Kent State Golden Flashes vs West Virginia Mountaineers Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 12/12/2021

Game Time: 4:00 pm ET, Sunday, December 12, 2021

Venue:  WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV

Where to Watch:  ESPN2

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Kent State +11.5, WVU -11.5; Over/Under:  132 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Kent State +11.5, WVU -11.5; Over/Under:  129.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Kent State NL, WVU NL; Over/Under:  130.5 points

 

Kent State Golden Flashes:  5-3 (6th place, MAC)

West Virginia Mountaineers:  8-1 (3rd place, Big 12)

 

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Kent State Golden Flashes:  3-2 last 5

West Virginia Mountaineers:  5-0 last 5

 

 

 

Kent State is coming into this game with a 5-3 record overall and they are 0-1 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of another win in their last game. Their last loss was against the Towson Tigers while their 2 wins in that span came against the Point Park Pioneers and the Detroit Mercy Titans in their last game. Malique Jacobs led the team in points in that game with 23 while Justyn Hamilton was next on the team with 12 points. Giovanni Santiago also scored 11 points in that one as well. Santiago led the team in assists in that game with 5 while Jacobs led the team in rebounds with 11. They are 45.2% from the field, 35.4% from 3-point range, and 83.5% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 72.4 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 59 PPG against them. Kent State has an ATS record of 3-3 this season and their O/U record is 1-4-1.

 

 

WVU is coming into this game with an 8-1 record overall and they are 6-0 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They only have 1 loss all season and they have gone on a 5 game winning streak since then. Their last loss was against the Marquette Golden Eagles while their 5 straight wins came against the Clemson Tigers, the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, the Bellarmine Knights, the Radford Highlanders, and the UConn Huskies in their last game. Taz Sherman led the team in points in that game with 23 while Sean McNeil was next on the team with 16 points. They were 39.6% from the field, 37.5% from 3-point range, and 44.4% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 70.6 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 61.9 PPG against them. WVU has an ATS record of 4-5 this season and their O/U record is 3-6.

 

WVU is coming into this game as an 11.5 point favorite with the current betting odds according to Draftkings Sportsbook. WVU has been having a great season with just 1 loss and they are coming off of a win against a ranked UConn team which should give them a lot of confidence in this game. Kent State has been alright at 5-3 this season but they have not won a game on the road and they are going up against WVU that is hot right now and that plays very well on defense. The best bet to place in this game is on WVU to cover the spread here. 

 

Kent State West Virginia Prediction:  Our NCAAB Pick for Sunday, December 12, 2021 (4:00 pm ET start time) is WVU 77 Kent State 57.

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Kent State Golden Flashes: 7-3 ATS in December games. 13-7 ATS after a non-conference game. 12-7 ATS in non-conference games. 2-7 O/U after 2 straight games making 78% of their free throws or better. 

West Virginia Mountaineers: 2-9 O/U after a game with 9 or less assists. 1-5 O/U in all home games. 5-10 O/U in December games. 13-20 O/U after a non-conference game. 13-22 O/U after a game where they made 45% of their free throws or worse. 13-20 O/U in non-conference games. 13-22 O/U after 1 or more consecutive unders. 1-5 O/U after 2 straight games where they were called for 15 or less fouls.

 

 

Kent State Golden Flashes:  None.

West Virginia Mountaineers:  J. Okonkwo (F) Mid Dec - Foot injury.

 

 

“Knowing that Antione Davis was coming in actually helped us in a way, because these guys all know he can go for 40 in a game. He's done it multiple times. Nobody knew any of those guys from Towson. Antoine Davis, all of our guys know how good he is.” - Rob Senderoff on his team’s win against Detroit.

 

 

“There’s only one way you fix them and that’s go in and work on them. I think at least most of them will. They have the greatest facilities in America. That place is open 24/7 for them and there’s six baskets in there.“ - Bob Huggins on his team’s poor free throw shooting this season.

 

 

 

T. Beck 

S. Carry 

J. Hamilton 

M. Jacobs 

G. Santiago

 

J. Bridges 

I. Cottrell 

K. Johnson 

S. McNeil 

T. Sherman

 

 

PPG: S. Carry (14.8)

APG: S. Carry (5.1)

Reb/G: M. Jacobs (7.7)

 

PPG: T. Sherman (21.2)

APG: T. Sherman (3.2)

Reb/G: J. Bridges (4.9)

 

Coaches:

Kent State Golden Flashes: Rob Senderoff (11th season)

West Virginia Mountaineers: Bob Huggins (15th season)