Ball State Cardinals vs Bowling Green Falcons Prediction, 1/31/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Ball State Cardinals vs Bowling Green Falcons

Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Location: Stroh Center in Bowling Green, OH

TV: fuboTV

Stroh Center is where the Bowling Green Falcons (10-11) will try to defeat the Ball State Cardinals (14-7) on Tuesday.

The Ball State Cardinals faced off with Northern Illinois and walked away with a win by a score of 87-69 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Cardinals ended up with 17 and Northern Illinois recorded 20 personal fouls. They also converted 9 out of their 24 tries from three-point range. Northern Illinois finished the game at 70.0% at the charity stripe by making 14 of 20 attempts. On top of that, Northern Illinois collected 27 rebounds (7 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Northern Illinois doled out 10 assists and had 3 steals for this contest. With regard to the defense, Ball State allowed 46.9% from the field on 23 of 49 shooting. They also dished out 15 assists in this matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 16 turnovers and having 8 steals. In reference to hauling in rebounds, they collected a total of 42 with 19 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Cardinals converted 12 of 22 shots for a rate of 54.5%. Ball State finished with a 46.3% FG percentage (31 out of 67) and converted 13 out of their 28 shots from beyond the arc.

Jarron Coleman is one guy who came through in this matchup. He scored 20 points on 7 out of 15 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 35 minutes and pulled down 4 boards. He finished the game shooting 46.7% from the field and dished out 6 assists.

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Ball State enters this contest with a win-loss mark of 14-7 for the campaign. They are turning it over 12.3 times per contest and as a basketball team they commit 16.5 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Ball State is pulling down 35.7 boards per game and is sitting with 266 assists on the season, which ranks 267th in college basketball in terms of passing. The Cardinals are shooting 37.7% on three-point attempts (154 of 408) and 67.6% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 75.6 pts per contest (88th in Division 1) while hitting 46.7% from the field.

Defensively, the Cardinals are able to force 12.6 turnovers per contest while drawing 21.0 fouls. They are giving up 36.9% on shots from distance and they are 178th in D-1 in points per game allowed (69.3). The Cardinals defense is allowing a FG percentage of 43.4% (526 of 1,212) and they relinquish 33.0 rebounds per game as a squad. They currently rank 9th in D-1 in giving up assists to the opposition with 199 relinquished on the campaign.

In their last game, the Bowling Green Falcons took a loss by a final score of 91-77 when they played Toledo. The Falcons recorded 24 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive boards for a total of 34 in the matchup. They gave up possession of the ball 15 times, while earning 3 steals for this contest. Toledo was called for 16 personal fouls for the matchup which got the Falcons to the free throw line for 15 attempts. They were able to make 12 of the free throw tries for a rate of 80.0%. When it comes to 3-point shots, Bowling Green buried 5 of 19 attempts (26.3%). When the final whistle blew, the Falcons shot 30 out of 59 from the field which had them shooting 50.8%. The Falcons permitted Toledo to make 35 out of 66 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 53.0% for this contest. They went 25.9% from three-point range by going 7 of 27 and ended up going 14 of 18 at the free throw line (77.8%). When discussing how they cleaned up the glass, Bowling Green permitted Toledo to get 30 in total (9 offensive).

Leon Ayers was important for the Falcons in this matchup. He earned 21 points in his 36 minutes on the hardwood and had 6 assists in this matchup. He knocked down 9 of 16 in this game for a field goal percentage of 56.3%, and totaled 6 rebounds.

Bowling Green has a mark of 10-11 so far this season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Falcons are connecting on 45.9% from the floor, which is ranked 112th in Division 1. Bowling Green has scored 1,641 points on the campaign (78.1 per game) and they snag 37.2 rebounds per contest. They are earning an assist 14.7 times per game (85th in college basketball) and they cough up possession 12.0 times per game. The Falcons have committed 16.9 fouls per contest and they hit 75.4% from the charity stripe.

The Falcons on the defensive side of the court are 345th in the country in PPG allowed with 77.0. They have forced 11.1 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.0% from the field (281st in the country). The Bowling Green defense gives up 34.7% on 3-point attempts (170 of 490) and their opposition makes 73.3% of their free throw shots. They concede 13.9 assists and 34.6 boards per contest, which ranks them 271st and 214th in college hoops.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Ball State

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