Marshall vs Florida Atlantic 1/8/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Florida Atlantic Owls (7-6) vs. Marshall Thundering Herd (7-7)
January 8, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Marshall Thundering Herd -5 / Florida Atlantic Owls +5; Over/Under: +150
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The FAU Owls and the Marshall Thundering Herd meet in college basketball action from the Cam Henderson Center on Saturday night.
The FAU Owls come into this game looking to bounce back from a 55-52 loss to High Point in their last game. Michael Forrest leads FAU in scoring with 14.3 PPG along with 3.4 RPG and 2.9 APG while Alijah Martin has 12.8 PPG with 5.2 RPG and Bryan Greenlee has 10.6 PPG with a team-high 4 APG to lead the Owls in assists to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for FAU so far this season. Vladislav Golden has a team-high 5.6 RPG as well this season for the Owls. As a team, FAU is averaging 74.7 PPG on 45.5% shooting from the field, 34.5% from three and 64.3% from the foul line while allowing 67.2 PPG on 45% shooting from the field and 38.3% from three this season.
The Marshall Thundering Herd will look to bounce back from a 79-56 loss to Louisiana Tech last time out. Taevion Kinsey leads the Herd in scoring with 19.2 PPG along with 5.4 RPG and 3.9 APG while Obinna Anochili-Killen has 13.1 PPG and a team-high 6.9 RPG to lead Marshall on the glass. Andrew Taylor has 12.9 PPG with 5.9 RPG and a team-high 5.1 APG to lead the Herd in assists and round out the group of double-digit scorers for Marshall so far this season. Darius George also has 8.3 PPG and 5.7 RPG as well this season. As a team, Marshall is averaging 76.8 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 27.5% from three and 69.9% from the foul line while allowing 75.5 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field and 33.2% from three this season.
The over is 4-1 in their last 5 games as a road underdog and 5-0 in their last 5 Saturday games. Marshall is 3-13-2 ATS in their last 18 games overall and 2-8-2 ATS in their last 12 home games while the over is 12-5 in their last 17 games as a favorite.
I get the case for either side here, but I’m leaning towards Marshall here. Sure, the Herd aren’t the stoutest defense in the country, but we haven’t seen FAU really be able to do anything on the road, and that performance against High Point really did a number on my confidence in FAU. Marshall can score buckets in bunches and bury you if you fall behind early, which is what I think happens here. Give me Marshall.
