Long Beach State vs DePaul Picks and Prediction – 11/12/2023

The Long Beach State Beach take a long road trip Saturday to Chicago, IL for a game against DePaul. Long Beach State is winless on the year riding a three-game skid dating back to last season following a five point loss to open the year. For more College Previews see our College Basketball Picks. Offensively Long Beach State did shoot the ball well making 36.2% of their shots to score 73 points in the game. Defensively is where the Beach had the struggles giving up 78 points on 43.4% shooting from the floor.

Jadon Jones led the way for Long Beach state in game one with 23 points in 34 minutes of action. Marcus Tsohonis chipped in 17 points and AJ George added seven points in the game. Aboubacar Traore scored 16 points the third player in double figures to go along with a team high 9 rebounds and five assists.

The DePaul Blue Demons are winless thus far this season following a terrible 8 point loss to Purdue Fort Wayne to start the year. Offensively DePaul shot the ball extremely well making 49% of their shots and knocked down eight long balls but turned the ball over 22 times resulting in the loss. Defensively the Blue Demons had a ton of issues giving up 41 points in each half on 44% shooting and 50% from beyond the arc.

Chico Carter Jr. led the way for DePaul in game one of the season with 18 points and eight rebounds in 35 minutes of action. Jeremiah Oden added thirteen points and KT Raimey chipped in 11 points. Da’Sean Nelson scored nine points and led the team with four assists.