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Youngstown St. at Ohio St.

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Fri, Nov 6 · 6:30 PM ET · B1G+

Schottenstein Center · Columbus, OH

The Call How this works

GordStats had Ohio St. by 22.6✓, the book by 25.5 — 2.9 points apart, short of the 3 it takes for a lean.

On the total, GordStats said 150 to the book's 154.5: a lean to the Under✓.

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

YSU 2%win chanceOSU 98%
GordStatsOSU by 22.698% to win · YSU 64–OSU 86
BookOSU -25.5O/U 154.5

Unit vs Unit

  • Ohio St.'s defense (33rd) meets Youngstown St.'s offense (275th).
  • Ohio St.'s offensive rebounding (67th) meets Youngstown St.'s defensive rebounding (289th).

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

Youngstown St. Offense vs Ohio St. Defense

YSU offOSU def
Adj. efficiency
275th100.033rd97.1
Effective FG%
217th46.5%243rd53.3%
Turnovers
202nd18.1%250th14.7%
Offensive rebounding
134th32.9%126th26.0%
Free-throw rate
225th29.7%208th36.7%
3-point %
148th33.3%249th35.1%

Youngstown St.: 71.5 possessions a game (140th fastest) · 49% of shots from three

Ohio St. Offense vs Youngstown St. Defense

OSU offYSU def
Adj. efficiency
17th117.9230th107.7
Effective FG%
132nd52.5%214th51.3%
Turnovers
149th16.1%184th17.4%
Offensive rebounding
67th38.5%289th37.0%
Free-throw rate
89th44.5%288th46.2%
3-point %
220th27.7%141st27.8%

Ohio St.: 70.6 possessions a game (209th fastest) · 40% of shots from three

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

Recent Form

Youngstown St.

  • W79–71at St. Bonaventure+18

Ohio St.

  • L83–94vs BYU−12

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.