UC Riverside vs Hawaii College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/11/21

The Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors and UC Riverside Highlanders meet Thursday in the college basketball Big West Quarterfinal at the Mandalay Bay Event Center.

The Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors are averaging 72.6 points on 44.6 percent shooting and allowing 69.5 points on 44.6 percent shooting. Justin Webster is averaging 12.7 points and 3.5 rebounds while James Jean-Marie is averaging 12.6 points and 5.1 rebounds. Casdon Jardine is the third double-digit scorer and Junior Madut is dishing 1.7 assists. The Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors are shooting 36.5 percent from beyond the arc and 72 percent from the free throw line. The Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors are allowing 32.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.2 rebounds per game.

The UC Riverside Highlanders look for a win after winning seven of their last 10 games. The UC Riverside Highlanders are averaging 71.1 points on 45.5 percent shooting and allowing 63.5 points on 40.1 percent shooting. Arinze Chidom is averaging 13.5 points and 5.5 rebounds while Zyon Pullin is averaging 12.5 points and five rebounds. Jock Perry is the third double-digit scorer and Flynn Cameron is grabbing 5.6 rebounds. The UC Riverside Highlanders are shooting 38 percent from beyond the arc and 69.3 percent from the free throw line. The UC Riverside Highlanders are allowing 32 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 34.7 rebounds per game.

The Rainbow Warriors are 14-5 ATS in their last 19 Thursday games and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The Highlanders are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS loss and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The over is 6-0-1 in Rainbow Warriors last 7 overall. The under is 9-3-1 in Highlanders last 13 Thursday games. The underdog is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings.

The UC Riverside Highlanders are probably the better team here and finished the regular season strong, but both meetings this season between these clubs were split and came down to the wire. The Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors are also a competitive bunch that only loses by an average of 2.1 points in the underdog role. If this contest is anything like the first two meetings, the points will come in handy. Give me Hawaii and the points.