CS Northridge vs Idaho Betting Preview
Sportsmemo college basketball analyst Kyle Kargel gives his CS Northridge vs Idaho predictions tipping off from the Premier America Credit Union Arena. Idaho is 4-1 in their last five games where as CS Northridge is 1-4 in their last five.
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CS Northridge vs Idaho Betting Odds
Monday, December 19 | College Basketball Betting Notes |
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Point Spread: | CS Northridge Matadors -3 vs Idaho Vandals |
Total: | 134.5 Points |
Game Time: | 10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT |
Arena: | Premier America Credit Union Arena in Northridge, CA (Odds Above by DraftKings) |
TV: | ESPN+ |
CS Northridge vs Idaho Analysis
Idaho’s season got off to a rough start but have gone 4-1 in their last five games including outright wins against Northern Illinois and Pacific when they were listed as underdogs. CS Northridge on the other hand is 2-7 with their only two wins coming against Division II schools.
Most recently they’ve lost by seven against Northern Colorado while listed as a 1-point underdogs but covered against Fresno State losing by nine as a 13-point underdog.
All in all they’ve failed to score more than 66 points in any of their last four games against Division I schools, all non-conference, mid-major opponents.
The Matadors head into tonight’s matchup against the Vandals as 3-point favorites. The first game they will have been favored to win all season.
Jones Leads Offensive Charge For Idaho
Junior Isaac Jones leads this Vandals team into Northridge leading the team in both scoring (18.3 ppg) and rebounding (6.9 rpg) all while shooting 71% from the field. Senior Divant’e Moffitt puts up 17 ppg while leading the team in assists at 5.4 per game as well.
Freshman Nigel Burris is one of the two biggest threats to score from downtown going 13-20 from 3pt range in his last five games!
Although Idaho ranks 255th in offensive adjusted efficiency, they rank high in many other offensive categories which includes ranking 26th nationally in effective field goal percentage, 111th in 3pt field goal percentage, 16th in 2pt field goal percentage and 28th in free throw percentage.
On defense they don’t cause many turnovers or generate blocks and steals but they do hold opponents 3pt field goal attempts to a minimum. The team lost forward Terren Frank back during their win against Pacific but don’t anticipate to have him back for this game.
Nothing To Show For CS Northridge
Don’t expect CS Northridge to be shooting many if any 3pt shots tonight as their top three scorers only average 30% shooting from beyond the arch this season.
Guards Dionte Bostick, Atin Wright and De’Sean Allen-Eikens all average over 12 ppg on the season and three steals combined between them per game as well.
The Matadors are dead last in Division I in assists per game only accumulating 11 as a team per game led by Bostick who averages 2.9 per game which isn’t much.
When you look at other team metrics for CS Northridge it gets worse as they rank 279th or worse in both offensive and defensive adjusted efficiency, effective fg percentage on offense as well as 3pt and 2pt shooting percentage seperately on offense.
CS Northridge vs Idaho Prediction
Both of these team’s don’t have much to brag about early on this season, but I just don’t think CS Northridge measures up thus far to be favorites in any game against a Division I opponents considering they haven’t defeated one yet this season.
Idaho isn’t great, but they’re the underdogs getting three points so let’s go with them in this contest and considering the very poor offensive output by CS Northridge so far this season, sprinkle some on the under 134.5 as well.
Prediction: Idaho Vandals +3 (Sprinkle Some On Under 134.5)
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