Idaho State vs Northern Colorado 2/17/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Northern Colorado Bears (14-11) vs. Idaho State Bengals (5-18)
February 17, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Idaho State Bengals +7.5 / Northern Colorado Bears -7.5; Over/Under: +147
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The Northern Colorado Bears and the Idaho State Bengals meet in college basketball action from the Reed Gym on Thursday night.
The Northern Colorado Bears will look to build on their 100-95 win over Southern Utah last time out. Daylen Kountz leads the Bears in scoring with 21.4 PPG along with 4 RPG while Matt Johnson has 12.6 PPG with a team-high 4.2 APG this season. Bodie Hume has 11.8 PPG with 5.7 RPG and Dru Kuxhausen has 11.5 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Northern Colorado State so far this season while Kur Jongkuch has a team-high 8.5 RPG to lead Northern Colorado in rebounding this season. As a team, Northern Colorado is averaging 78.6 PPG on 48% shooting from the field, 38.4% from three and 71.5% from the foul line while allowing 76.6 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field and 36.6% from three this season.
The Idaho State Bengals will try to bounce back from a 75-72 loss at the hands of Eastern Washington on the road in their last game. Tarik Cool leads the Bengals in scoring with 12.4 PPG and 2.7 APG while Robert Ford III has 10.9 PPG with 4.6 RPG this season. As a team, Idaho State is averaging 63.6 PPG on 41.2% shooting from the field, 30.6% from three and 67.4% from the foul line while allowing 71.6 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field and 32.4% from three this season.
Northern Colorado is 38-18-1 ATS in their last 57 road games and 24-7 ATS in their last 31 games as a road favorite while the over is 14-4 in their last 18 games overall. Idaho State is 18-39-2 ATS in their last 59 home games and 9-24-1 ATS in their last 34 games as a home underdog while the over is 8-2 in their last 10 games overall.
I get the case to be made either way here, but the thing is that these are two teams that play in a ton of high-scoring games, whether it’s by choice or not, so I think the most reasonable way to go is to go with the over with a lean towards Northern Colorado. I think this is going to be another shootout so give me the over.
