Akron vs Bowling Green 2/22/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Bowling Green Falcons and the Akron Zips meet in college basketball action from the James A. Rhodes Arena on Tuesday night.

The Bowling Green Falcons will look to snap a four-game losing streak after a 91-82 loss to Ball State last time out. Daeqwon Plowden leads the Falcons in scoring and rebounding with 16 PPG and 7 RPG while Joe Reece has 11.2 PPG with 5.1 RPG and Myron Gordon has 11.3 PPG with a team-high 3.3 APG to lead Bowling Green in assists and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Bowling Green so far this season. Trey Diggs has 9.4 PPG as well this season. As a team, Bowling Green is averaging 82.1 PPG on 43.6% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 74.7% from the foul line while allowing 80.1 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field and 34.3% from three this season.

The Akron Zips will look to build on a 67-48 win over Eastern Michigan last time out. Ali Ali leads the Zips in scoring with 13.7 PPG and 2.6 APG while Enrique Freeman has 13.2 PPG and a team-high 11.2 RPG to lead the Zips on the glass with a double-double per game. Xavier Castaneda has 12.5 PPG with 2.5 APG and Bryan Trimble also has 10.4 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Akron up to this point in the season. As a team, Akron is averaging 70.2 PPG on 45.6% shooting from the field, 34.8% from three and 66.9% from the foul line while allowing 62.3 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field and 34.2% from three this season.

Bowling Green is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Akron is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a win and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Tuesday games while the over is 8-2 in their last 10 home games against a team with a losing road record.

I get why Akron would be favored, being at home and defense isn’t Bowling Green’s forte. But each time I back Akron this season, they put up a clunker, like they did against Northern Illinois and Western Michigan. Bowling Green has a top-10 scoring offense that’s capable of keeping them in this game if they don’t deal Akron another soul-crushing loss. Give me Bowling Green and the points here.