Kent State Golden Flashes vs Bowling Green Falcons Prediction, 3/15/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kent State Golden Flashes vs Bowling Green Falcons

Date: Friday, March 15, 2024

Location: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH

TV: CBSSN

The Kent State Golden Flashes (15-16) are headed to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Friday where they will try to beat the Bowling Green Falcons (19-12).

The Kent State Golden Flashes faced Toledo and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 86-71 in their last contest. Kent State walked away from the contest with a 43.1% FG percentage (25 out of 58) and made 8 of their 22 3-pointers. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Golden Flashes knocked down 13 of 23 attempts for a rate of 56.5%. In regard to grabbing boards, they collected 31 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. They also doled out 17 assists in this game while forcing 10 turnovers and earning 8 steals. With regard to defending, Kent State allowed their opponent to shoot 51.8% from the floor on 29 out of 56 shooting. Toledo recorded 17 assists and had 9 steals in this matchup. In addition, Toledo grabbed 31 boards (4 offensive, 27 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Toledo finished shooting 81.8% at the charity stripe by converting 18 of 22 attempts. They also knocked down 10 of their 24 shots from three-point range. In relation to fouls, the Golden Flashes ended up with 19 while Toledo recorded 15 fouls.

Voncameron Davis is a guy who was a major contributor for the contest. He went 40.0% from the field and recorded 8 assists. He played for 33 mins played and pulled down 5 rebounds. He was able to score 20 points on 6 of 15 shooting.

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Kent State comes into this one with a win-loss record of 15-16 on the season. They turn it over 12.1 times per contest and as a unit are committing 18.0 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Kent State is pulling in 34.5 rebounds per contest and has racked up 413 dimes for the year, which has them ranked 196th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Golden Flashes are connecting on 35.9% on three-point attempts (261 of 728) and 75.5% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 75.6 pts per contest (121st in D-1) while hitting 44.2% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Golden Flashes are able to force 13.5 turnovers per contest while drawing 17.4 fouls. They are 171st in the country in giving up assists to the opposition with 405 conceded on the season. The Golden Flashes defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 45.3% (787 of 1,739) and they surrender 33.3 boards per contest as a team. They are surrendering 33.3% from 3-point land and they rank 197th in college hoops in opponents points per game (72.4).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Bowling Green Falcons took home the win by a final score of 80-70 against Ball State. The Falcons were able to collect 22 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 30 for this game. They also coughed up the ball 14 times, while getting 8 steals for this game. Ball State committed 15 fouls for the contest which took the Falcons to the charity stripe for a total of 18 tries. They were able to make 15 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 83.3%. In terms of 3-point attempts, Bowling Green converted 9 of their 22 attempts (40.9%). When this game wrapped up, the Falcons finished 28 for 60 from the field which gave them a percentage of 46.7%. The Falcons allowed Ball State to make 24 out of 54 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 44.4% in this game. They finished shooting 26.3% from behind the 3-point line via 5 out of 19 and ended up shooting 17 out of 23 from the charity stripe (73.9%). When talking about cleaning the glass, Bowling Green allowed Ball State to grab 30 overall (6 on the offensive side).

Marcus Hill was important for the Falcons in the matchup. He racked up 24 points in his 39 mins of playing time and added 5 assists for the contest. He buried 8 of 18 in this game for a field goal rate of 44.4%, and had 3 rebounds.

Bowling Green has a mark of 19-12 this season. The Falcons are responsible for committing 15.9 fouls per contest and they hit 70.6% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 11.4 times per contest (309th in the nation) and they are turning it over 11.6 times per game. Bowling Green has 2,301 points so far this season (74.2 per game) and they grab 38.0 boards per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Falcons are shooting 43.3% from the field, which has them ranked 262nd in college basketball.

The Falcons on the defensive side of the court are 154th in college hoops in PPG given up with 71.2. They are forcing 12.1 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.3% from the field (216th in college hoops). The Bowling Green defense allows 35.6% on shots from distance (227 of 637) and their opposition makes 67.8% of their foul shots. They allow 12.4 assists and 35.1 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is ranked 133rd and 202nd in the country.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kent State

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