Cleveland State vs IUPUI 2/12/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The IUPUI Jaguars and the Cleveland State Vikings meet in college basketball action from the Wolstein Center on Saturday afternoon.

The IUPUI Jaguars will look to bounce back from a 72-57 loss to IPFW last time out. B.J. Maxwell leads the Jaguars in scoring and rebounding with 11.7 PPG and 4.7 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for IUPUI this season while Nathan McClure has a team-high 4.9 RPG to lead IUPUI on the glass and Mike DePersia has a team-high 2.9 APG this season. As a team, IUPUI is averaging 51.9 PPG on 38.1% shooting from the field, 28.3% from three and 65.4% from the foul line while allowing 67 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the field and 35.6% from three this season.

The Cleveland State Vikings will try to rebound from a 76-75 loss to UIC last time out. D’Moi Hodge leads the Vikings in scoring with 15.7 PPG while Torrey Patton is right behind with 13.9 PPG and a team-high 6.7 RPG as the Vikings’ top rebounder in addition to a team-high 3.8 APG to also lead the Vikings in assists and to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for Cleveland State so far this season. Tre Gomillion has 9.8 PPG with 5 RPG And 2.8 APG as well on the year. As a team, Cleveland State’s averaging 75.3 PPG on 47.6% shooting from the field, 33.6% from three and 65.8% from the foul line while allowing 69.7 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field and 31.9% from three this season.

IUPUI is 1-10 ATS in their last 11 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall. Cleveland State is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 home games and 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games as a home favorite while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.

I get why Cleveland State’s favored at home here, but as bad as the Jaguars have been offensively at times this season, the reality here is that I’m in no position to comfortably lay this many points with the Vikings. However, I’m not comfortable siding with IUPUI either, so give me the under. I don’t trust the Jaguars’ offense and I don’t expect Cleveland State to explode offensively either. Give me the under.