Florida International vs Marshall 3/8/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Marshall Thundering Herd (11-20) vs. Florida International Panthers (15-16)
March 8, 2022 7:30 pm EDT
The Line: Florida International Panthers +3.5 / Marshall Thundering Herd -3.5; Over/Under: -147.5
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The FIU Panthers and the Marshall Thundering Herd meet in college basketball action from the Ford Center at the Star on Tuesday night.
The FIU Panthers come into this game as the #6 seed in the East division after finishing the year 15-16 overall and 5-13 in conference play. 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 12.6 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 2.3 APG to cap off the scoring in double figures for FIU so far this season. Clevon Brown also has 8.5 PPG with a team-high 5.3 RPG to lead the Panthers on the glass this year. Eric Lovett also has 9.5 PPG this season. As a team, FIU is averaging 71 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field, 35% from three and 69.8% from the foul line while allowing 71 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field and 33.5% from three this season.
The Marshall Thundering Herd will enter as the East’s #7 seed, finishing the season 11-20 and 4-14 in conference play this season. Taevion Kinsey leads the Herd in scoring with 18.8 PPG along with 5.2 RPG and 4.4 APG while Obinna Anochili-Killen has 11.8 PPG and a team-high 6.4 RPG to lead Marshall on the glass. Andrew Taylor has 14.5 PPG with 5.2 RPG and a team-high 4.4 APG to lead the Herd in assists and round out the group of double-digit scorers for Marshall so far this season. As a team, Marshall is averaging 74.2 PPG on 43,9% shooting from the field, 30.1% from three and 70.5% from the foul line while allowing 76.9 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field and 34.1% from three this season.
Marshall is 4-15-2 ATS in their last 21 games as a favorite and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS win while the under is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS win. FIU is 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 Tuesday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 neutral site games as an underdog.
This line just feels off to me. Sure, Marshall has a better scoring offense, but the Herd also can’t play a lick of defense and that only gets you so far. FIU won both meetings with Marshall this season and I envision FIU completing the trifecta with a win and cover in this one. Give me FIU and the points in this game.
