The North Florida Ospreys and the Iowa Hawkeyes meet in college basketball action from Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Wednesday night. A pair of four-win teams duke it out on Wednesday, who picks up win #5? Let’s dive in and find out. Here is our North Florida vs Iowa Prediction.

North Florida Falls To LSU

The North Florida Ospreys come into this game looking to shake off a 75-63 loss to LSU last time out. Chaz Lanier leads the Ospreys in scoring with 16 PPG along with 5.3 RPG while Jah Nze has 10.1 PPG with 3.3 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for North Florida up to this point in the season. Ametri Moss also has 9.9 PPG with a team-high 2.4 APG and Dorian James has 9.6 PPG with a team-high 6.9 RPG to lead the Ospreys on the glass as well on the year. As a team, North Florida is averaging 75.6 PPG on 41.2% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 80.8% from the foul line this season.

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Iowa Knocks Off Seton Hall

The Iowa Hawkeyes come into this game looking to build on their 85-72 win over Seton Hall last time out. Ben Krikke leads the Hawkeyes in scoring with 18.3 PPG along with 5 RPG while Payton Sandfort has 15 PPG with a team-high 8.5 RPG to lead the Hawkeyes on the glass this season. Tony Perkins has 11.3 PPG with 5.7 RPG and 2.8 APG while Patrick McCaffery has 11.3 PPG with 3.8 RPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Iowa so far this season. Owen Freeman also has 9.3 PPG and Brock Harding and Dasonte Bowen each have a team-high 3.3 APG as well to lead the Hawkeyes in assists this season. As a team, Iowa is averaging 88.7 PPG on 47.8% shooting from the field, 33.1% from three and 75% from the foul line this season.

Chris’ Pick

I’m backing the Hawkeyes here. I have to give North Florida some credit for hanging around against superior opponents this season, but there’s also the fact that this is still a big step up in class and the Hawkeyes have been known to bury opponents at home in non-conference play. I just have a feeling that this won’t bode well for the Ospreys when all is said and done and I look for Iowa to win this game by 25+. Give me Iowa.