Duke vs. Liberty Women’s Basketball Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total – November 7
Published 2:26 pm Thursday, November 7, 2024
Thursday’s game at Liberty Arena has the Liberty Lady Flames (1-0) matching up with the No. 11 Duke Blue Devils (1-0) at 7:00 PM ET (on November 7). Our computer prediction projects a narrow 66-64 victory for Liberty, so expect a tight matchup.
Based on our computer prediction, Liberty projects to cover the 21.5-point spread in its matchup against Duke. The over/under is currently listed at 124.5, and the two sides are projected to exceed it.
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Duke vs. Liberty Game Info & Odds
- Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Time: 7:00 PM ET
- Live stream: Watch this game on ESPN+
- Where: Lynchburg, Virginia
- Venue: Liberty Arena
- Line: Duke -21.5
- Point total: 124.5
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Duke vs. Liberty Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Liberty 66, Duke 64
Spread & Total Prediction for Duke vs. Liberty
- Pick ATS: Liberty (+21.5)
- Pick OU: Over (124.5)
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Duke Performance Insights
- Duke was 122nd in the nation in points scored (68.2 per game) and 38th in points conceded (57.9) last season.
- Last year, the Blue Devils were 96th in the country in rebounds (34.1 per game) and 10th-best in rebounds allowed (26.7).
- Duke was 86th in college basketball in assists (14.5 per game) last season.
- Last year, the Blue Devils were 189th in college basketball in 3-point makes (5.7 per game) and 148th in 3-point percentage (31.7%).
- Duke gave up 4.9 3-pointers per game and conceded 31.6% from beyond the arc last season, ranking 50th and 226th, respectively, in college basketball.
- The Blue Devils attempted 69.4% of their shots from inside the 3-point line, and 30.6% from beyond it last year. In terms of makes, 78.1% of the Blue Devils’ baskets were 2-pointers, and 21.9% were 3-pointers.
Liberty Performance Insights
- On offense, Liberty scored 65.7 points per game (163rd-ranked in college basketball) last year. It ceded 66.7 points per contest on defense (237th-ranked).
- With 35.9 boards per game, the Flames ranked 40th in college basketball. They ceded 29.9 rebounds per contest, which ranked 82nd in college basketball.
- Liberty delivered 14.3 dimes per game, which ranked them 97th in the country.
- The Flames ranked 194th in the nation at 15.2 turnovers per game, but they forced 10.7 turnovers per game, which ranked third-worst in college basketball.
- The Flames were 98th in the country with 6.8 treys per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 69th with a 33.6% shooting percentage from downtown.
- Liberty ranked 274th in the country with 6.6 threes allowed per game. Meanwhile, it ranked 259th with a 32.4% shooting percentage allowed from three-point land.
- Of the shots taken by Liberty last season, 65.2% of them were two-pointers (72.4% of the team’s made baskets) and 34.8% were three-pointers (27.6%).
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