Northern Colorado vs Idaho 2/26/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Idaho Vandals (8-19) vs. Northern Colorado Bears (16-13)
February 26, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Northern Colorado Bears -12 / Idaho Vandals +12; Over/Under: -158.5
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The Idaho Vandals and the Northern Colorado Bears meet in college basketball action from the Bank of Colorado Arena on Saturday night.
The Idaho Vandals will look to rebound from an 83-51 loss to Sacramento State last time out. Mikey Dixon leads the Vandals in scoring with 16.9 PPG while Trevante Anderson has 13.4 PPG with 4.8 RPG and a team-high 3.7 APG to lead the Vandals in assists this season. Rashad Smith has 10 PPG with 5.2 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Idaho while Tanner Christensen has 8.7 PPG and a team-high 6.3 RPG to lead the Vandals on the glass this season. As a team, Idaho is averaging 72.9 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 37.3% from three and 73.8% from the foul line while allowing 80.2 PPG on 48.3% shooting from the field and 35.5% from three this season.
The Northern Colorado Bears will look to bounce back from an 85-76 loss to Eastern Washington in their last game. Daylen Kountz leads the Bears in scoring with 20.4 PPG along with 4 RPG while Matt Johnson has 13.4 PPG with a team-high 4 APG this season. Bodie Hume has 11.5 PPG with 6 RPG and Dru Kuxhausen has 11.7 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Northern Colorado State so far this season while Kur Jongkuch has a team-high 8.3 RPG to lead Northern Colorado in rebounding this season. As a team, Northern Colorado is averaging 77.9 PPG on 47.5% shooting from the field, 38.2% from three and 70.5% from the foul line while allowing 76.2 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field and 36.9% from three this season.
Idaho is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record and 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS loss while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Northern Colorado is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games against a team with a losing road record while the over is 15-3 in their last 18 home games.
I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m looking at the over here. These are two terrible defenses going against a really good offense in Northern Colorado and an above-average one in Idaho and I think this one soars into the 160s at the very least. Give me the over.
