The Idaho State Bengals and the Weber State Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Thursday night.
The Idaho State Bengals will look to get some revenge after a 78-61 loss at the hands of Weber State in their last matchup. Tarik Cool leads the Bengals in scoring with 11.5 PPG and 2.2 APG while Robert Ford III has 10.9 PPG with 4.6 RPG this season. Brayden Parker also has 8.1 PPG and Austin Smellie has 2.1 APG as well this season. As a team, Idaho State is averaging 60.8 PPG on 39.8% shooting from the field, 30.4% from three and 66.2% from the foul line while allowing 69.1 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field and 32.2% from three this season.
The Weber State Wildcats will look to build on the win over Idaho State that gave Weber State back-to-back wins. Koby McEwen leads the Wildcats in scoring with 17.5 PPG while Seikou Sisoho-Jawara leads the Wildcats in assists, logging 11.8 PPG as well as 2.6 APG. Dillon Jones has 12.8 PPG with a team-high 10.4 RPG to average a double-double per game and lead Weber State on the glass and JJ Overton has 12.1 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Weber State so far this season. As a team, Weber State is averaging 76.1 PPG on 46.6% shooting from the field, 31.8% from three and 73.6% from the foul line while allowing 69.1 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field and 35.8% from three this season.
Idaho State is 1-8 ATS in their last 9 road games and 1-10 ATS in their last 11 games as an underdog while the under is 10-2 in their last 12 road games. Weber State is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as a road favorite. Weber State is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 home games and 11-4 ATS in their last 15 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games overall.
I get why this feels like a big number with Weber State, but Idaho State’s done nothing but get pummeled this season on the road and the Bengals frankly aren’t a team I’m willing to take a shot with because of a decent number of points. Weber State has a solid home court advantage and should win this one by 20+. Give me Weber State here.