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Long Beach St. at Montana St.

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Long Beach St.0-1 · Big West
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Montana St.0-1 · Big Sky

Sat, Nov 7 · 3:00 PM ET · ESPN+

Worthington Arena · Bozeman, MT

The Call How this works

GordStats likes Montana St. by 9.6, the book by 10.5 — 0.9 points apart, short of the 3 it takes for a lean.

LBSU 20%win chanceMontana St 80%
GordStatsMontana St by 9.680% to win · LBSU 69–Montana St 79
BookMontana St -10.5O/U 147.5
Watch score18

Unit vs Unit

  • Long Beach St.'s three-point shooting (66th) meets Montana St.'s three-point defense (281st).
  • Montana St.'s offense (139th) meets Long Beach St.'s defense (287th).

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

Long Beach St. Offense vs Montana St. Defense

LBSU offMontana St def
Adj. efficiency
207th103.1133rd103.7
Effective FG%
183rd49.1%320th60.2%
Turnovers
128th15.2%79th21.8%
Offensive rebounding
324th16.2%139th26.9%
Free-throw rate
183rd34.0%247th40.7%
3-point %
66th40.0%281st36.8%

Long Beach St.: 70.3 possessions a game (239th fastest) · 47% of shots from three

Montana St. Offense vs Long Beach St. Defense

Montana St offLBSU def
Adj. efficiency
139th106.5287th109.9
Effective FG%
167th50.0%281st55.9%
Turnovers
122nd15.0%59th22.8%
Offensive rebounding
303rd20.0%178th30.0%
Free-throw rate
257th27.4%213th37.3%
3-point %
118th35.3%155th29.4%

Montana St.: 70.5 possessions a game (221st fastest) · 55% of shots from three

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

Recent Form

Long Beach St.

  • L63–66at Utah+11

Montana St.

  • L74–84at Colorado St.−3

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.