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Saint Louis vs Missouri

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Saint Louis1-0 · A10 going in
90–84Final
Missouri1-0 · SEC going in

Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET · ESPNU

Neutral site · Enterprise Center · St. Louis, MO

The Call How this works

GordStats had Missouri by 2.8✗, the book by 2.5 — they agree, no lean.

On the total, GordStats said 154 to the book's 161.5: a lean to the Under✗.

A side against the book is a disagreement, not a tip — how ours have done.

St. Louis 40%win chanceMissouri 60%
GordStatsMissouri by 2.860% to win · St. Louis 76–Missouri 79
BookMissouri -2.5O/U 161.5

Unit vs Unit

  • Saint Louis' three-point shooting (22nd) meets Missouri's three-point defense (304th).
  • Missouri's ball security (46th) meets Saint Louis' ball pressure (243rd).

National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.

Saint Louis Offense vs Missouri Defense

St. Louis offMissouri def
Adj. efficiency
43rd114.740th97.6
Effective FG%
14th65.3%184th49.6%
Turnovers
87th13.6%202nd16.7%
Offensive rebounding
308th19.7%84th23.7%
Free-throw rate
175th34.7%97th25.6%
3-point %
22nd45.8%304th39.0%

Saint Louis: 72.5 possessions a game (76th fastest) · 41% of shots from three

Missouri Offense vs Saint Louis Defense

Missouri offSt. Louis def
Adj. efficiency
21st117.581st100.1
Effective FG%
55th58.6%105th43.8%
Turnovers
46th9.8%243rd15.0%
Offensive rebounding
59th39.5%198th31.5%
Free-throw rate
207th31.4%249th41.1%
3-point %
60th40.0%103rd25.5%

Missouri: 70.7 possessions a game (202nd fastest) · 39% of shots from three

Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I. Every team: Team Stats.

Recent Form

Saint Louis

  • W92–67vs Lehigh+3

Missouri

  • W111–50vs Cleveland St.+36

The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.

What These Numbers Mean
Adj. efficiency
Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
Effective FG%
Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
Turnovers
Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
Offensive rebounding
The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
Free-throw rate
Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.