grabbing 36.8 rebounds per contest and has totaled 149 assists for the season, which has them ranked 287th in the country in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 11.5 times per game and as a basketball team they are committing 16.8 fouls per contest.

On defense, the Gators are able to force 13.4 turnovers per game while drawing 16.7 fouls. They are giving up 35.8% on 3-point attempts while they are 144th in college hoops in points per game allowed (67.2). The Gators are giving up a field goal percentage of 41.4% (293 of 708) and they surrender 34.8 boards per contest as a team. They are currently ranked 79th in college basketball in giving up assists with 138 relinquished so far this year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Auburn Tigers walked away with a victory by a final of 84-61 when they faced Washington. The Tigers were able to corral 28 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive rebounds totaling 38 in this matchup. They also turned the ball over 15 times, while getting 9 steals for the contest. Washington had 13 personal fouls for the game which took the Tigers to the charity stripe for a total of 16 tries. They were able to convert 10…