Buffalo vs Western Michigan 2/19/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Western Michigan Broncos and the Buffalo Bulls meet in college basketball action from the UB Alumni Arena on Saturday afternoon.

The Western Michigan Broncos will look to build on back-to-back wins after a 61-57 win over Akron in OT last time out. Lamar Norman Jr. leads the Broncos in scoring with 20 PPG along with 1.7 APG as the only double-digit scorer for WMU so far this season. Markeese Hastings has 8.8 PPG with a team-high 8.9 RPG to lead the Broncos on the glass as well this season. As a team, Western Michigan is averaging 65.1 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field, 32.9% from three and 70% from the foul line while allowing 75.3 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field and 33.6% from three this season.

The Buffalo Bulls will try to build on their five-game winning streak after an 83-69 win over Eastern Michigan last time out. Jeenathan Williams leads the Bulls in scoring with 18.8 PPG along with 5.3 RPG while Ronaldo Segu has 15 PPG with a team-high 5.1 APG this season. Josh Mballa leads the Bulls on the glass with 8.3 RPG along with 12.9 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Buffalo so far this season. Maceo Jack also has 9.9 PPG with 4.5 RPG as well this season. As a team, Buffalo is averaging 81.2 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three and 70.8% from the foul line while allowing 71.8 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field and 29.7% from three this season.

Western Michigan is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 Saturday games. Buffalo is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 home games against a team with a losing road record.

I get the case to be made either way as Western Michigan’s been finding ways to cover as of late and Buffalo’s been lightning the nets on fire. That’s why I’m looking at the over here. I think this is a game where both teams get theirs offensively and seeing Buffalo break 85-90 wouldn’t shock me here. Give me the over.