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Sacramento St. at Santa Clara

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Sacramento St.1-0 · Big West
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Santa Clara2-0 · WCC

Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 PM ET · ESPN+

Leavey Center · Santa Clara, CA

The Call How this works

GordStats likes Santa Clara by 20.6, the book by 19.5 — 1.1 points apart, short of the 3 it takes for a lean.

Sac. St. 4%win chanceSanta Clara 96%
GordStatsSanta Clara by 20.696% to win · Sac. St. 73–Santa Clara 93
BookSanta Clara -19.5O/U 167.5
Watch score20

Unit vs Unit

  • Santa Clara's shot defense (95th) meets Sacramento St.'s shooting (343rd).
  • Santa Clara's ball security (142nd) meets Sacramento St.'s ball pressure (343rd).

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

Sacramento St. Offense vs Santa Clara Defense

Sac. St. offSanta Clara def
Adj. efficiency
122nd107.996th100.9
Effective FG%
343rd0.0%95th42.5%
Turnovers
13th0.0%91st21.0%
Offensive rebounding
342nd0.0%284th36.8%
Free-throw rate
343rd0.0%240th40.2%
3-point %
343rd0.0%134th27.5%

Sacramento St.: 73.7 possessions a game (34th fastest) · 0% of shots from three

Santa Clara Offense vs Sacramento St. Defense

Santa Clara offSac. St. def
Adj. efficiency
75th111.7236th108.1
Effective FG%
79th56.4%13th0.0%
Turnovers
142nd15.8%343rd0.0%
Offensive rebounding
142nd32.4%13th0.0%
Free-throw rate
198th31.8%13th0.0%
3-point %
59th40.3%13th0.0%

Santa Clara: 73.5 possessions a game (37th fastest) · 47% of shots from three

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

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Sacramento St.

  • W90–74vs Jessup—

Santa Clara

  • W95–72vs Milwaukee+3
  • W89–70vs Towson+6

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.