Central Michigan Chippewas vs Miami RedHawks Prediction, 2/24/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Central Michigan Chippewas vs Miami RedHawks

Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024

Location: Millett Hall in Oxford, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Miami RedHawks (12-14) welcome the Central Michigan Chippewas (16-10) at Millett Hall on Saturday.

The Central Michigan Chippewas faced Bowling Green and earned the victory with a final of 62-60 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Chippewas walked away with 24 and Bowling Green finished the game with 14 personal fouls. They converted 1 of their 17 tries from distance. Bowling Green shot 76.7% at the charity stripe by converting 23 of 30 shots. Additionally, Bowling Green snagged 51 rebounds (14 offensive, 37 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Bowling Green earned 6 dimes and had 3 steals for this contest. Concerning the defense, Central Michigan allowed the other team to shoot 27.7% from the field on 18 of 65 shooting. They also doled out 8 assists in the game while forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and having 10 steals. When discussing grabbing boards, they compiled a total of 37 with 3 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Chippewas converted 6 of 10 tries for a rate of 60.0%. Central Michigan finished the game having earned a 37.9% field goal percentage (25 out of 66) and made 6 of their 21 shots from 3-point land.

Anthony Pritchard is someone who was a contributor in the matchup. He finished the game shooting 41.7% from the floor and recorded 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 36 minutes and grabbed 9 boards. He walked away with 15 points on 5 of 12 shooting.

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Central Michigan will play this contest with a win-loss mark of 16-10 for the season. They currently have an average of 66.7 points per contest (331st in Division 1) while going 42.7% from the floor. The Chippewas are shooting 30.0% on 3-point shots (156 of 520) and 67.2% from the charity stripe. As a team, Central Michigan is pulling down 35.8 boards per contest and has earned 291 dimes on the season, which is 323rd in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 12.3 times per game and as a unit are committing 16.4 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Chippewas have forced 11.8 turnovers per contest while drawing 15.4 personal fouls. They relinquish 30.1% on shots from beyond the arc and they are 114th in college basketball in opponents points per game (69.4). The Chippewas are giving up a field goal percentage of 40.8% (636 of 1,558) and they surrender 37.4 boards per game as a squad. They are currently ranked 179th in D-1 in giving up assists with 338 conceded on the season.

In their last game, the Miami RedHawks walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 77-58 against Western Michigan. When talking about cleaning up the glass, Miami permitted Western Michigan to snag 38 in total (8 on the offensive side). They finished 44.8% from 3-point land by shooting 13 of 29 and finished the contest at 12 of 15 at the free throw line (80.0%). The RedHawks permitted Western Michigan to bury 26 out of 63 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.3% for the game. When this game wrapped up, the RedHawks shot 19 for 56 from the field which gave them a percentage of 33.9%. In terms of 3-point attempts, Miami made 6 of 23 attempts (26.1%). They were able to bury 14 of those for a percentage of 70.0%. Western Michigan had 19 fouls in the game which got the RedHawks to the free throw line for a total of 20 shots. They also turned it over 14 times, while getting 5 steals for this contest. The RedHawks recorded 25 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 33 in this contest.

Anderson Mirambeaux was important for the RedHawks in the matchup. He totaled 19 points in his 23 minutes on the court, but didn't get an assist. He converted 7 of 12 for the contest giving him a rate of 58.3%, and earned 3 rebounds.

Miami has a record of 12-14 for the campaign. The RedHawks have committed 17.5 personal fouls every game and they connect on 70.6% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 14.9 times per game (75th in D-1) and they turn it over 11.8 times per game. Miami has totaled 1,868 points for the season (71.8 per game) and they snag 33.2 boards per game. When it comes to executing on offense, the RedHawks are shooting 45.2% from the floor, which ranks 156th in D-1.

The RedHawks on defense are ranked 146th in D-1 in points given up per game with 70.8. They have forced 12.2 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 43.1% from the field (154th in college basketball). The Miami defense allows 31.7% from downtown (176 of 555) and their opposition knocks down 73.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 12.0 assists and 35.7 total boards per game, ranking them 103rd and 233rd in those categories.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Central Michigan

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