Northern Kentucky vs Wright State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/20/21

The Wright State Raiders and the Northern Kentucky Norse meet in college basketball action from the BB&T Arena on Saturday afternoon.

The Wright State Raiders will look to bounce back from their 81-75 loss to the Norse in their last time out. Loudon Love leads the Raiders in scoring and rebounding with 16.7 PPG with 10.2 RPG while Tanner Holden has 16 PPG with 7.2 RPG. Grant Basile has 13.8 PPG with 6.8 RPG and Tim Finke’s got 10 PPG with 6.8 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers up to this point for Wright State. Trey Calvin has 9.9 PPG with a team-high 3.6 APG to lead the Raiders in assists while Jaylon Hall has 9.6 PPG as well this season. As a team, Wright State is averaging 81.7 PPG on 48.5% shooting from the field, 37.4% from 3-point range and 71.7% from the foul line while allowing 66 PPG on 39.8% shooting from the field and 30% from 3-point range this season.

The Northern Kentucky Norse will look to build on their win over Wright State last time out. Trevon Faulkner leads the Norse in scoring with 16.9 PPG and 5.2 RPG while Marques Warrick has 15.3 PPG to cap off the duo of double-digit scorers for NKU up to this point in the year. Bryson Langdon has 9.8 PPG with a team-high 3.5 APG while Adrian Nelson leads the Norse in rebounding with 8.4 PPG with a team-high 9.7 RPG this season. As a team, Northern Kentucky is averaging 72 PPG on 45.2% shooting from the field, 31.1% from 3-point range and 69.7% from the foul line while allowing 71.2 PPG on 45% shooting from the field and 35.1% from 3-point range this season.

Northern Kentucky is 9-2 ATS in their last 11 road games and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record. Nrothern Kentucky is 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 games as an underdog and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall while theover is 6-0 in their last 6 games as an underdog. The underdog is 9-4 ATS in the last 13 meetings between these two teams.

I get why the points would be tempting with Northern Kentucky in this spot after beating Wright State last time out. However, I had Wright State and was extremely disappointed with their performance so I can’t imagine how frustrated the Raiders must be after letting one slip. I think we see the bounce back here like we have in a lot of these back-to-backs this season, so I’ll lay the points with Wright State in this spot.