Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Big Sky Tournament Picks, Odds and Prediction – March 10

Sunday's game that pits the Northern Colorado Bears (19-12, 12-6 Big Sky) against the Idaho State Bengals (13-19, 7-11 Big Sky) at Idaho Central Arena has a projected final score of 77-73 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of Northern Colorado, who is slightly favored in this matchup according to our model. Tipoff is at 10:00 PM ET on March 10. Based on our computer prediction, Northern Colorado projects to cover the 3.5-point spread in its matchup against Idaho State. The total is currently listed at 144.5, and the two teams are projected to hit the over.

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Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Odds

Northern Colorado vs Idaho State Betting Information
Favorite Spread Total Over Total Odds Under Total Odds Favorite Moneyline Underdog Moneyline
Northern Colorado -3.5 144.5 -115 -105 -166 +138

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Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Prediction

  • Prediction: Northern Colorado 77, Idaho State 73

Northern Colorado Betting Info

  • The Bears are 9-8-0 against the spread in conference action this season.
  • Out of 18 Bears conference games so far this season, 12 have gone over the total.
  • The Bears have won 13, or 72.2%, of the 18 games they've played as moneyline favorites this season.
  • Northern Colorado has been at least a -166 moneyline favorite 12 times this season and won all of those games.
  • In 27 of 29 games this season, the Bears and their opponents have combined to total more than 144.5 points.
  • Northern Colorado's outings this year have an average point total of 158.1, 13.6 more points than this matchup's over/under.

Northern Colorado's Top Players

Bears Leaders
Name GP PTS REB ASST STL BLK 3PM
Saint Thomas 31 19.9 9.9 4.0 1.6 0.9 2.0
Dejour Reaves 29 14.7 3.4 1.4 1.3 0.1 1.5
Brock Wisne 31 11.8 4.2 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.2
Jaron Rillie 26 11.0 4.0 4.9 1.2 0.2 0.8
Riley Abercrombie 31 7.4 3.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 1.5

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Idaho State Betting Info

  • Against the spread in Big Sky play, the Bengals are 10-8-0 this year.
  • This year, 11 of the Bengals' 19 Big Sky games have hit the over.
  • The Bengals have been chosen as underdogs in 19 games this year and have walked away with the win five times (26.3%) in those games.
  • This season, Idaho State has come away with a win two times in 15 chances when named as an underdog of at least +138 or longer on the moneyline.
  • Bengals games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 144.5 points in 11 of 30 outings.
  • Idaho State's contests this season have a 140.3-point average over/under, 4.2 fewer points than this game's point total.

Idaho State's Top Players

Bengals Leaders
Name GP PTS REB ASST STL BLK 3PM
Brayden Parker 32 14.9 5.8 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.4
Miguel Tomley 32 13.3 3.0 2.0 0.8 0.1 2.4
Maleek Arington 32 11.9 3.4 4.7 2.3 0.1 0.7
Kiree Huie 32 11.3 5.8 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.0
Isaiah Griffin 32 7.5 4.8 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.4

Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Scoring Insights

  • The Bears put up 10.6 more points than the Bengals give up (69.8).
  • Northern Colorado is 14-10 against the spread and 19-8 overall when putting more than 69.8 points on the board.
  • When Idaho State gives up fewer than 80.4 points, it is 10-12 versus the spread and 12-12 overall.
  • The Bengals' 70.5 points per game are 7.2 fewer than the Bears allow.
  • When scoring more than 77.7 points, Idaho State is 4-2 versus the spread and 4-5 overall.
  • Northern Colorado is 3-1 versus the spread and 6-0 overall when it has allowed fewer than 70.5 points.
  • The Bears have totaled 84 more points than their opponents this year (2.7 per game), and the Bengals have also outscored their opponents, by 21 (0.7 per game).

Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Rankings

Northern Colorado Rank Northern Colorado AVG Idaho State AVG Idaho State Rank
38th 80.4 Points Scored 70.5 271st
326th 77.7 Points Allowed 69.8 112th
196th 34.9 Rebounds 32.3 328th
299th 7.2 Off. Rebounds 8.4 209th
131st 7.9 3pt Made 6.5 265th
75th 14.9 Assists 12.2 260th
150th 11.0 Turnovers 10.6 113th

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