Sacramento State vs Northern Colorado 2/10/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Northern Colorado Bears and the Sacramento State Hornets meet in college basketball action from the Hornet’s Nest on Thursday night.

The Northern Colorado Bears will try to build on back-to-back wins after an 82-60 win over Northern Arizona last time out. Daylen Kountz leads the Bears in scoring with 20.8 PPG along with 3.8 RPG while Matt Johnson has 12.5 PPG with a team-high 4.1 APG this season. Bodie Hume has 12 PPG with 5.9 RPG and Dru Kuxhausen has 11.6 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Northern Colorado State so far this season while Kur Jongkuch has a team-high 8.5 RPG to lead Northern Colorado in rebounding this season. As a team, Northern Colorado is averaging 77.7 PPG on 47.2% shooting from the field, 38.3% from three and 71.2% from the foul line while allowing 76.4 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field and 36.7% from three this season.

The Sacramento State Hornets will try to snap a three-game losing streak after a 73-65 loss to Portland State. Bryce Fowler leads the Hornets in scoring and assists with 16.3 PPG and 4.3 APG to go along with 5.5 RPG. Zach Chappell has 12.7 PPG with 3.7 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Sac State so far this season. Jonathan Komagum has a team-high 6.8 RPG as well for the Hornets this season. As a team, Sacramento State is averaging 64.6 PPG on 42% shooting from the field, 35.8% from three and 64.2% from the foul line while allowing 69.7 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field and 34.1% from three this season.

Northern Colorado is 37-18-1 ATS in their last 56 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the over is 12-2 in their last 14 games as a favorite. Sacramento State is 0-7-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games while the under is 6-2 in their last 8 games overall.

I get the case to be made either way here, but as much as a home dog is worth a look, Sacramento State hasn’t been all that effective at home against upper tier competition this season and while Northern Colorado isn’t the top of the list, the Bears are the better team here and have been playing better in their last couple of games and have some solid performances on the road as of late. Give me Northern Colorado laying the points in this one.