Toledo vs Western Michigan 12/29/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Western Michigan Broncos and the Toledo Rockets meet in college basketball MAC-tion from Savage Arena on Wednesday night.

The Western Michigan Broncos will look to rebound from an 85-52 loss at the hands of Notre Dame in their last matchup. Lamar Norman Jr. leads the Broncos in scoring with 18.1 PPG while Mack Smith has 10.5 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for WMU so far this season. Markeese Hastings has 8.8 PPG with a team-high 7 RPG to lead the Broncos on the glass while Adrian Martin has a team-high 2 APG as well this season. As a team, Western Michigan is averaging 66.4 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field, 32.5% from three and 67.5% from the foul line while allowing 79.2 PPG on 46% shooting from the field and 35.2% from three this season.

The Toledo Rockets will look to build on a 95-63 beatdown of Marshall in their last game. Ryan Rollins leads the Rockets in scoring with 19.6 PPG along with 4.9 RPG and 3.5 APG while Setric Millner Jr. and JT Shumate each have 14.5 PPG with Millner Jr. logging 6.3 RPG while Shumate has a team-high 7.5 RPG to lead the Rockets on the glass. RayJ Dennis has 12.1 PPG with 6 RPG and a team-high 4 APG this season. As a team, Toledo is averaging 78.1 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 76.1% from the foul line while allowing 68.5 PPG on 40.7% shooting from the field and 30.4% from three this season.

Western Michigan is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Wednesday games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a loss by 20 or more points while the 0ver is 4-0-1 in their last 6 road games. Toledo is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 home games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record.

This is a ton of points to be laying in a conference game, but we’ve also seen the Rockets pummel teams at home this season and the Rockets flat out owned the Broncos in both meetings last season. Western Michigan is battle tested sure, but you have to wonder if all of those losses kind of took a toll on their confidence heading into conference play. I think this could be a spot where we see the Rockets win by 20+ so give me Toledo laying the points here.