UIC vs Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2/26/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers (10-20) vs. UIC Flames (12-15)
February 26, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: UIC Flames -6 / Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers +6; Over/Under: -141.5
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The Milwaukee Panthers and the UIC Flames meet in college basketball action from the Credit Union 1 Center on Saturday night.
The Milwaukee Panthers will look to build on a 66-54 win over IUPUI last time out. DeAndre Gholston leads the Panthers in scoring with 14.1 PPG along with 4.4 RPG while Patrick Baldwin Jr. has 12.1 PPG and 5.8 RPG in 11 games so far this season. Josh Thomas has 9.2 PPG while Donovan Newby has 8.3 PPG as well for the Panthers on the year. Joey St. Pierre leads the Panthers on the glass with 5.6 RPG while Jordan Lathon has a team-high 2.8 APG to lead the Panthers in the assist department as well this season. As a team, Milwaukee is averaging 64.9 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field, 31.4% from three and 72.3% from the foul line while allowing 70.4 PPG on 40.2% shooting from the field and 33.5% from three this season.
The UIC Flames will look to build on back-to-back wins after an 81-77 win over Green Bay last time out. Damaria Franklin leads the Flames in scoring and rebounding with 18.3 PPG and 7 RPG while Zion Griffin has 11.6 PPG and 4 RPG and Kevin Johnson has 13.1 PPG with a team-high 5 APG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for UIC coming into this matchup. As a team, UIC is averaging 71.7 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 69.8% from the foul line while allowing 73.4 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field and 36.6% from three this season.
Milwaukee is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 road games and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games as an underdog while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games as a road underdog. UIC is 0-6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the over is 9-1 in their last 10 games following an ATS loss.
These two have a lot in common as both have had success against the lesser teams in the conference and have struggled against the top teams while pulling off an upset here and there. With that said, scoring tends to be a hassle for the Panthers while the Flames tend to be a lot more consistent, it just happens to be the defense that fails them. I’ll side with the more consistent offense and UIC at home here.
