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St. Bonaventure at Canisius

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Sat, Nov 7 · 7:00 PM ET · ESPN+

Koessler Athletic Center · Buffalo, NY

The Call How this works

GordStats likes St. Bonaventure by 12.3, the book by 8.5: a lean to St. Bonaventure -8.5.

On the total, GordStats says 152 to the book's 147.5: a lean to the Over.

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

St. Bonaventure 86%win chanceCanisius 14%
GordStatsSt. Bonaventure by 12.386% to win · St. Bonaventure 82–Canisius 70
BookSt. Bonaventure -8.5O/U 147.5
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Unit vs Unit

  • St. Bonaventure's offense (140th) meets Canisius' defense (365th).
  • St. Bonaventure's foul rate (152nd) meets Canisius' free-throw rate (324th).

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

St. Bonaventure Offense vs Canisius Defense

St. Bonaventure offCanisius def
Adj. efficiency
140th106.5365th116.6
Effective FG%
147th51.7%306th58.5%
Turnovers
209th18.3%276th13.6%
Offensive rebounding
187th30.0%337th43.8%
Free-throw rate
170th35.0%282nd44.6%
3-point %
119th35.3%61st21.1%

St. Bonaventure: 70.8 possessions a game (193rd fastest) · 28% of shots from three

Canisius Offense vs St. Bonaventure Defense

Canisius offSt. Bonaventure def
Adj. efficiency
262nd100.9150th104.5
Effective FG%
257th42.6%162nd47.8%
Turnovers
309th23.1%146th18.3%
Offensive rebounding
263rd24.4%323rd42.2%
Free-throw rate
324th14.8%152nd31.3%
3-point %
318th18.2%290th37.5%

Canisius: 70.0 possessions a game (258th fastest) · 36% of shots from three

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

Recent Form

St. Bonaventure

  • L71–79vs Youngstown St.−18

Canisius

  • L57–97at Penn St.−23

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.