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Stony Brook at Northwestern

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Stony Brook1-0 · CAA going in
65–78Final
Northwestern1-0 · Big Ten going in

Fri, Nov 6 · 8:00 PM ET · B1G+

Welsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston, IL

The Call How this works

GordStats had Northwestern by 15.2✓, the book by 11.5: a lean to Northwestern -11.5✓.

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

Stony Brook 9%win chanceNW 91%
GordStatsNW by 15.291% to win · Stony Brook 63–NW 79
BookNW -11.5O/U 144.5

Unit vs Unit

  • Northwestern's three-point shooting (25th) meets Stony Brook's three-point defense (359th).
  • Northwestern's three-point defense (104th) meets Stony Brook's three-point shooting (273rd).

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

Stony Brook Offense vs Northwestern Defense

Stony Brook offNW def
Adj. efficiency
197th103.789th100.6
Effective FG%
226th46.1%124th45.6%
Turnovers
109th14.6%199th16.8%
Offensive rebounding
211th28.6%95th24.6%
Free-throw rate
63rd49.0%227th38.8%
3-point %
273rd24.1%104th25.5%

Stony Brook: 69.0 possessions a game (315th fastest) · 57% of shots from three

Northwestern Offense vs Stony Brook Defense

NW offStony Brook def
Adj. efficiency
68th112.2256th109.0
Effective FG%
24th63.5%318th59.6%
Turnovers
126th15.2%174th17.9%
Offensive rebounding
72nd38.2%307th39.3%
Free-throw rate
105th42.3%206th36.5%
3-point %
25th45.3%359th52.2%

Northwestern: 68.0 possessions a game (346th fastest) · 51% of shots from three

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

Recent Form

Stony Brook

  • W97–47vs SUNY Old Westbury—

Northwestern

  • W86–60vs Binghamton+2

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.