Bowling Green Falcons vs Eastern Michigan Eagles Prediction, 2/17/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Bowling Green Falcons vs Eastern Michigan Eagles

Date: Saturday, February 17, 2024

Location: George Gervin GameAbove Center in Ypsilanti, MI

TV: ESPN+

The Eastern Michigan Eagles (9-15) will try to defeat the Bowling Green Falcons (16-8) at George Gervin GameAbove Center on Saturday.

The Bowling Green Falcons played Louisiana and took a loss by a score of 86-60 in their last contest. Bowling Green wrapped up the game having earned a 43.6% field goal percentage (24 of 55) and made 4 of their 21 shots from beyond the arc. From the free throw line, the Falcons made 8 of their 14 attempts for a percentage of 57.1%. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 28 with 8 of them being offensive. They also recorded 8 dimes for this contest as well as forcing the other team into 5 turnovers and earning 4 steals. Pertaining to defense, Bowling Green allowed the other team to shoot 56.9% from the floor on 33 out of 58 shooting. Louisiana earned 12 dimes and had 10 steals for the contest. Furthermore, Louisiana totaled 27 boards (5 offensive, 22 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Louisiana ended up shooting 73.3% when shooting free throws by making 11 of 15 attempts. They knocked down 9 of 18 tries from 3-point range. When discussing personal fouls, the Falcons walked away with 15 while Louisiana finished the game with 13 personal fouls.

Marcus Hill is a guy who came through for this contest. He notched 22 points on 10 of 17 shooting. He played for 38 mins and also pulled down 6 rebounds. He finished 58.8% from the floor and totaled 2 assists.

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Bowling Green will take the court with a win-loss mark of 16-8 on the campaign. They are turning it over 11.4 times per game and as a unit they commit 15.9 personal fouls per game. As a unit, Bowling Green is pulling down 37.7 rebounds per contest and has accumulated 286 dimes this season, which is 297th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Falcons are hitting 30.8% on shots from beyond the arc (168 of 545) and 69.2% from the free throw line. They have an average of 76.5 points per contest (111th in the nation) while hitting 44.6% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Falcons are able to force 12.1 turnovers per game while drawing 18.8 personal fouls. They concede 36.3% on 3-point shots and they are ranked 208th in the country in PPG from their opponents (72.6). The Falcons defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 44.8% (655 of 1,463) and they relinquish 35.5 rebounds per contest as a group. They rank 143rd in the nation in allowing assists to their opponents with 304 surrendered this year.

The last time they took the court, the Eastern Michigan Eagles took a defeat with a final score of 82-76 against UL Monroe. When discussing cleaning up the glass, Eastern Michigan permitted UL Monroe to get 34 in all (11 offensive). They finished 50.0% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 8 out of 16 and walked away from this one shooting 10 out of 15 at the free throw line (66.7%). The Eagles permitted UL Monroe to bury 32 of their 56 tries from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 57.1% for the contest. When the final whistle was blown, the Eagles finished 29 out of 69 from the field which had them at 42.0%. With regard to shots from 3-point land, Eastern Michigan made 13 of 29 attempts (44.8%). They were able to convert 5 of the free throw tries for a clip of 71.4%. UL Monroe committed 7 personal fouls in the game which took the Eagles to the free throw line for a total of 7 shots. They coughed up the ball 6 times, while recording 9 steals in this contest. The Eagles recorded 15 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive rebounds totaling 27 for this contest.

Tyson Acuff ended up being a factor for the Eagles in the game. He knocked down 10 of 23 for this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 43.5%, and had 4 rebounds. He racked up 29 points in his 40 mins on the court and had 2 assists for this game.

Eastern Michigan has a win-loss mark of 9-15 this year. As an offensive unit, the Eagles are connecting on 43.9% from the floor, which is ranked 232nd in the country. Eastern Michigan has earned 1,621 pts for the season (67.5 per contest) and they average 33.3 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 10.5 times per contest (342nd in Division 1) and they turn it over 11.8 times per game. The Eagles are responsible for committing 16.4 fouls per contest and they hit 67.0% from the free throw line.

The Eastern Michigan defense allows 33.8% on 3-pointers (180 of 533) and their opponents are knocking down 70.9% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have relinquished 13.5 dimes and 35.7 boards on a nightly basis, which ranks them 244th and 236th in college hoops. The Eagles are ranked 284th in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 75.6. They are forcing their opponents into 10.8 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 47.0% from the field (344th in D-1).

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Bowling Green

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