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Northern Iowa at Furman

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Northern Iowa1-0 · Missouri Valley
at
Furman2-0 · SoCon

Sat, Nov 7 · 5:00 PM ET · ESPN+

Timmons Arena · Greenville, SC

The Call How this works

GordStats likes Furman by 1.1, the book by 4.5: a lean to Northern Iowa +4.5.

On the total, GordStats says 142 to the book's 149.5: a lean to the Under.

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

UNI 46%win chanceFurman 54%
GordStatsFurman by 1.154% to win · UNI 70–Furman 71
BookFurman -4.5O/U 149.5
Watch score38Toss-up

Unit vs Unit

  • Northern Iowa's ball security (5th) meets Furman's ball pressure (248th).
  • Furman's ball security (154th) meets Northern Iowa's ball pressure (335th).

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

Northern Iowa Offense vs Furman Defense

UNI offFurman def
Adj. efficiency
138th106.5153rd104.8
Effective FG%
335th0.0%191st50.0%
Turnovers
5th0.0%248th14.8%
Offensive rebounding
334th0.0%119th25.8%
Free-throw rate
335th0.0%117th27.6%
3-point %
335th0.0%322nd42.1%

Northern Iowa: 69.2 possessions a game (306th fastest) · 0% of shots from three

Furman Offense vs Northern Iowa Defense

Furman offUNI def
Adj. efficiency
135th106.6102nd101.8
Effective FG%
120th53.8%5th0.0%
Turnovers
154th16.3%335th0.0%
Offensive rebounding
145th32.3%5th0.0%
Free-throw rate
22nd57.7%5th0.0%
3-point %
76th38.7%5th0.0%

Furman: 69.6 possessions a game (281st fastest) · 60% of shots from three

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

Recent Form

Northern Iowa

  • W106–70vs Cornell (IA)—

Furman

  • W121–52vs Bob Jones—
  • W79–70vs Bethune Cookman+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.