Boston University vs UMass-Lowell 12/8/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The UMass Lowell River Hawks and the Boston University Terriers meet in college basketball action from Case Gym on Wednesday night.

The UMass Lowell River Hawks will look to build on a 61-57 win over Merrimack in their last game. Everette Hammond leads the River Hawks in scoring with 11.1 PPG while Max Brooks has 11 PPG with a team-high 5.1 RPG to lead the River Hawks on the glass. Connor Withers has 10 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for the River Hawks while Allin Blunt has 9.1 PPG and Justin Faison has 8.8 PPG and a team-high 2.9 APG as well this season. As a team, UMass-Lowell is averaging 73.1 PPG on 45% shooting from the field, 26.8% from three and 71% from the foul line while allowing 62.4 PPG on 39.6% shooting from the field and 30.7% from three this season.

The Boston University Terriers will try to add to their three-game winning streak after a 68-63 win over Binghamton last time out. Javante McCoy leads the Terriers in scoring and assists with 18.2 PPG and 2.8 APG while Walter Whyte has 13.8 PPG with 6.4 RPG and Sukhmail Mathon has 12.4 PPG with a team-high 8.9 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Boston U up to this point in the season. As a team, Boston is averaging 68.3 PPG on 45.3% shooting from the field, 35.8% from three and 75.3% from the foul line while allowing 62.6 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field and 30.3% from three this season.

UMass Lowell is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 Wednesday games and 8-18-1 ATS in their last 27 games following an ATS win while the under is 5-2 in their lats 7 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Boston is 8-1-1 ATS in their last 10 games following a win and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.

I get why you’d look Lowell’s way with the points, but outside a win over a Merrimack team that can’t score and a win over a subdivision team, the River Hawks haven’t had much luck as of late. Boston has been on fire lately and I expect that to continue in this one so give me the Terriers laying the points here.