Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Picks, Odds and Prediction – February 1

Thursday's contest that pits the Northern Colorado Bears (12-8, 5-2 Big Sky) against the Idaho State Bengals (8-13, 3-5 Big Sky) at Bank of Colorado Arena at Butler-Hancock Athletic Center has a projected final score of 79-70 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of Northern Colorado, who is the favorite in this matchup by our model. Tipoff is at 8:00 PM ET ET on February 1. Based on our computer prediction, Idaho State is a good bet to cover the point spread, which is listed at 9.5. The two teams are projected to exceed the 147.5 total.

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Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Odds

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Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Prediction

• Prediction: Northern Colorado 79, Idaho State 70

Northern Colorado Betting Info

• The Bears have five wins against the spread in seven conference games this season.
• There have been five Bears conference games (out of seven) that went over the total this season.
• The Bears have won seven of the nine games they've played as favorites this season.
• Northern Colorado has played as a favorite of -520 or more once this season and won that game.
• Bears games this season have gone over this contest's total of 147.5 points 13 times.
• Northern Colorado has an average point total of 159.4 in its outings this year, 11.9 more points than this matchup's over/under.

Northern Colorado's Top Players

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Idaho State Betting Info

• The Bengals' Big Sky record against the spread is 4-4-0.
• Out of eight Bengals Big Sky games so far this year, five have hit the over.
• The Bengals have been underdogs in 14 games this season and have come away with the win three times (21.4%) in those contests.
• Idaho State has been listed as an underdog of +370 or more on two occasions this season and split those games.
• The Bengals and their opponents have combined to score more than 147.5 points just twice this season.
• The average total for Idaho State's games this season is 137.2 points, 10.3 fewer points than this game's over/under.

Idaho State's Top Players

Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Scoring Insights

• The Bears are averaging 81.5 points, 12.8 more than the Bengals allow.
• Northern Colorado is 10-5 versus the spread and 12-5 overall when scoring more than 68.7.
• Idaho State is 7-9 against the spread and 8-10 overall when giving up less than 81.5 points.
• The Bengals average 68.5 points, 9.4 fewer than the Bears concede.
• Northern Colorado has an ATS record of 2-0 (and is 4-0 overall) when conceding less than 68.5 points.
• The Bears have totaled 73 more points than their opponents this season (3.6 per game), while the Bengals have been outscored by five (0.2 per game).

Northern Colorado vs. Idaho State Rankings

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