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Southern at Drake

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Southern0-2 · SWAC
at
Drake1-0 · Missouri Valley

Sun, Nov 8 · 3:00 PM ET · ESPN+

Knapp Center · Des Moines, IA

The Call How this works

GordStats likes Drake by 12.1, 85% to win. No book line yet.

Southern 15%win chanceDrake 85%
GordStatsDrake by 12.185% to win · Southern 70–Drake 82
Watch score13

Unit vs Unit

  • Drake's shot defense (11th) meets Southern's shooting (247th).
  • Drake's offense (128th) meets Southern's defense (246th).

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

Southern Offense vs Drake Defense

Southern offDrake def
Adj. efficiency
313th97.6196th106.4
Effective FG%
247th43.9%11th0.0%
Turnovers
349th27.0%341st0.0%
Offensive rebounding
165th31.4%11th0.0%
Free-throw rate
234th28.9%11th0.0%
3-point %
172nd31.2%11th0.0%

Southern: 72.6 possessions a game (74th fastest) · 28% of shots from three

Drake Offense vs Southern Defense

Drake offSouthern def
Adj. efficiency
128th107.5246th108.5
Effective FG%
341st0.0%311th59.1%
Turnovers
11th0.0%83rd21.6%
Offensive rebounding
340th0.0%344th45.2%
Free-throw rate
341st0.0%355th67.3%
3-point %
341st0.0%343rd45.5%

Drake: 70.8 possessions a game (194th fastest) · 0% of shots from three

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

Recent Form

Southern

  • L54–106at TCU−28
  • L72–85at SMU+11

Drake

  • W101–48vs Central College—

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.