Drake vs UIC 12/3/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The UIC Flames and the Drake Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Knapp Center on Saturday evening.

The UIC Flames will look to rebound from a 66-51 loss to Missouri State in their last game. Jace Carter leads UIC in scoring with 16.1 PPG along with 6.3 RPG while Trevante Anderson has 15.4 PPG with 3.5 RPG and a team-high 4.4 APG to lead the Flames in assists. Toby Okani has 12.3 PPG with a team-high 8.3 RPG to lead the Flames in rebounding and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for UIC so far this season. As a team, UIC is averaging 71.6 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field, 31.7% from three and 65.8% from the foul line this season.

The Drake Bulldogs will try to bounce back from a 75-73 loss to Indiana State last time out. Tucker DeVries leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 20.7 PPG along with 6 RPG while Roman Penn has 12.2 PPG with 3.7 RPG and a team-high 3.7 APG to lead the Bulldogs in assists as the only other double-digit scorer for Drake up to this point in the year. Garrett Sturtz also has a team-high 7 RPG as ewll for the Bulldogs this season. As a team, Drake is averaging 74.4 PPG on 47.3% shooting from the field, 33.8% from three and 78.7% from the foul line this season.

UIC is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games overall and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games while the over is 19-6-1 in their last 26 road games. Drake is 5-15-1 ATS in their last 21 Saturday games and 6-16-2 ATS in their last 24 games following an ATS loss while the under is 10-1 in their last 11 home games.

I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m leaning towards UIC and the points. I am really high on this Drake team, but we haven’t seen them blow many teams out and cover in the large favorite role either. I just think this is a game where Drake wins, but UIC covers. Give me the points and the Flames here.