The Wright State Raiders and Oakland Golden Grizzlies meet Friday in college basketball action at the Athletics Center O’rena. The Wright State Raiders look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Oakland Golden Grizzlies look for a win after winning five of their last eight games.
The Wright State Raiders are averaging 75.1 points on 46.2 percent shooting and allowing 71.4 points on 44.7 percent shooting. Tanner Holden is averaging 19.9 points and 6.9 rebounds, while Grant Basile is averaging 17.8 points and 8.7 rebounds. Trey Calvin is the third double-digit scorer and Tim Finke is grabbing 5.1 rebounds. The Wright State Raiders are shooting 32.6 percent from beyond the arc and 76.8 percent from the free throw line. The Wright State Raiders are allowing 32.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.4 rebounds per game.
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are averaging 75.9 points on 44.2 percent shooting and allowing 68.2 points on 42.4 percent shooting. Jamal Cain is averaging 20.5 points and 10.1 rebounds, while Jalen Moore is averaging 15 points and 4.3 rebounds. Trey Townsend is the third double-digit scorer and Micah Parrish is grabbing 6.3 rebounds. The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are shooting 30.1 percent from beyond the arc and 79.4 percent from the free throw line. The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are allowing 29 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.9 rebounds per game.
The Raiders are 5-11 ATS in their last 16 road games and 10-21 ATS in their last 31 games overall. The Golden Grizzlies are 19-7 ATS in their last 26 home games and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The under is 6-2 in Raiders last 8 overall. The over is 4-1 in Golden Grizzlies last 5 home games. The favorite is 7-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
Neither of these teams are covering numbers and the Wright State Raiders are playing the better basketball at the moment, so I wouldn’t be mad at grabbing the points. However, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies are excellent at home, where they win by an average of 26.1 points while shooting 50.6 percent from the field. Oakland is also 5-1 against the spread at home. I’ll lay the reasonable number.