The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and the Ohio Bobcats meet in college basketball action from the Baha Mar Convention Center on Saturday afternoon. A pair of .500 teams meet in the Baha Mar Hoops – Nassau Championship, who comes out on top? Let’s take a look at our Middle Tennessee vs Ohio Prediction.

Middle Tennessee Flattened By UIC

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders come into this one looking to rebound from a 70-40 beatdown loss at the hands of UIC in their last matchup. Going into Friday’s game, Elias King leads the Blue Raiders in scoring with 14.2 PPG along with 4.8 RPG while Jestin Porter has 11.4 PPG with 4 RPG as well. Camryn Weston has 11 PPG with 4.5 RPG and 3.5 APG in two games so far this season while Jacob Johnson has 10.4 PPG with 4.2 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Middle Tennessee so far this season. Justin Bufford also has 9.2 PPG and Jared Coleman-Jones has 7.8 PPG with a team-high 7.4 RPG to lead Middle Tennessee on the glass this season. As a team, Middle Tennessee is averaging 70 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field, 29.3% from three and 66.4% from the foul line this season.

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Ohio Loses Heartbreaker To GW

The Ohio Bobcats come into this one fresh off of a 99-94 double OT loss at the hands of George Washington in their last matchup. Going into Friday, Elmore James leads the Bobcats in scoring with 14.3 PPG along with 5.3 RPG while AJ Clayton and AJ Brown each have 13 PPG with 5 RPG as well this season. Jaylin Hunter has 12.7 PPG with team-highs of 5.7 RPG and 5.7 APG to lead the Bobcats on the glass and in the assist department, capping off the group of double-digit scorers for Ohio up to this point in the year. As a team, Ohio is averaging 79 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field, 32.9% from three and 76.5% from the foul line this season.

Chris’ Pick

I’m going to roll with Ohio here. Normally I don’t go back to the well with teams playing OT the game before in these compacted schedule spots, but Ohio is just so much better offensively and Middle Tennessee looks like a completely different team when you take them out of their home building and the defense can’t win you games all of the time. I look for Ohio to deliver a solid showing here and to get the win and cover.