Eastern Michigan Eagles vs Bowling Green Falcons Prediction, 1/2/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Eastern Michigan Eagles vs Bowling Green Falcons

Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Location: Stroh Center in Bowling Green, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Bowling Green Falcons (9-3) will take on the Eastern Michigan Eagles (6-5) at Stroh Center on Tuesday.

The Eastern Michigan Eagles took the court against Hampton and took home the win by a score of 72-69 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Eagles left the arena with 12 and Hampton racked up 19 fouls. They also knocked down 7 of their 29 attempts from beyond the arc. Hampton ended up shooting 70.6% from the charity stripe by burying 12 of 17 attempts. In addition, Hampton collected 34 rebounds (13 offensive, 21 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Hampton doled out 11 dimes and had 8 steals for the matchup. Pertaining to defending, Eastern Michigan let their opponent shoot 35.7% from the field on 25 of 70 shooting. They also doled out 9 dimes in this contest in addition to forcing 8 turnovers and having 5 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they collected 32 with 4 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the free throw line, the Eagles made 16 of 21 attempts for a rate of 76.2%. Eastern Michigan ended the contest with a 50.0% field goal percentage (25 out of 50) and knocked down 6 of 12 3-point attempts.

Tyson Acuff is one guy who came through for this contest. He accounted for 29 points on 9 out of 18 shooting. He saw the court for 39 mins and also totaled 2 boards. He ended up going 50.0% from the field and also distributed 2 assists.

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Eastern Michigan will play this contest with a record of 6-5 so far this year. They turn it over 12.0 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 16.0 fouls every game. As a unit, Eastern Michigan is grabbing 32.5 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 118 assists for the year, which has them ranked 350th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. The Eagles are shooting 35.1% on 3-pointers (68 of 194) and 68.4% from the free throw line. They average 67.3 pts per contest (322nd in the country) while shooting 45.4% from the field.

Defensively, the Eagles are able to force 10.0 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.1 personal fouls. They are 167th in college hoops in giving up assists with 150 surrendered for the campaign. The Eagles defense is giving up an opponent FG percentage of 45.3% (296 of 653) and they surrender 35.1 boards per contest as a squad. They are surrendering 32.7% on 3-pointers and they are 265th in college basketball in points per game allowed (73.9).

When they last stepped on the court, the Bowling Green Falcons got the victory with a final of 79-58 against Siena Heights. With respect to rebounding, Bowling Green permitted Siena Heights to snag 32 overall (5 offensive). They wrapped up this game 41.2% from distance by going 7 of 17 and finished the contest at 5 out of 8 at the charity stripe (62.5%). The Falcons permitted Siena Heights to bury 23 of 51 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 45.1% in the game. When all was said and done, the Falcons ended up shooting 28 for 62 from the field which gave them a rate of 45.2%. Concerning shots from beyond the arc, Bowling Green converted 11 out of 30 tries (36.7%). They were able to knock down 12 of the free throws for a percentage of 70.6%. Siena Heights was called for 16 fouls in this matchup which got the Falcons to the charity stripe for a total of 17 tries. They also turned the ball over 15 times, while getting 16 steals for this game. The Falcons snagged 23 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 30 for the matchup.

Trey Thomas ended up having an impact for the Falcons for the game. He knocked down 7 out of 11 in this matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 63.6%, and tallied 4 rebounds. He recorded 19 points in his 29 mins of playing time and had 3 assists in this contest.

Bowling Green has a mark of 9-3 so far this year. The Falcons have committed 15.1 fouls every game and they connect on 68.0% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 11.1 times per contest (327th in the nation) and they lose possession via turnover 11.9 times per contest. Bowling Green has tallied 888 points so far this year (74.0 per game) and they grab 38.8 boards per game. As an offense, the Falcons are connecting on 44.1% from the field, which ranks 217th in the nation.

The Bowling Green defense gives up 32.2% on shots from distance (78 of 242) and their opponents are knocking down 64.9% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 10.7 dimes and 35.5 boards per game, which is ranked 50th and 214th in those categories on the defensive end. The Falcons are ranked 56th in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 65.1. They are able to force 13.3 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 40.5% from the field (74th in the country).

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Bowling Green

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