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Lafayette at Saint Joseph's

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Lafayette1-1 · Patriot
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Saint Joseph's1-0 · A10

Sat, Nov 7 · 4:00 PM ET · ESPN+

Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena · Philadelphia, PA

The Call How this works

GordStats likes Saint Joseph's by 17.4, the book by 17.5 — they agree, no lean.

On the total, GordStats says 140 to the book's 146.5: a lean to the Under.

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

Lafayette 6%win chanceSt. Joseph's 94%
GordStatsSt. Joseph's by 17.494% to win · Lafayette 61–St. Joseph's 79
BookSt. Joseph's -17.5O/U 146.5
Watch score9

Unit vs Unit

  • Saint Joseph's defense (66th) meets Lafayette's offense (336th).
  • Saint Joseph's shooting (157th) meets Lafayette's shot defense (319th).

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

Lafayette Offense vs Saint Joseph's Defense

Lafayette offSt. Joseph's def
Adj. efficiency
336th95.966th98.7
Effective FG%
287th40.3%118th45.0%
Turnovers
270th20.5%232nd15.6%
Offensive rebounding
264th24.4%163rd29.2%
Free-throw rate
312th17.9%141st30.0%
3-point %
322nd16.7%116th26.2%

Lafayette: 70.3 possessions a game (242nd fastest) · 36% of shots from three

Saint Joseph's Offense vs Lafayette Defense

St. Joseph's offLafayette def
Adj. efficiency
239th101.7317th111.5
Effective FG%
157th50.8%319th59.7%
Turnovers
63rd11.7%34th25.7%
Offensive rebounding
241st26.8%358th50.0%
Free-throw rate
58th49.2%95th25.4%
3-point %
181st30.8%277th36.4%

Saint Joseph's: 71.5 possessions a game (132nd fastest) · 41% of shots from three

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

Recent Form

Lafayette

  • W104–67vs King's—
  • L60–96at Butler−15

Saint Joseph's

  • W82–73vs Longwood−1

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.