The Idaho Vandals and the Omaha Mavericks meet in college basketball action from the Baxter Arena on Sunday afternoon.
The Idaho Vandals will come into this game on the heels of a 122-48 rout of subdivision Walla Walla last time out. Terren Frank led the Vandals with 24 points on 9 of 13 shooting with 3 threes, 5 steals and 4 assists while Isaac Jones added 21 points on 10 of 13 shooting with 10 rebounds fort he double-double. Dominique Ford added 17 points with 8 rebounds and 4 assists while Nigel Burris added 16 points on 6 of 8 shooting with 6 rebounds and a pair of steals. Yusef Salih added 12 points with 3 threes while Michael Hansaw added 10 points on 5 of 6 shooting with 6 rebounds to cap off the scoring in double digits in the win for Idaho. Divante Moffitt also added a team-high 10 assists and a pair of steals in the win.
The Omaha Mavericks will look to rebound from a 75-61 loss to Nebraska in their last game. Jaeden Marshall led the way with 16 points on 6 of 13 shooting with 3 threes with 4 rebounds while Marquel Sutton added 14 points on 7 of 12 shooting with a team-high 6 rebounds as the only other double-digit scorer for Omaha in the losing effort.
Idaho is 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 11-4-1 ATS in their last 16 road games while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games following a win. Omaha is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 home games and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 11-3 in their last 14 home games.
I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m looking at Omaha here. The Mavericks have been far more battle tested in the first two games of the season, even though they ended up on the wrong side of those games. Idaho got a nice win last time out, but the Mavericks playing stiff competition early on should serve them well in the step down here. Give me the Mavericks here.