Air Force vs Wyoming 1/28/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Wyoming Cowboys and the Air Force Falcons meet in Mountain West college basketball action from the Clune Arena on Friday evening.

The Wyoming Cowboys come into this one looking to shake off a 65-62 loss to the Boise State last time out. Graham Ike leads the Cowboys in scoring and rebounding with 20.5 PPG along with 8.9 RPG while Hunter Maldonado has 17.8 PPG with 5.7 RPG and a team-high 6.5 APG as well this season. Xavier DuSell has 10.8 PPG with 2.9 RPG and Drake Jeffries has 11.4 PPG with 4.8 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Wyoming up to this point in the season. As a team, Wyoming is averaging 77.5 PPG on 48.5% shooting from the field, 37.1% from three and 71.2% from the foul line while allowing 65.6 PPG on 40.7% shooting from the field and 28.5% from three this season.

The Air Force Falcons will look to build on their 63-53 win over San Jose State last time out. A.J. Walker leads the Falcons in scoring with 15.6 PPG as the lone double-digit scorer for the Falcons so far this season while Jake Heidbreder has 9.1 PPG and Ethan Taylor has 9.8 PPG with a team-high 5.8 RPG to lead the Falcons on the glass this season. Taylor also has a team-high 3.9 APG to lead Air Force in assists while Joseph Octave has 7.4 PPG as well on the year. As a team, Air Force is averaging 59.7 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 36.8% from three and 63.2% from the foul line while allowing 61.3 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field and 28.8% from three this season.

Wyoming is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 road games against a team with a winning home record and 26-8 ATS in their last 34 road games while the over is 20-7-1 in their last 28 games following a loss. Air Force is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning road record.

I get the case to be made either way here, but I think the better play between these two is the over. This is a low total considering that both teams are more than capable of hitting the mid-60s with ease and I think we get to that number and then some. Give me the over in what I see being a 73-66 kind of game.