The Bowling Green Falcons and the Miami-Ohio Redhawks meet in college basketball MAC-tion from Millett Hall on Thursday.

The Bowling Green Falcons will look to bounce back from a 69-57 loss to Akron last time out. Justin Turner leads the Falcons in scoring and assists with 20.4 PPG and 5.3 APG while Daeqwon Plowden is 2nd in scoring and tops in rebounding with 11.6 PPG and 8.7 RPG this season. Trey Diggs has 10.9 PPG with 3.9 RPG and Kaden Matheny has 10 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Bowling Green coming into this matchup with Ball State. As a team, Bowling Green is averaging 79.9 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field, 34.3% from 3-point range and 76.4% from the foul line while giving up 73 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field and 33% from 3-point range this season.

The Miami-Ohio Redhawks will look to build off of an 81-71 win over Ball State last time out. Mekhi Lairy leads the Redhawks in scoring and assists with 11.9 PPG and .1 APG while Dalonte Bitemn is 2nd in scoring and tops in rebounding with 11.8 PPG and 6.3 RPG this season. Dae Dae Grant has 10.2 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Miami-Ohio coming into this game. Jalen Coleman-Lands has 9.4 PPG with 3 APG and James Beck has 7.8 PPG with 5.9 RPG this season. As a team, Miami-Ohio is averaging 68.4 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field, 36.9% from 3-point range and 72.1% from the foul line while giving up 69.4 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field and 35.6% from 3-point range this season.

Bowling Green is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 games following a loss. Miami-Ohio is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record and 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games following a win while the under is 15-5 in their last 20 games overall. The underdog is 7-0 ATS in the last 7 meetings between these two teams and the road team is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings between these two teams.

The Underdog’s had a lot of success in this matchup, but Bowling Green is the far more consistent offensive team and don’t let the dud against Akron fool you. Miami-Ohio’s the better defensive team numbers wise, but they’ve had trouble following up their wins with a cover and I just think this could be another spot where Miami-Ohio falters. I’ll lay the points with Bowling Green on the road in this spot.