Northern Colorado vs Eastern Washington 3/10/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Eastern Washington Eagles and Northern Colorado Bears meet Thursday in the college basketball Big Sky Quarterfinal at the Idaho Central Arena. The Eastern Washington Eagles look for a win after winning seven of their last nine games. The Northern Colorado Bears look for a win after winning seven of their last 10 games.

The Eastern Washington Eagles are averaging 77.2 points on 45.3 percent shooting and allowing 74.5 points on 42.8 percent shooting. Steele Venters is averaging 16.4 points and 2.1 assists, while Linton Acliese is averaging 16.2 points and 7.3 rebounds. Rylan Bergersen is the third double-digit scorer and Angelo Allegri is grabbing 6.6 rebounds. The Eastern Washington Eagles are shooting 35.3 percent from beyond the arc and 75 percent from the free throw line. The Eastern Washington Eagles are allowing 32.5 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.9 rebounds per game.

The Northern Colorado Bears are averaging 78.7 points on 48.1 percent shooting and allowing 76.8 points on 46.1 percent shooting. Daylen Kountz is averaging 20.9 points and 2.6 assists, while Matt Johnson II is averaging 14 points and 3.3 rebounds. Bodie Hume is the third double-digit scorer and Dru Kuxhausen is grabbing 2.4 rebounds. The Northern Colorado Bears are shooting 38.5 percent from beyond the arc and 71.4 percent from the free throw line. The Northern Colorado Bears are allowing 37.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 31.7 rebounds per game.

The Eagles are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 neutral site games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 Thursday games. The Bears are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up loss. The over is 7-1 in Eagles last 8 overall. The over is 19-7 in Bears last 26 overall.

The bottom line is there’s not a lot of separation between these two teams, and we did see the Eastern Washington Eagles beat the Bears on the road a couple of weeks ago while dropping 85 points on their head. Eastern Washington is also a team that’s been disrespected by oddsmakers all year, and it’s 13-6 ATS as an underdog while only losing by an average of 3.8 points as an underdog. Eastern Washington is going to compete and give itself a chance to win. Give me the free bucket.