Iowa vs North Carolina Central College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/16/2021
North Carolina Central Eagles (0-2) vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (2-0)
November 16, 2021 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Iowa Hawkeyes -32.5 / North Carolina Central Eagles +32.5 ; Over/Under: +148
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The North Carolina Central Eagles and the Iowa Hawkeyes meet in college basketball action from Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday night.
The North Carolina Central Eagles will try for a massive road upset to rebound from a 90-51 beatdown at the hands of Memphis last time out. Alex Caldwell leads the Eagles in scoring with 11.5 PPG as the lone double-digit scorer for NC Central through their first two games of the season while also putting up a team-high 3 APG this season. Marque Maultsby and Justin Wright each have 9 PPG with Maultsby logging 4.5 RPG while Kris Monroe has a team-high 5.5 RPG this season. As a team, North Carolina Central is averaging 55.5 PPG on 32.5% shooting from the field, 23.5% from three and 67.9% from the foul line while allowing 80 PPG on 45.5% shooting from the field and 28.3% from three this season.
The Iowa Hawkeyes will be looking to add to their 89-57 win over Kansas City last time out. Keegan Murray leads the Hawkeyes in scoring with 24.5 PPG along with 5.5 RPG while Jordan Bohannon has 15.5 PPG and Kris Murray has 11 PPG with 6 RPG. Patrick McCaffery has 10.5 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers through two games for Iowa while Joe Toussaint has a team-high 5 APG and Filip Rebraca has 9 RPG for the Hawkeyes this season as a team, Iowa is averaging 97.5 PPG on 53.8% shooting from the field, 38.8% from three and 81.8% from the foul line while allowing 65 PPG on 37.7% shooting from the field and 29.6% from three this season.
North Carolina Central is 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games overall and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss while the under is 11-1 in their last 12 Tuesday games. Iowa is 23-9-3 ATS in their last 35 home games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Tuesday games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.
I get why you’d maybe look at a boatload of points as Iowa’s not supposed to be the same calibre of team that they were last season. However, the Hawkeyes are the better team by a mile here and while NC Central will look to battle, I just think that Iowa will end up being too tall of a mountain to climb and for the Hawkeyes to win this one handily.
