Eastern Washington vs Idaho State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/3/21

The Idaho State Bengals and the Eastern Washington Eagles meet in college basketball action from Reese Court on Wednesday night.

The Idaho State Bengals will look to rebound from a 59-58 loss to Montana at home in their last outing. Tarik Cool leads the Bengals in scoring with 13.8 PPG along with 2.4 APG while Robert Ford III has 11 PPG with team-highs of 7.2 RPG and 3.3 APG as well on the year. Brayden Parker has 10.6 PPG with 5.5 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Idaho State up to this point in the season. Austin Smellie and Malik Porter each have 8+ PPG for Eastern Washington as well this season. As a team, Idaho State is averaging 68.8 PPG on 45.6% shooting from the field and 34.7% from three while allowing 60.6 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field and 35.4% from three this season.

The Eastern Washington Eagles will be out to build off of a 90-76 win over Montana last time out. Tanner Groves leads the Eagles in scoring and rebounding with 16.7 PPG and 8.2 RPG while Kim Aiken Jr. has 12.3 PPG and 8.2 RPG as well for the Eagles this year. Tyler Robertson has 11.9 PPG with a team-high 2.9 APG to lead EWU in assists and Jacob Davison has 11.3 PPG while Michael Meadows has 10.6 PPG to make up Eastern Washington’s group of double-digit scorers heading in Wednesday’s game against Idaho State. Jacob Groves has 8.3 PPG as well for the Eagles this season. As a team, Eastern Washington is averaging 80.4 PPG on 47% shooting from the field and 36.8% from three while allowing 72.3 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the floor and 33.2% from 3-point range this season.

Idaho State is 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 road games and 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall. Eastern Washington is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 19-7 ATS in their last 26 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 7-0 in their last 7 games following a win.

This is a ton of points to be giving up to an above .500 team like Idaho State, but Eastern Washington is just rolling right now with nine straight wins, including the last 7 wins all coming by at least 14 points. I just don’t know if the Bengals have the horses to hang with Eastern Washington on the offensive end, so I’ll lay the points with the Eastern Washington Eagles in this one.