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Northern Kentucky vs Robert Morris Pick & Preview: Thursday, February 2nd Betting Odds

Norse vs Colonials Matchup at a Glance

  • Sport: NCAAB
  • Teams: Northern Kentucky Norse at Robert Morris Colonials
  • Where: Moon Township at UPMC Events Center
  • Date: Thursday, February 2nd
  • Betting Odds: Northern Kentucky -1, NKENT -118 | ROBMS -105 O/U 125.0

Norse Preview:

Northern Kentucky will take the floor against the Colonials with an overall record of 14-9. On the road, the Norse will be playing their 6th game of the season, having gone 2-4. This season, Northern Kentucky has been favored to win in 17 games, sitting with a mark of 11-6. For today’s contest, Northern Kentucky has a betting line set -1 points in their favor.

Northern Kentucky will be counting on another strong performance from the team’s leading scorer Marques Warrick who is averaging 18.74 points per game for the Norse. Warrick is also important to the team’s ability to score on the perimeter. So far, he leads the team in 3-point shots made. Also key to the Norse’s offensive game plan is the play of Sam Vinson who has hit 34.8% of his field goal attempts on his way to averaging 10.75 points per game.

Offensive production has been hard to come by for Northern Kentucky this season, as they are currently ranked 241st in college basketball at 69.9 points per game. A major reason for low scoring totals is the fact that they have played at a below average pace, and have struggled to knock down outside shots. As a team, the Norse’s 3-point shooting percentage sits at just 34.6%, placing them 207th in the NCAA.

Colonials Preview:

The Robert Morris will take the floor in today’s game in the middle of a 3 game win streak and have an overall record of 11-12. Currently, the Colonials have been the home team 11 times, sitting with a record of 7-4. So far, the Colonials have been the underdog 14 times, going 4-10 straight up. Heading into today’s contest, they are the +1 underdogs on the spread.

Kahliel Spear comes into today’s game as the Colonials’ leading scorer at 16.0 points per contest. Not only has Spear been key to the team’s scoring efforts, but he is Robert Morris’ top rebounder at 7.83 boards per contest. Behind Spear, the team has benefited from the strong play of Enoch Cheeks, who is second on the team in scoring at 16.14 points per game. Overall, he has hit 47.7% of his shots and is adding 4.52 boards per game.

Offensive production has been hard to come by for Robert Morris this season, as they are currently ranked 255th in college basketball at 69.4 points per game. A major reason for low scoring totals is the fact that they have played at a below average pace, and have struggled to knock down outside shots. As a team, the Colonials’ 3-point shooting percentage sits at just 33.9%, placing them 261st in the NCAA.

Free Spread Prediction: Robert Morris Colonials +1

Our betting model for this contest between the Robert Morris Colonials and the Northern Kentucky Norse has identified Robert Morris at +1 as today’s best bet. Although the Colonials are the betting underdogs, we like how they have been performing vs the spread at home. Over the school’s last 10 home games, they have a record of 6-4 vs the spread. Although Northern Kentucky has shot well from behind the arc this season, look for the Colonials’ defense to put the clamps down with their 3-point defense. Our recommendation is to jump on Robert Morris to cover as +1 point home underdogs.