Bowling Green Falcons vs Kent State Golden Flashes Prediction, 1/28/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Bowling Green Falcons vs Kent State Golden Flashes

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Location: M.A.C. Center in Kent, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Bowling Green Falcons (7-12) are traveling to M.A.C. Center on Tuesday where they will meet the Kent State Golden Flashes (12-7).

The Bowling Green Falcons faced Toledo and went home with a loss by a final score of 84-71 in their last game. Bowling Green wrapped up the game with a 42.9% field goal percentage (24 of 56) and converted 6 of 22 three-point attempts. At the charity stripe, the Falcons knocked down 17 of 23 tries for a rate of 73.9%. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they earned 27 with 6 of them being offensive. They also recorded 10 assists for this game as well as forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and having 6 steals. In terms of defending, Bowling Green allowed the other team to go 47.5% from the floor on 29 out of 61 shooting. Toledo distributed 14 assists and had 4 steals in the matchup. Additionally, Toledo snagged 30 rebounds (10 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Toledo finished shooting 82.4% at the charity stripe by knocking down 14 of 17 attempts. They also converted 12 of 24 shots from three-point range. Concerning fouls, the Falcons ended up with 16 and Toledo recorded 17 fouls.

Marcus Johnson is one guy who had an impact in the game. He finished shooting 50.0% from the floor but didn't record an assist. He was on the hardwood for 32 minutes played and also totaled 4 rebounds. He totaled 28 points on 10 out of 20 shooting.

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Bowling Green steps onto the hardwood with a record of 7-12 so far this season. They are turning it over 12.1 times per game and as a team they commit 17.7 fouls per contest. As a unit, Bowling Green is grabbing 34.2 rebounds per game and is sitting with 217 assists for the campaign, which is 349th in the country in terms of passing. The Falcons are hitting 34.5% on 3-point shots (158 of 458) and 75.3% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 76.3 points per contest (135th in college hoops) while shooting 44.6% from the floor.

When they are on the defensive end, the Falcons are forcing 13.4 turnovers per game while drawing 16.6 fouls. They are relinquishing 32.0% on 3-pointers and they are 290th in college in opponents PPG (75.6). The Falcons are giving up a shooting percentage of 45.1% (507 of 1,124) and they surrender 35.7 rebounds per game as a team. They are ranked 221st in college in giving up assists to the opposition with 275 surrendered for the campaign.

The last time they took the court, the Kent State Golden Flashes went home defeated by a final of 61-59 against Ohio. When talking about how they cleaned up the glass, Kent State permitted Ohio to collect 23 in all (4 on the offensive side). They went 27.8% from distance by going 5 out of 18 and ended up going 22 out of 28 from the free throw line (78.6%). The Golden Flashes allowed Ohio to convert 17 of their 45 tries from the field which had them shooting 37.8% for the game. When the game finished, the Golden Flashes finished shooting 21 for 60 from the floor which gave them a rate of 35.0%. In terms of shots from downtown, Kent State converted 3 of their 19 attempts (15.8%). They were able to knock down 14 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 56.0%. Ohio earned 16 personal fouls for this game which took the Golden Flashes to the charity stripe for a total of 25 attempts. They also coughed up the ball 17 times, while recording 11 steals in this matchup. The Golden Flashes corralled 24 defensive boards and 18 offensive rebounds totaling 42 for the game.

Cli'Ron Hornbeak ended up having an impact for the Golden Flashes for the matchup. He scored 13 points in his 27 minutes of playing time, but wasn't able to earn an assist. He buried 4 out of 5 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 80.0%, and earned 11 rebounds.

Kent State has a mark of 12-7 this year. The Golden Flashes are responsible for committing 18.6 fouls every game and they go 73.2% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 12.5 times per contest (276th in college) and they are giving up possession 11.4 times per game. Kent State has tallied 1,324 points for the year (69.7 per game) and they snag 36.5 rebounds per contest. When it comes to offense, the Golden Flashes are hitting on 41.3% from the floor, which has them ranked 329th in college.

The Kent State defense gives up 30.6% on 3-pointers (121 of 395) and their opponents are knocking down 73.1% of their free throw shots. They have relinquished 12.5 assists and 32.5 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 133rd and 80th in those defensive categories. The Golden Flashes defensively are ranked 26th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 64.5. They are forcing 14.3 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 41.4% from the floor (77th in college hoops).

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Bowling Green

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