FAU vs Middle Tennessee College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/4/21

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and the FAU Owls meet in college basketball action from the FAU Arena on Thursday night.

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will look to rebound from a 73-60 loss to Old Dominion last time out. Jordan Davis is the active leading scorer for the Blue Raiders with 11.4 {{G along with 3.6 RPG as the only double-digit scorer for Middle Tennessee this season. Jalen Jordan has 8.9 PPG with 3 RPG while Jo’Vontae Millner-Criss has 8.4 PPG and a team-high 5.2 RPG this season. As a team, Middle Tennessee is averaging 63.3 PPG on 39.7% shooting from the field and 33.3% from three while allowing 70.4 PPG on 46.9% shooting from the field and 30.7% from three this season.

The FAU Owls will look to build on back-to-back wins over Southern Miss including a 73-66 win over the Golden Eagles last time out. Jailyn Ingram leads FAU in scoring and rebounding with 13.4 PPG and 5.8 RPG while Michael Forrest has 11.8 PPG with 3.5 RPG and Bryan Greenlee has 10.3 PPG and 2.9 RPG this season. Karlis Silins has 9.9 PPG with 4.4 RPG and Kenan Blackshear has 9.4 PPG and 4.2 RPG as well this season. As a team, FAU is averaging 79.4 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field and 38% from three while allowing 67.8 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 35.8% from three this season.

Middle Tennessee is 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss while the under is 7-3 in their last 10 road games. FAU is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. The road team is 6-2 ATS in the last 8 meetings between these two teams.

I’ll give Middle Tennessee full marks for continuing to battle without Dontrell Shuler, who has easily been their best player this season. However, the fact of the matter is that the Blue Raiders keep getting dismantled and quite frankly there’s not a whole lot they can do to stop it from happening. FAU is simply the better team on both ends of the floor and I’ll look for them to win by 9-10 points at the very least. Give me FAU and lay the points.