UIC vs Wright State 1/22/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Wright State Raiders (10-8) vs. UIC Flames (7-9)
January 22, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: UIC Flames +2 / Wright State Raiders -2; Over/Under: +151
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The Wright State Raiders and the UIC Flames meet in college basketball action from the Credit Union 1 Arena on Saturday night.
The Wright State Raiders will look to build on their 73-45 rout over Wright State last time out. Tanner Holden leads Wright State in scoring and assists with 19.6 PPG and 3.1 APG while Grant Basile has 18.4 PPG and a team-high 8.9 RPG to lead the Raiders on the glass. Trey Calvin has 13.4 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Wright State so far this season. As a team, Wright State is averaging 75.3 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field, 30.8% from three and 77.5% from the foul line while allowing 73.4 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field and 33.4% from three this season.
The UIC Flames will look to bounce back after a 74-70 loss to Northern Kentucky last time out. Damaria Franklin leads the Flames in scoring and rebounding with 17 PPG and 7.6 RPG while Zion Griffin has 10.9 PPG and 3.8 RPG and Kevin Johnson has 13.4 PPG with a team-high 5.1 APG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for UIC coming into this matchup. As a team, UIC is averaging 69.7 PPG on 43.5% shooting from the field, 31% from three and 68.3% from the foul line while allowing 70.6 PPG on 45.8% shooting from the field and 31.2% from three this season.
Wright State is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 Saturday games and 2-11 ATS in their last 13 games following a win while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS win. UIC is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following a loss and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games against a team with a losing road record while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall.
This is a bit of an interesting game and I do think it’s going to be closer than one might think, but I’m still backing the Raiders here. UIC’s been good as of late, but the Flames have still had issues at home this season for whatever reason. Wright State is just the hotter team playing much better basketball coming into this one, so I’ll lay the bucket with the Raiders on the road here.
