IUPUI at UIC: 2/14/22 College Basketball Picks and Prediction

The IUPUI Jaguars will visit the UIC Flames in this college basketball matchup scheduled for Monday Night.

The IUPUI Jaguars are coming off of a 38 point loss to Cleveland State in their last time out. B.J. Maxwell had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Jaguars, whose losing streak reached four games. Chuks Isitua added 12 points and 10 rebounds in the loss.

The IUPUI Jaguars are led in scoring by B.J. Maxwell who averages 12.3 points and 4.9 rebounds for this team. Bakari LaStrap averages 7.9 points and 2 rebounds a night. Nathan McClure is the third leading scorer for the Jaguars as he averages 5.2 points a game for this team.

The IUPUI Jaguars are averaging 51.6 points per game on 37.6% shooting from the field. They are allowing opponents to score 67.7 points per game. They are shooting 66.1% from the free throw line. 

The UIC Flames are coming off of a 7 point loss against PFW in their last time out. Damaria Franklin had 17 points to lead the Flames. Filip Skobalj had 14 in the loss.

The UIC Flames are led in scoring by Damaria Franklin who averages 18.1 points and 7.1 rebounds for this team. Kevin Johnson averages 13.3 points and 3.1 rebounds a game for this team. Zion Griffin is the third leading scorer for the Flames as he averages 10.6 points a game for this team.

The Flames are averaging 70.6 points per game on 43.7% shooting from the field. They are allowing opponents to score 72.9 points per game. They are shooting 70.4% from the free throw line.

Although IUPUI is straight trash, we are being asked to lay too many points with UIC. Yes they kept it close against PFW last game, but UIC struggles to beat the teams they should. The Flames are 5-11 ATS in their last 16 Monday games and are 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The Jaguars are 18-50-1 ATS in their last 69 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400. I’ll back IUPUI in this one as they kept it close last time.