The Northern Kentucky Norse and the IPFW Mastodons meet in Horizon League college basketball action from Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
The Northern Kentucky Norse will look to bounce back from a 72-58 loss at the hands of Cleveland State last time out. Trevon Faulkner leads the Norse in scoring with 12.3 PPG while Marques Warrick has 10.3 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for NKU up to this point in the season. Sam Vinson has a team-high 4 APG and Adrian Nelson has a team-high 8.5 RPG while Hubertas Pivorius has 9.3 PPG as well this season. As a team, Northern Kentucky is averaging 69.7 PPG on 39.5% shooting from the field, 35.7% from three and 69% from the foul line while allowing 69.2 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field and 33.3% from three this season.
The IPFW Mastodons will look to rebound from an 86-73 loss to Wright State last time out. Jarred Godfrey leads the Mastodons in scoring and assists with 18.9 PPG and 4.6 APG with 4.6 RPG as well while Ra Kpedi has 13 PPG with a team-high 7.4 RPG as well this season for the Mastodons. Jalen Pipkins has 12.3 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for IPFW up to this point while Damian Chong Qui and Deonte Billups each have 9+ PPG as well this season. As a team, IPFW is averaging 75.3 PPG on 45.8% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three and 73.9% from the foul line while allowing 74.6 PPG on 48.2% shooting from the field and 39.4% from three this season.
Northern Kentucky is 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 games as a road favorite. IPFW is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games as a home underdog while the over is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games following a loss.
I get the case that could be made both ways here, but realistically I’m not running to back either team at the window here. With that said, I’m siding with the over here as both teams have played in some higher scoring games lately whether they’ve chosen to or not. I think thisis a game where both teams end up in the 70s, so give me the over.