Miami RedHawks vs Akron Zips Prediction, 2/4/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Redhawks vs Akron Zips

Date: Friday, February 4, 2022

Location: James A. Rhodes Arena in Akron, OH

TV: CBSSN

The Akron Zips (13-6) will compete against the Miami Redhawks (9-11) at James A. Rhodes Arena on Friday.

The Miami RedHawks played Kent State and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 78-65 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the RedHawks ended up finishing with 17 and Kent State finished the game with 14 personal fouls. They also converted 9 out of their 25 tries from distance. Kent State ended up shooting 69.2% when shooting free throws by knocking down 9 of 13 tries. Moreover, Kent State snagged 39 rebounds (14 offensive, 25 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Kent State totaled 12 dimes and had 8 steals for this contest. In regard to the defense, Miami allowed 42.9% from the floor on 30 out of 70 shooting. They also distributed 8 dimes in this contest as well as forcing 7 turnovers and earning 3 steals. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they compiled 35 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the RedHawks made 7 of their 11 attempts for a rate of 63.6%. Miami ended the game having earned a 41.0% field goal percentage (25 of 61) and made 8 of their 26 shots from 3-point land.

Kamari Williams is one guy who was important for the contest. He walked away from this one shooting 62.5% from the floor but finished the game without an assist. He was on the court for 30 mins and snagged 6 boards. He racked up 14 points on 5 of 8 shooting.

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Miami will enter this game with a mark of 9-11 for the year. They are giving up possession 10.1 times per game and as a group are committing 15.5 fouls every game. As a team, Miami is pulling down 36.1 rebounds per game and has racked up 266 assists on the campaign, which has them ranked 203rd in the country in terms of passing the rock. The RedHawks are connecting on 34.1% on shots from downtown (184 of 540) and 77.7% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 76.5 points per game (65th in the nation) while connecting on 44.5% from the field.

When they are on defense, the RedHawks are able to force 12.2 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.8 personal fouls. They rank 221st in D-1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 271 surrendered for the campaign. The RedHawks defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 43.1% (519 of 1,204) and they concede 36.1 boards per game as a group. They are giving up 35.7% on shots from downtown and they rank 270th in D-1 in opponents PPG (72.4).

In their last game, the Akron Zips took a defeat with a final score of 84-76 when they played Toledo. When talking about how they rebounded, Akron allowed Toledo to snag 31 overall (7 on the offensive side). They shot 33.3% from downtown by shooting 5 of 15 and walked away from this one shooting 13 of 17 at the free throw line (76.5%). The Zips permitted Toledo to make 33 of their 56 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 58.9% for this game. When the final whistle blew, the Zips ended up shooting 28 out of 64 from the floor which gave them a rate of 43.8%. In terms of shots from beyond the arc, Akron converted 7 of their 25 tries (28.0%). They were able to convert 13 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 56.5%. Toledo was called for 19 fouls for the contest which got the Zips to the charity stripe for a total of 23 attempts. They coughed up the ball 9 times, while earning 6 steals for the game. The Zips were able to corral 18 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 for the game.

Enrique Freeman ended up being a major contributor for the Zips in the game. He knocked down 7 out of 8 in this matchup for a field goal rate of 87.5%, and had 10 rebounds. He totaled 17 points in his 25 minutes on the court and tallied 1 assist for this contest.

Akron has a win-loss mark of 13-6 on the season. As an offense, the Zips are connecting on 45.2% from the floor, which ranks 124th in the country. Akron has 1,367 pts for the season (71.9 per contest) and they collect 36.5 boards per contest. Their rate of earning assists is at 12.4 times per game (240th in the nation) and they turn it over 11.4 times per contest. The Zips are committing 16.1 fouls every game and they go 66.2% from the charity stripe.

The Akron defense gives up 34.1% on shots from beyond the arc (122 of 358) and their opposition makes 69.4% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 9.2 dimes and 31.9 boards every game, which ranks 6th and 58th in those defensive categories. The Zips are ranked 38th in the country in points per game surrendered with 63.3. They are able to force 12.4 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 42.3% from the floor (154th in D-1).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Akron

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