Northern Colorado vs Idaho State 1/29/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Idaho State Bengals (3-16) vs. Northern Colorado Bears (10-9)
January 29, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Northern Colorado Bears -15 / Idaho State Bengals +15; Over/Under: -141.5
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The Idaho State Bengals and the Northern Colorado Bears meet in college basketball action from the Bank of Colorado Arena on Saturday night.
The Idaho State Bengals will look to rebound from a 5th straight loss in the form of a 61-60 loss to Sacramento State last time out. Tarik Cool leads the Bengals in scoring with 11.3 PPG and 2.4 APG while Robert Ford III has 10.9 PPG with 4.6 RPG this season. Brayden Parker also has 7 PPG and Austin Smellie has 2 APG as well this season. As a team, Idaho State is averaging 61.7 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field, 30.6% from three and 65.7% from the foul line while allowing 71.9 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field and 33.2% from three this season.
The Northern Colorado Bears will be looking to bounce back from an 85-76 loss to Weber State last time out. Daylen Kountz leads the Bears in scoring with 19.7 PPG along with 3.8 RPG while Matt Johnson has 12.1 PPG with a team-high 3.9 APG this season. Bodie Hume has 11.8 PPG with 5.3 RPG and Dru Kuxhausen has 11 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Northern Colorado State so far this season while Kur Jongkuch has 9.3 PPG with a team-high 8.7 RPG to lead Northern Colorado in rebounding this season. As a team, Northern Colorado is averaging 76.6 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 37.8% from three and 72.4% from the foul line while allowing 75.9 PPG on 45.5% shooting from the field and 35.7% from three this season.
Idaho State is 3-12 ATS in their last 15 games following a loss and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall. Northern Colorado is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games and 4-9 ATS in their last 13 home games against a team with a losing road record while the over is 11-1 in their last 12 games overall.
This is a tough game, as Northern Colorado is the far better team playing better basketball but I’m not in a position where I want to lay this many points with the Bears even on a good day. Instead, I’m going to side with the over as both of these teams have played in a lot of high-scoring games lately, whether it’s been them scoring, a lack of defense or both. I think we get into the 150s here. Give me the over.
