The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers host the Old Dominion Monarchs in college basketball action from the E.A. Diddle Arena on Saturday night.
The Old Dominion Monarchs will look to rebound after losing 4 of 5 after a 67-63 loss to Marshall on the road last time out. C.J. Keyser has 14.5 PPG while Kalu Ezikpe has 11.1 PPG with 6.7 RPG this season. Austin Trice has 13 PPG with a team-high 8.9 RPG to cap off Middle Tennessee’s group of double-digit scorers and Jaylin Hunter has 9.5 PPG with a team-high 4.5 APG to lead the Monarchs in assists this season. As a team, Old Dominion is averaging 66.3 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field, 29.5% from three and 67.6% from the foul line while allowing 67.4 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 36.3% from three this season.
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers will try to build on their six-game win streak after a 77-67 win over Charlotte last time out. Dayvion McKnight leads the Hilltoppers in scoring and assists with 15.7 PPG with 5.6 RPG and a team-high 6.1 APG while Jairus Hamilton has 13.2 PPG with 5.7 RPG. Camron Justice has 14.7 PPG with 3.2 APG and Josh Anderson has 12.3 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for WKU this season. Luke Frampton has 9 PPG and Jamarion Sharp also has a team-high 7a RPG for the Hilltoppers this season. As a team, Western Kentucky is averaging 76.6 PPG on 47.9% shooting from the field, 37% from three and 71.9% from the foul line while allowing 69.7 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 33.8% from three this year.
Old Dominion is 0-6 ATS in their last 6 road games and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games as an underdog while the under is 23-9 in their last 32 Saturday games. Western Kentucky is 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games while the over is 8-3 in their last 11 games as a home favorite.
I get looking at an underdog in most spots, but the thing is that Old Dominion has really struggled to find their offense on the road and it’s cost them more often than not this season. Western Kentucky is far from a world-beater but the Hilltoppers are the better team playing better ball as of late and I look for them to bag another win and cover at home in this one.