Montana vs Weber State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/11/21

The Weber State Wildcats and the Montana Grizzlies meet in college basketball action from the Dahlberg Arena on Thursday night.

The Weber State Wildcats will look to build on their 82-74 win over Montana State last time out. Isiah Brown leads Weber State in scoring with 17.7 PPG along with 4.1 RPG and a team-high 3.3 APG while Zahir Porter has 13.3 PPG and Seikou Sisoho Jawara has 11.7 PPG with 3.1 APG this season. Cody Carlson has 10.9 PPG with a team-high 4.8 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Weber State so far this season while Dontay Bassett has 9.8 PPG and 4.5 RPG for Weber State. As a team, Weber State is averaging 84.5 PPG on 50.3% shooting from the field, 41% from 3-point land and 79.5% from the foul line while allowing 69.3 PPG on 40.7% shooting fro the field and 32.7% from 3-point range this season.

The Montana Grizzlies will be out to bounce back from a 61-56 loss to Portland State in their last outing. Kyle Owens leads Montana in scoring and rebounding with 11.6 PPG and 5.9 RPG while Brandon Whitney has 11.2 PPG and Michael Steadman has 10.4 PPG and 5.7 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Montana so far this season. Robby Beasley has 9 PPG while Cameron Parker has 7.6 PPG and a team-high 4.2 APG this season. As a team, Montana is averaging 69 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field, 35.6% from 3-point range and 79% from the foul line while allowing 63.6 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field and 29.4% from 3-point range this season.

Weber State is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a win while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record. Montana is 4-12 ATS in their last 16 games overall and 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games against a team with a  winning record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a loss. The home team is 17-7 ATS in the last 24 meetings between these two teams.

I get Montana being favored at home where they’ve been so lethal defensively, holding opponents to under 60 points per game, but the Grizz also haven’t had to deal with a top-10 offense like the one Weber State brings to the table here. I just think that as funny as the line looks, Weber State’s the better team here, so if the line’s a trap, so be it. I’ll lean towards Weber State to get the job done here.