IUPUI at UIC 3/2/20 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions
The IUPUI Jaguars make their way to Chicago, IL on Tuesday for a game against the UIC Flames in a matchup of teams from the Horizon League. In their last game, IUPUI was defeated by Detroit Mercy, 90-88. Marcus Burk led the Jaguars in scoring on the day with 24 points while shooting 7 of 14 from the field and 9 of 10 from the free throw line. Elyjah Goss was the leading rebounder in the game for IUPUI as he pulled in a total of 12 boards, including 6 coming offensively. Grant Weatherford led the Jaguars in assists in the game with 7 while playing a total of 36 minutes against Detroit Mercy.
After the loss to Detroit Mercy, IUPUI fell to 7-24 on the season and 3-15 in conference play, which is good enough for the Jaguars to be in 10th place in the Horizon League. Marcus Burk has been the leading scorer on the year for IUPUI as he has averaged 21.3 points per game while shooting 43.3% from the field and 78% from the free throw line. Elyjah Goss has led the Jaguars in rebounds per game with an average of 11.7, including 3.9 offensive rebounds per game. Jaylen Minnett is the leader in assist this year for IUPUI as he has averaged 3.5 per game.
The UIC Flames welcome the IUPUI Jaguars to town on Tuesday after losing their last game against Oakland, 68-66. UIC was led in points by Tarkus Ferguson who score a total of 21 points on the night while shooting 8 of 15 from the field and 4 of 5 from the free throw line. Michael Diggins led the Flames in rebounds in the game with 10, with 2 coming offensively. UIC was led in assists by Marcus Ottey who recorded 4 in the game while playing a total of 21 minutes against Oakland.
With the loss against Oakland, UIC fell to 15-16 on the season and 10-8 in conference play which is good enough for 4th place in the Horizon League. The Flames most productive scorer this season is Tarkus Ferguson who has averaged a team leading 14.4 points per game so far this year while shooting 41.7% from the field and 75% from the free throw line. Ferguson also leads UIC in rebounds per game with an average of 5.7. Ferguson is also the leader in assists for the Flames with an average of 4.9 assists per game.
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The IUPUI Jaguars have scored an average of 70.9 points per game this season while allowing 79.7 points per game. The UIC Flames have scored 68.3 points per game while allowing 69.7 points per game. In their last 5 games, the Jaguars are 1-4 while the Flames are 3-2. In the first meeting of the season between these two teams, the Flames came away with the 77-72 victory. UIC is 3-0 in their last 3 games against IUPUI and has won by the average score of 76-71. The Flames are 9-7 at home this season and have gone 6-9 against the spread while the Jaguars are 3-13 on the road but have gone 7-9 against the spread. I look for this game to be a close one and the spread in this one is just to high for me to pick the Flames to cover. Final score prediction, UIC Flames win but do not cover the spread, 75-72.
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