Toledo Rockets vs Bowling Green Falcons Prediction, 1/15/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toledo Rockets vs Bowling Green Falcons

Date: Saturday, January 15, 2022

Location: Stroh Center in Bowling Green, OH

TV: ESPN3

Stroh Center is the location where the Bowling Green Falcons (8-7) will try to beat the Toledo Rockets (12-4) on Saturday.

The Toledo Rockets took the court against Miami and walked away with a win by a score of 75-72 in their last game. Concerning personal fouls, the Rockets ended up finishing with 9 while Miami racked up 12 personal fouls. They also converted 10 out of their 31 attempts from distance. Miami finished the game at 85.7% from the charity stripe by burying 6 of their 7 attempts. On top of that, Miami collected 28 boards (5 offensive, 23 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Miami recorded 12 assists and had 6 steals in this game. Pertaining to defending, Toledo allowed 46.7% from the floor on 28 out of 60 shooting. They also dished out 10 assists in the game as well as creating 11 turnovers and earning 5 steals. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they collected 32 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Rockets buried 14 of their 14 tries for a percentage of 100.0%. Toledo wrapped up the contest with a 43.5% FG percentage (27 out of 62) and buried 7 out of their 19 shots from downtown.

JT Shumate is a guy who was a factor in this game. He finished the contest at 50.0% from the floor and totaled 1 assist. He played for 36 minutes played and totaled 5 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 17 points on 6 of 12 shooting.

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Toledo heads into this one with a mark of 12-4 for the season. They average 78.5 points per outing (49th in college hoops) on 45.8% from the field. The Rockets are shooting 35.3% on shots from beyond the arc (110 of 312) and 77.4% from the charity stripe. As a team, Toledo is pulling in 41.3 boards per contest and has accounted for 222 dimes on the campaign, which ranks 105th in Division 1 in terms of passing. They are turning it over 11.6 times per contest and as a unit they commit 16.1 fouls every game.

On the defensive end, the Rockets are forcing 12.3 turnovers every game while drawing 17.9 personal fouls. They give up 28.9% on 3-point attempts while they are 126th in D-1 in opponents PPG (66.6). The Rockets defensively are allowing a shooting percentage of 39.5% (389 of 985) and they concede 34.9 boards per game as a squad. They currently rank 258th in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 203 surrendered for the year.

When they last played, the Bowling Green Falcons took a defeat with a final score of 85-78 against Ohio. The Falcons were able to snag 20 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 28 for the contest. They gave up possession of the ball 8 times, while getting 4 steals in this contest. Ohio was called for 15 fouls in this contest which got the Falcons to the free throw line for 15 tries. They were able to make 11 of the free throw tries for a clip of 73.3%. In the matter of shooting from downtown, Bowling Green converted 9 of their 23 tries (39.1%). When this game wrapped up, the Falcons finished shooting 29 for 67 from the field which had them shooting 43.3%. The Falcons allowed Ohio to knock down 27 of their 61 attempts from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 44.3% in the game. They went 30.8% from three-point range by going 8 out of 26 and finished the game at 23 of 30 from the free throw line (76.7%). In regard to rebounds, Bowling Green permitted Ohio to pull down 40 overall (11 on the offensive side).

Myron Gordon ended up being a factor for the Falcons in this game. He scored 18 points in his 19 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 4 assists in the matchup. He knocked down 6 out of 11 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 54.5%, and tallied 3 rebounds.

Bowling Green has a mark of 8-7 for the season. The Falcons are committing 18.5 personal fouls per contest and they connect on 76.2% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 12.8 times per contest (218th in the nation) and they turn it over 12.5 times per contest. Bowling Green has earned 1,257 pts on the season (83.8 per game) and they grab 42.4 boards per game. As an offensive unit, the Falcons are hitting on 43.4% from the field, which is 228th in college basketball.

The Bowling Green defense surrenders 32.1% on 3-point attempts (137 of 427) and their opponents are knocking down 73.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 13.3 dimes and 38.9 boards every game, ranking them 235th and 332nd in college basketball. The Falcons on the defensive side of the court are 324th in college basketball in PPG given up with 76.3. They are able to force 14.6 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 41.4% from the field (118th in college basketball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Toledo

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