Western Michigan vs IPFW 11/27/2021 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Western Michigan Broncos and the IPFW Mastodons meet in college basketball action from the Alico Arena on Saturday.

The Western Michigan Broncos will be out to bounce back from a 77-67 loss at the hands of Florida Gulf Coast last time out. Heading into Friday’s game, Lamar Norman Jr. leads the Broncos as the lone double-digit scorer for WMU with 18 PPG while Mack Smith has 9.8 PPG with 4.5 RPG and Markeese Hastins has a team-high 7 RPG while Adrian Martin’s chipping in a team-high 2.7 APG as well this season. As a team, Western Michigan is averaging 61.5 PPG on 38% shooting form the field, 30.5% from three and 63.8% from the foul line while allowing 84.3 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field and 30.9% from three this season.

The IPFW Mastodons come into this one looking to build on their 74-66 win over Southeast Louisiana last time out. Jalon Pipkins has 16 PPG along with 5.3 RPG while Jarred Godfrey has 13.7 PPG with 4 RPG and a team-high 4.3 APG. RA Kpedi has 11 PPG with a team-high 6.7 RPG as well to finish off the scoring in double figures for the Mastodons this season. As a team, IPFW is averaging 72.8 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field, 37.5% from three and 67.6% from the foul line while allowing 64.5 PPG on 41% shooting from the field and 32% from three this season.

Western Michigan is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 2-9 ATs in their last 11 neutral site games while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 games following a loss. IPFW is 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games while the under is 19-7 in their last 26 games following a win.

I get that this line looks funny, but I’m not sold on Western Michigan up to this point in the season. The Broncos just haven’t looked good early on and I think that IPFW can take advantage of that. Give me the Mastodons here laying the points.