Cleveland State vs Northern Colorado Picks and Prediction – 3/24/2024

The Cleveland State Vikings open round one of the CBI tournament Sunday morning in Daytona Beach against Northern Colorado. The Vikings finished the regular season six games above .500 with twenty wins overall following a three-point loss to Oakland in the final game of the regular season. Cleveland State was an offensive minded team all season averaging more than 75 points on 44.6% shooting from the floor. Defensively is where Cleveland State struggled immensely giving up almost 74 points per game resulting in their mediocre record overall. For other college basketball action see our College Basketball Picks.

Tristan Enaruna has led Cleveland State all season averaging 19.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Tae Williams average 12.9 points, while Jayson Woodrich his average the 4th best 8.2 points per game buried grew louder averages 11.6 points is the third player in double figures to go along with a team leading 2.9 assists.

Northern Colorado comes into the CBI tournament following a 19 win season that ended with a 7 game loss against Idaho State in their last outing. Offensively Northern Colorado was one of the better teams in the country ranking 36th overall averaging 8.25 points per game on nearly 49% shooting from the floor. Defensively Northern Colorado struggled immensely all year ranking below 300 as opponents scored 77.8 points per game overall this year.

Saint Thomas has carried Northern Colorado all season averaging 19.7 points to go along with the team leading 9.8 rebounds. Dejour Reaves has averaged 14.9 points and Brock Wisne averages 11.8 points per game. Jaron Rillie averages 11 points and a team leading 4.7 assists for the Bears.