The Wright State Raiders (13-10, 6-6 Horizon) will look to knock out the Youngstown State Penguins (17-6, 9-3) in Youngstown Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Wright State vs. Youngstown State odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
After beating Detroit Mercy 73-63 as 8.5-point favorites on Sunday, the Youngstown State Penguins will look for its 3rd straight home conference victory here. Wright State is also looking for its 3rd straight win after drilling Green Bay 77-46 as 16.5-point favorites on Saturday.
With Wright State averaging 80.0 points per game and Youngstown State averaging 83.7 points, a shootout could be in store, especially with both defenses being terrible.'Youngstown State allows 72.7 PPG (270th) and Wright State is worse allowing 73.3 PPG (286th).
There will not be many opportunities for rebounds in this game as the Raiders come in ranked 4th in the nation averaging'50.1% field goals and the Penguins rank 7th at'49.6% from the field.