Iowa vs Western Michigan 11/22/2021 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds
Western Michigan Broncos (1-2) vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (4-0)
November 22, 2021 8:30 pm EDT
The Line: Iowa Hawkeyes -27 / Western Michigan Broncos +27; Over/Under: -147.5
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The Western Michigan Broncos and the Iowa Hawkeyes meet in college basketball action from Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Monday night.
The Western Michigan Broncos will be looking to rebound from an ugly 80-63 loss at the hands of subdivision Saginaw Valley last time out. Jamar Norman Jr. leads the Broncos in scoring with 17.7 PPG as the lone double-digit scorer for WMU so far this season while Mack Smith has 9 PPG with 4 RPG and Markeese Hastings has 8.7 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG this season. As a team, Western Michgian is averaging 61.7 PPG on 38% shooting from the field, 32.9% from three and 57.5% from the foul line while allowing 76 PPG on 44% shooting from the field and 25% from three this season.
The Iowa Hawkeyes will attempt to build on a 108-82 win over Alabama State last time out. Keegan Murray leads Iowa in scoring with 25.5 PPG as well as in rebounding with 9.5 RPG while Kris Murray has 13 PPG with 6.7 RPG. Jordan Bohannon has 12.5 PPG and Patrick McCaffrey also has 12+ PPG apiece for the Hawkeyes this season. Joe Toussaint’s also dished out a team-high 5.8 APG for the Hawkeyes on the year. As a team, Iowa is averaging 97.3 PPG on 49.6% shooting from the field, 37.9% from three and 822% from the foul line while allowing 70.3 PPG on 42.7% shooting rom the field and 34.4% from three this season.
Western Michigan is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 1-9 ATS in tehir last 10 Monday games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a loss. Iowa is 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 Monday games while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall.
I get the case that could be made both ways here as this is a lot of points to give up while we’ve seen Iowa cover the numbers at points this season. I’m leaning towards the over here though, I think the Hawkeyes get their fair share going on the scoreboard while Western Michigan is bound to do some damage of their own and I don’t envision this as a 50+ point rout. Something in the area where we finish around 160-165 so give me the over.
