Kent State Golden Flashes vs Bowling Green Falcons Prediction, 1/29/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kent State Golden Flashes vs Bowling Green Falcons

Date: Saturday, January 29, 2022

Location: Stroh Center in Bowling Green, OH

TV: ESPN3

The Kent State Golden Flashes (10-9) are headed to Stroh Center on Saturday where they will try to beat the Bowling Green Falcons (11-9).

The Kent State Golden Flashes faced off with Western Michigan and walked away with a win by a score of 75-64 in their last game. Kent State walked away from the game having earned a 48.2% field goal percentage (27 out of 56) and made 7 of their 24 3-pointers. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Golden Flashes converted 14 of their 21 attempts for a rate of 66.7%. Pertaining to grabbing rebounds, they compiled 35 with 10 of them being offensive. They also recorded 15 assists in the matchup while forcing 8 turnovers and earning 6 steals. With regard to the defense, Kent State allowed the other team to shoot 40.4% from the field on 23 of 57 shooting. Western Michigan totaled 12 dimes and had 8 steals in this matchup. On top of that, Western Michigan pulled down 23 rebounds (5 offensive, 18 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. Western Michigan ended up going 71.4% when shooting free throws by knocking down 10 of 14 attempts. They converted 8 of 26 attempts from long range. When talking about personal fouls, the Golden Flashes ended up walking away with 11 and Western Michigan accumulated 20 personal fouls.

Malique Jacobs is one guy who was a major contributor for the contest. He ended up going 50.0% from the field and also earned 6 assists. He saw the court for 38 mins and also grabbed 10 boards. He ended up with 11 points on 3 out of 6 shooting.

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Kent State heads into this contest with a record of 10-9 so far this season. They cough up possession 12.4 times per game and as a basketball team they are committing 17.7 fouls every game. As a team, Kent State is pulling in 35.4 rebounds per game and has 229 assists so far this season, which is 241st in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Golden Flashes are shooting 29.5% on shots from 3-point land (127 of 431) and 77.2% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 67.9 pts per game (274th in the nation) while going 42.0% from the field.

Defensively, the Golden Flashes are forcing 14.2 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 17.6 personal fouls. They are ranked 85th in college hoops in allowing assists to their opponents with 208 relinquished this season. The Golden Flashes defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 39.9% (406 of 1,017) and they concede 32.5 rebounds per game as a team. They give up 28.8% from 3-point land and they are 32nd in the nation in points per game allowed (62.5).

When they last stepped on the court, the Bowling Green Falcons walked away with a victory by a final of 85-71 when they faced Eastern Michigan. The Falcons snagged 23 defensive rebounds and 16 offensive rebounds totaling 39 for the game. They coughed up the ball 10 times, while getting 5 steals for this contest. Eastern Michigan committed 23 personal fouls for this game which took the Falcons to the free throw line for a total of 32 tries. They were able to knock down 26 of them for a rate of 81.3%. In reference to three-point attempts, Bowling Green knocked down 3 out of 17 tries (17.6%). Overall, the Falcons finished 28 out of 63 from the field which gave them a rate of 44.4%. The Falcons permitted Eastern Michigan to knock down 27 of 55 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 49.1% for the game. They shot 20.0% from three-point range by going 2 of 10 and ended up going 15 out of 19 from the free throw line (78.9%). In the matter of team rebounding, Bowling Green permitted Eastern Michigan to pull down 23 in total (3 offensive).

Joseph Reece was important for the Falcons for this game. He accumulated 20 points in his 20 minutes on the court and had 1 assist in this contest. He made 7 of 12 for this contest for a rate of 58.3%, and had 6 rebounds.

Bowling Green has a mark of 11-9 on the campaign. As an offense, the Falcons are shooting 44.1% from the floor, which is ranked 186th in the country. Bowling Green has accounted for 1,660 pts this year (83.0 per game) and they pull in 41.2 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 12.7 times per contest (224th in the nation) and they cough up possession 12.4 times per contest. The Falcons are committing 17.8 personal fouls every game and they shoot 76.4% from the charity stripe.

The Falcons are ranked 338th in college basketball in PPG given up with 77.8. They are forcing 13.4 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 43.3% from the field (216th in college basketball). The Bowling Green defense allows 33.4% on 3-point attempts (181 of 542) and their opponents are connecting on 73.8% of their free throw attempts. They give up 13.6 assists and 36.9 boards every game, ranking them 253rd and 292nd in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Bowling Green

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