3/20/2024 Montana State v. Grambling State Game Preview

Grambling State Tigers (21-14, 9-9 away)
Montana State Fighting Bobcats (17-18, 11-8 home)
March 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM ET
NCAA Tournament

UD Arena
Dayton, Ohio

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Montana State vs. Grambling Prediction: Odds, Spread & Insights - NCAA Tournament First Four

The Montana State Bobcats (17-17) and the Grambling Tigers (20-14) take the court in a First Four matchup on Wednesday. A spot in the Round of 64 of the NCAA Tournament bracket will be awarded to the winner of the game at 6:40 PM ET.

The matchup on Wednesday between the Bobcats and the Tigers sees the Bobcats as 4.5-point favorites. Bookmakers have set the point total for the matchup at 134.5.

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Montana State vs. Grambling game info

  • Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
  • Time: 6:40 PM ET
  • How to Watch on TV: truTV
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  • Location: Dayton, Ohio
  • Venue: UD Arena
  • Spread: Montana State -4.5
  • Moneylines: Montana State -210, Grambling +170
  • Total: 134.5

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Prediction: Who will win the Montana State vs. Grambling game?

  • Prediction: Montana State 71, Grambling 70
  • Pick ATS: Grambling (+4.5)
  • Pick OU: Over (134.5)

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Montana State vs. Grambling betting insights

  • Montana State has covered 16 times in 31 games with a spread this season.
  • The Bobcats have covered the spread twice this season (2-4 ATS) when playing as at least 4.5-point favorites.
  • Grambling has put together a 16-14-0 record against the spread this season.
  • The Tigers are 4-6 ATS this season when playing as at least 4.5-point underdogs.
  • In 24 games this season, Montana State and its opponents have scored more than 134.5 combined points.
  • The Tigers have combined with their opponent to score more than 134.5 points in 15 of 30 games this season.
  • The teams combine to score 142.7 points per game, 8.2 more points than this matchup's total.

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Montana State vs. Grambling stat comparison

Montana State Rank Montana State AVG Grambling AVG Grambling Rank
124th 73.9 Points Scored 69 248th
79th 66.9 Points Allowed 62.2 15th
277th 33 Rebounds 34.3 217th
292nd 7.1 Off. Rebounds 8.6 178th
299th 6.2 3pt Made 5 349th
221st 12.5 Assists 11.7 289th
142nd 11.5 Turnovers 13.4 316th

Montana State top performers

  • Robert Ford III: 15.9 PTS, 7.6 REB, 2.9 STL, 48 FG%, 42.6 3PT% (78-for-183)
  • Brian Goracke: 13.5 PTS, 43.6 FG%, 36.1 3PT% (65-for-180)
  • Brandon Walker: 13 PTS, 55.9 FG%, 31.7 3PT% (13-for-41)
  • Eddie Turner III: 9.5 PTS, 1.8 STL, 44.5 FG%, 38.4 3PT% (33-for-86)
  • Sam Lecholat: 5.4 PTS, 45.7 FG%, 31.9 3PT% (23-for-72)

Grambling top performers

  • Tra'Michael Moton: 11.8 PTS, 1.7 STL, 40.4 FG%, 37.1 3PT% (43-for-116)
  • Kintavious Dozier: 13.1 PTS, 1.1 STL, 45.4 FG%, 33.3 3PT% (37-for-111)
  • Jourdan Smith: 9.7 PTS, 1.1 BLK, 40.7 FG%, 30.2 3PT% (13-for-43)
  • Antwan Barnett: 10.1 PTS, 45.8 FG%, 35.3 3PT% (24-for-68)
  • Jalen Johnson: 7.6 PTS, 48.6 FG%, 25 3PT% (2-for-8)

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2023-2024 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Grambling State3640.467.723.954.3.4405.115.2.33814.820.8.7088.521.229.79.87.43.212.416.0
Montana State3540.675.326.957.5.4689.124.7.37012.417.0.7285.922.528.413.28.32.411.018.5
GRAMB Opponents3640.469.624.856.7.4366.719.5.34413.418.4.7269.521.631.113.87.12.912.416.3
MTSTU Opponents3540.674.526.757.1.4676.519.5.33514.620.5.7148.324.733.012.35.92.513.117.1

2023-2024 Grambling State Tigers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Moton K. Dozier A. Barnett J. Smith J. Aku
Rotation M. Stevenson J. Cofer   J. Johnson M. Lamin
Lim PT   Z. Munford T. Lewis E. Nnaji  
Lim PT   Q. Murrell W. Reynolds    
Lim PT   P. Parrish      

2023-2024 Montana State Fighting Bobcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters R. Ford III E. Turner T. Patterson B. Goracke B. Walker
Rotation         S. Lecholat
Rotation         J. Olmsted
Lim PT J. Miller J. Miles J. Geron    
Lim PT C. Ash   C. Nduka    
Lim PT     P. McMahon    

Grambling State Tigers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
12 Jonathan Aku C 36 22.4 4.5 1.9 3.2 .583 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.7 .450 1.8 3.3 5.1 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.2 2.6
4 Antwan Barnett GF 26 33.0 10.0 3.3 7.3 .455 1.0 2.8 .361 2.3 3.3 .706 1.2 4.7 5.9 1.6 0.8 0.1 1.9 1.7
1 Jimel Cofer G 25 10.0 3.4 1.1 2.4 .459 0.2 0.7 .333 0.9 1.2 .759 0.7 0.8 1.5 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.7 1.1
00 Kintavious Dozier G 36 26.5 13.0 4.5 10.0 .446 1.0 3.2 .322 3.0 4.0 .762 0.7 2.3 3.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 1.6 0.9
10 Jalen Johnson F 36 21.1 7.3 3.0 6.3 .478 0.1 0.2 .222 1.2 2.1 .587 1.5 2.3 3.8 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.9 2.2
32 Malik Lamin C 19 6.9 0.6 0.3 0.6 .417 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.3 .333 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.5
24 Terrence Lewis SF 24 17.0 7.6 2.9 5.5 .534 1.2 2.7 .462 0.5 0.8 .667 0.6 1.5 2.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.8 1.4
5 Tra'Michael Moton G 36 29.4 11.9 4.0 9.9 .401 1.3 3.4 .371 2.6 3.3 .805 0.7 2.3 2.9 2.7 1.7 0.1 2.2 2.1
2 Zahad Munford G 32 9.5 1.7 0.6 2.3 .270 0.1 1.0 .129 0.3 0.6 .500 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.5
23 Quintin Murrell G 20 8.4 1.6 0.5 1.4 .321 0.1 0.5 .100 0.7 1.0 .650 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.4
20 Chilaydrien Newton G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 Elvis Nnaji PF 3 6.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.3 0.7 .500 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0
30 Payton Parrish G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 William Reynolds GF 5 4.0 1.2 0.4 1.4 .286 0.4 1.0 .400 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
11 Jourdan Smith SF 32 28.1 9.8 3.1 7.4 .418 0.5 1.4 .333 3.1 4.0 .773 1.3 3.3 4.6 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.4 2.7
3 Mikale Stevenson G 36 17.8 4.8 1.7 4.2 .395 0.4 1.4 .308 1.1 1.3 .792 0.3 1.5 1.8 2.1 1.0 0.2 1.7 0.9

Montana State Fighting Bobcats Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
14 Carter Ash G 6 1.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 .667 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20 Robert Ford III G 35 33.9 16.2 5.3 10.9 .487 2.4 5.5 .440 3.2 4.1 .785 1.0 6.6 7.6 3.0 2.9 0.2 2.3 2.9
0 Aiden Gair G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 Jaden Geron F 21 10.7 2.3 0.6 2.0 .302 0.4 1.3 .286 0.7 0.9 .833 0.1 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.1
21 Brian Goracke GF 35 30.5 13.5 4.4 10.1 .436 2.0 5.4 .365 2.7 3.2 .865 1.2 3.1 4.3 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.6 3.2
25 Sam Lecholat F 35 22.2 5.5 1.9 4.0 .461 0.7 2.1 .329 1.1 1.5 .698 1.3 2.3 3.7 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.9 2.5
1 Patrick McMahon F 3 26.0 13.0 5.3 8.0 .667 0.7 1.7 .400 1.7 2.0 .833 0.3 2.0 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 1.7
4 JaQari Miles G 1 7.0 10.0 4.0 6.0 .667 2.0 3.0 .667 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
24 Jed Miller G 23 10.6 2.5 0.8 2.7 .290 0.4 1.7 .225 0.6 0.7 .867 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.4
23 Chika Nduka G 29 14.1 3.6 1.3 3.1 .438 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.6 .556 0.7 0.9 1.6 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.9 2.2
15 John Olmsted PF 25 10.5 3.8 1.6 2.6 .625 0.1 0.2 .500 0.5 0.8 .619 0.5 1.4 1.8 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.2
11 Tyler Patterson SG 35 35.2 8.2 2.9 7.2 .405 2.1 5.5 .373 0.3 0.4 .786 0.2 2.0 2.2 0.7 1.0 0.1 0.5 1.6
50 Royce Robinson F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 Calum Rutherfurd C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 Eddie Turner G 32 28.7 9.4 3.6 8.2 .441 1.0 2.8 .375 1.1 1.5 .766 0.4 1.8 2.2 3.7 1.9 0.0 2.0 2.5
2 Brandon Walker F 35 19.5 13.1 5.3 9.5 .563 0.4 1.2 .310 2.0 3.5 .579 0.6 3.4 4.0 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.8 2.1

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