Miami-Ohio vs Western Michigan 2/8/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Western Michigan Broncos and the Miami-Ohio Redhawks meet in college basketball action from Millett Hall on Tuesday night.

The Western Michigan Broncos will look to snap their double-digit losing skid after a 77-64 loss at the hands of Ohio last time out. Lamar Norman Jr. leads the Broncos in scoring with 20.2 PPG along with 1.7 APG as the only double-digit scorer for WMU so far this season. Markeese Hastings has 9 PPG with a team-high 8.9 RPG to lead the Broncos on the glass as well this season. As a team, Western Michigan is averaging 65.1 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 68.8% from the foul line while allowing 77.3 PPG on 47.4% shooting from the field and 34.1% from three this season.

The Miami-Ohio Redhawks will try to snap a five-game losing skid after a 71-59 loss to Akron last time out. Dae Dae Grant leads the RedHawks in scoring with 16.3 PPG and 4 APG while Mekhi Lairy has 14.3 PPG with 3.2 APG and Precious Ayan has 9.4 PPG. Dalonte Brown has 12.4 PPG with 6.6 RPG to lead the RedHawks on the glass and to finish off the offense in double figures for Miami-Ohio this season. As a team, Miami-Ohio is averaging 74.7 PPG on 44% shooting from the field, 33.9% from three and 78.3% from the foul line while allowing 72 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the field and 36.1% from three this season.

Western Michigan is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 7-20-1 ATS in their last 28 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 9-2-1 in their last 12 road games. Miami-Ohio is 0-6 ATS in their last 6 home games and 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a double-digit loss at home.

I get why Miami-Ohio’s favored at home because WMU has been arguably the worst team in the MAC this season. However, I’m not laying points with a Miami-Ohio team that’s covered just twice since mid-November. Not only that, but WMU covered in the first meeting between these two teams. Against most teams, a blowout of Western Michigan wouldn’t surprise me, but against Miami-Ohio? Not so much. Give me the Broncos and the points here.