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Northern Kentucky at Texas A&M

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Northern Kentucky2-0 · Horizon going in
67–104Final
Texas A&M1-0 · SEC going in

Fri, Nov 6 · 8:00 PM ET · SECN+

Reed Arena · College Station, TX

The Call How this works

GordStats had Texas A&M by 20.5✓, the book by 26.5: a lean to Northern Kentucky +26.5✗.

On the total, GordStats said 158 to the book's 170.5: a lean to the Under✗.

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

NKU 4%win chanceTexas A&M 96%
GordStatsTexas A&M by 20.596% to win · NKU 69–Texas A&M 89
BookTexas A&M -26.5O/U 170.5

Unit vs Unit

  • Texas A&M's ball pressure (7th) meets Northern Kentucky's ball security (289th).
  • Texas A&M's shooting (50th) meets Northern Kentucky's shot defense (277th).

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

Northern Kentucky Offense vs Texas A&M Defense

NKU offTexas A&M def
Adj. efficiency
221st102.628th96.5
Effective FG%
105th54.9%67th39.6%
Turnovers
289th21.9%7th29.2%
Offensive rebounding
188th30.0%219th32.9%
Free-throw rate
30th54.9%192nd35.2%
3-point %
140th33.9%184th31.2%

Northern Kentucky: 73.1 possessions a game (50th fastest) · 36% of shots from three

Texas A&M Offense vs Northern Kentucky Defense

Texas A&M offNKU def
Adj. efficiency
34th116.0207th107.0
Effective FG%
50th59.1%277th55.7%
Turnovers
68th12.2%283rd13.3%
Offensive rebounding
158th31.6%187th30.7%
Free-throw rate
67th47.4%138th29.7%
3-point %
78th38.5%237th34.5%

Texas A&M: 74.0 possessions a game (27th fastest) · 38% of shots from three

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

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Northern Kentucky

  • W102–94at South Dakota+5
  • W84–76vs UTEP+7

Texas A&M

  • W97–66vs Alabama St.+5

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.