Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/23/2021

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (11-4) visit the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (3-7) in a matchup of C-USA teams at Murphy Athletic Center, beginning at 5:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 23, 2021. The Blue Raiders are 10.5-point underdogs in the game, the first matchup between the teams this season. The over/under is 136.5 for the matchup.

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Western Kentucky Leaders

• Charles Bassey leads the Hilltoppers in points and rebounds. He scores 17.6 points per game while adding 12.1 rebounds.
• Western Kentucky's assists leader is Dayvion McKnight, who racks up 3.2 assists per game.
• Luke Frampton knocks down 2.0 three-pointers per game, the top mark for the Hilltoppers.
• Josh Anderson leads the team with 1.9 steals per game. Bassey collects 3.3 blocks a game to pace the Hilltoppers.

Middle Tennessee Leaders

• Dontrell Shuler holds the top spot on the Blue Raiders scoring and assist lists, tallying 11.7 points and 2.8 assists per game.
• Jo'Vontae Millner takes the top spot on the Blue Raiders rebounding leaderboard, averaging 6.0 boards per game while adding 8.0 points per game.
• The Blue Raiders are led by Jordan Davis from beyond the arc -- he makes 1.3 shots from downtown per game.
• Nobody on Middle Tennessee grabs more steals than Davis (2.2 per game) or blocks more shots than Millner (0.8 per game).

Western Kentucky vs Middle Tennessee: Last 2 Meetings

Western Kentucky has taken both of its games with Middle Tennessee. Neither team has an advantage against the spread in those head-to-head meetings. The Hilltoppers and the Blue Raiders have a 0-0 ATS record.

Points Insights

• The Hilltoppers put up 73.9 points per game, 8.2 more points than the 65.7 the Blue Raiders give up.
• When Western Kentucky puts up more than 65.7 points, it is 11-1 overall and 8-0 against the spread.
• Middle Tennessee is 0-2 overall and 0-2 against the spread in games when it allows more than 73.9 points.
• The Blue Raiders' 61.2 points per game are 9.7 fewer points than the 70.9 the Hilltoppers give up to opponents.
• Middle Tennessee is 2-0 overall and 1-0 against the spread in games it scores more than 70.9 points.
• Western Kentucky's record is 8-7 against the spread and 11-4 overall when it allows more than 61.2 points.
• The Hilltoppers have out-scored their opponents by a total of 46 points this season (three points per game on average), and opponents of the Blue Raiders have out-scored them by 45 more points on the year (4.5 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Hilltoppers and the Blue Raiders are evenly matched on the glass this season, with the teams averaging similar numbers (37.5 and 35 boards per game, respectively).
• When Western Kentucky earns the rebounding advantage they are 8-5 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Middle Tennessee is 1-3.
• The Hilltoppers and the Blue Raiders grab offensive rebounds at nearly the same rate (10.3 and 9.9 offensive rebounds per game, respectively).
• The Hilltoppers are 6-3 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Blue Raiders are 0-2 when they trail in offensive rebounding.
• Both teams tend to win the rebounding battle. The Hilltoppers record an average rebounding margin of +7.6 rebounds per game, and the Blue Raiders average a margin of +0.5 rebounds.