Florida International vs Florida Atlantic 3/3/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The FAU Owls and the FIU Panthers meet in college basketball action from the Ocean Bank Convocation Center on Thursday night.

The FAU Owls will be looking to build on a 74-69 win over Charlotte in their last game. Michael Forrest leads FAU in scoring with 13.7 PPG along with 3.5 RPG and 2.9 APG while Alijah Martin has 13.5 PPG with 5.3 RPG and Bryan Greenlee has 9.6 PPG with a team-high 3.3 APG to lead the Owls in assists so far this season. As a team, FAU is averaging 73.8 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 70.9% from the foul line while allowing 68.1 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field and 35.9% from three this season.

The FIU Panthers will hope to rebound from back-to-back losses after an 83-63 loss to Old Dominion last time out. Tevin Brewer leads FIU in scoring and assists with 14.9 PPG and 5.7 APG along with 3.6 RPG while and Denver Jones has 12.5 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 2.4 APG to cap off the scoring in double figures for FIU so far this season. Clevon Brown also has 8 PPG with a team-high 5.3 RPG to lead the Panthers on the glass this year. As a team, FIU is averaging 71.6 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 69.7% from the foul line while allowing 70.5 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field and 33.1% from three this season.

FAU is 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 7-18-1 ATS in their last 26 games as a road favorite while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games following a win. FIU is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games and 6-14 ATS in their last 20 games overall while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games as a home underdog.

This isn’t a game I’m rushing to bet, because I genuinely could make the case for either side here. With that said, I’d feel a bit better having points with FIU at home in my back pocket and the Panthers have covered 5 of their last 6 games as a home underdog. I’ll side with FIU and the points here.