The Northern Iowa Panthers and Bradley Braves meet Wednesday in college basketball action at the Carver Arena. The Northern Iowa Panthers look to get back to a .500 record. The Bradley Braves need a win to rebound from a 2-5 record.
The Northern Iowa Panthers are averaging 76 points on 44.6 percent shooting and allowing 72.8 points on 44.6 percent shooting. AJ Green is averaging 15.8 points and 2.2 assists, while Austin Phyfe is averaging 9.6 points and 4.4 rebounds. Trae Berhow is grabbing 4.8 rebounds and Nate Heise is dishing 1 assist. The Northern Iowa Panthers are shooting 39 percent from beyond the arc and 69.2 percent from the free throw line. The Northern Iowa Panthers are allowing 33.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.8 rebounds per game.
The Bradley Braves are averaging 69.1 points on 42.3 percent shooting and allowing 67.3 points on 38.2 percent shooting. Terry Roberts is averaging 13.7 points and 3.6 rebounds, while Ja’Shon Henry is averaging 11.3 points and 5.7 rebounds. Malevy Leons is the third double-digit scorer and Rienk Mast is grabbing 8.6 rebounds. The Bradley Braves are shooting 30.8 percent from beyond the arc and 61 percent from the free throw line. The Bradley Braves are allowing 37 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 38.4 rebounds per game.
The Panthers are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 road games and 7-20-1 ATS in their last 28 games overall. The Braves are 2-6-2 ATS in their last 10 home games and 4-15-2 ATS in their last 21 games overall. The under is 12-5 in Panthers last 17 overall. The under is 5-1 in Braves last 6 overall. The road team is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings.
The Bradley Braves have looked sloppy through seven games and haven’t beaten anybody worth mentioning yet. The Northern Iowa Panthers have held their own against some respectable teams, and that includes beating a very good St. Bonaventure team on the road. Northern Iowa is the better team here and will have the best player on the court. I’ll lay the reasonable number.