The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles and Cincinnati Bearcats face off on Sunday in a college basketball showdown at Fifth Third Arena. Let’s look at the betting matchup and give a free FGCU vs Cincinnati prediction.

Perfect for Cincinnati 

It has been a perfect start for Cincinnati in terms of wins and losses. In the last game though against Howard they didn’t look the best they could and ended up neeedeing overtime to secure the win. The offense was led by Viktor Lakhin and he put up 19 points and six rebounds. Cincinnati is averaging 85.3 points while their defense is giivng up 65.5 points per game. In this game Cincinnati is going to need the offense to get out to a fast start. Lakhin is averaging 14.8 points while shooting 58.6 percent from the field. 

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FGCU Bounces Back in last Game

Florida Gulf Coast hasn’t found a whole lot of success this season, but the yare coming off a big victory in the last game. The defense only gave up 65 poitns to FIU and that was the difference as they were able to secure the win. FGCU on the season is averaging 69 points while their defense is giving up 74.1 points per game. This is a team thats struggles to score and their defense hasn’t helped htem much either. Isaiah Thompson is averaging 14 points while shooting 39.1 percent from the field and 29.7 percent from behind the three point line. The Eagles are 2-6 in the ASUN, where Central Arkansas is at the bottom with a 1-8 record. 

FGCU vs Cincinnati Prediction

This Florida Gulf Coast defense is awful giving up 74.1 points per game and they are going to really struggle in this game. Cincinnati is averaging 85.3 points per game and they are going to really step up in this game with the offense. FGCU doesn’t have the offense to keep up in this game and that is going to be the difference here as the Bearcats are going to get the job done. Back Cincinnati against the spread.