Cleveland State vs UIC 2/10/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The UIC Flames and the Cleveland State Vikings meet in college basketball action from the Wolstein Center on Thursday night.

The UIC Flames will look to rebound from a 66-64 loss to Youngstown State last time out. Damaria Franklin leads the Flames in scoring and rebounding with 18.1 PPG and 7.1 RPG while Zion Griffin has 10.6 PPG and 3.5 RPG and Kevin Johnson has 13.4 PPG with a team-high 5 APG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for UIC coming into this matchup. As a team, UIC is averaging 70.5 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 31.6% from three and 69.7% from the foul line while allowing 72.8 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field and 33.7% from three this season.

The Cleveland State Vikings will be out to build off of wins in 6 of their last 7 games following an 84-71 win over Milwaukee 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 47.8% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 66.1% from the foul line while allowing 69.4 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 31.6% from three this season.

UIC is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a loss while the over is 9-1 in their last 10 games overall. Cleveland State is 4-9 ATS in their last 13 games following an ATS win and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 home games while the over is 10-4-1 in their last 15 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.

I get the case to be made either way here, as Cleveland State’s been the top dog in the Horizon but this is a lot of points to give up with the Vikings against a UIC team that can score. Granted we’ve seen the good and bad with UIC this season, but I feel like this is a spot where the Flames show up and the Vikings do as well to get us an entertaining and high-scoring affair. Give me the over here.