Bowling Green Falcons vs Central Michigan Chippewas Prediction, 1/31/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Bowling Green Falcons vs Central Michigan Chippewas

Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026

Location: McGuirk Arena in Mount Pleasant, MI

TV: ESPN+

The Central Michigan Chippewas (6-15) welcome the Bowling Green Falcons (13-8) at McGuirk Arena on Saturday.

The Bowling Green Falcons played Buffalo and ended up losing by a score of 89-78 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Falcons walked away with 16 and Buffalo recorded 14 fouls. They converted 14 out of their 26 shots from 3-point land. Buffalo ended up shooting 77.3% from the charity stripe by making 17 of 22 shots. In addition, Buffalo pulled down 27 rebounds (4 offensive, 23 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Buffalo dished out 16 dimes and had 5 steals in this matchup. In terms of the defense, Bowling Green allowed their opponent to shoot 55.8% from the floor on 29 out of 52 shooting. They also recorded 14 assists for this game while forcing 7 turnovers and getting 4 steals. With regard to hauling in rebounds, they compiled 28 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Falcons knocked down 9 of their 15 tries for a rate of 60.0%. Bowling Green wrapped up the contest with a 50.0% FG percentage (31 of 62) and buried 7 of 20 3-point attempts.

Javontae Campbell is one guy who played a role for the contest. He walked away from this one shooting 65.0% from the field and also recorded 7 assists. He played 40 minutes and also collected 3 rebounds. He recorded 31 points on 13 out of 20 shooting.

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Bowling Green will enter this matchup with a record of 13-8 for the season. They currently have an average of 85.9 pts per contest (25th in college) while shooting 49.5% from the field. The Falcons are connecting on 34.9% on three-point shots (153 of 439) and 73.7% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Bowling Green is grabbing 36.0 rebounds per game and has accounted for 329 dimes so far this season, which ranks 93rd in the country in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession via turnover 11.6 times per game and as a squad are committing 17.7 personal fouls every game.

On the defensive end, the Falcons have forced 16.7 turnovers every game while drawing 19.8 personal fouls. They surrender 34.3% from beyond the arc and they rank 118th in D-1 in points per game allowed (71.3). The Falcons are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 43.4% (505 of 1,163) and they surrender 32.2 rebounds per game as a squad. They are ranked 179th in D-1 in giving up assists to the opposition with 277 surrendered on the season.

When they last played, the Central Michigan Chippewas walked away with a victory by a final of 100-65 when they played Eastern Michigan. The Chippewas corralled 23 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards for a total of 32 in this contest. They also coughed up the ball 8 times, while recording 9 steals for this contest. Eastern Michigan committed 21 personal fouls for the game which took the Chippewas to the free throw line for 26 tries. They were able to make 19 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 73.1%. Regarding 3-pointers, Central Michigan knocked down 9 out of 19 attempts (47.4%). When the final whistle blew, the Chippewas ended up going 36 out of 64 from the floor which had them sitting at 56.3%. The Chippewas allowed Eastern Michigan to make 23 of their 51 attempts from the floor which left them shooting 45.1% in the matchup. They wrapped up this game 26.3% from three-point range via 5 out of 19 and walked away from this one shooting 14 of 21 from the free throw line (66.7%). In relation to team rebounding, Central Michigan allowed Eastern Michigan to collect 22 overall (4 offensive).

Logan McIntire ended up being a factor for the Chippewas for this game. He converted 5 of 10 for the contest for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and accumulated 2 rebounds. He tallied 19 points in his 27 minutes of playing time and accumulated 3 dimes for the matchup.

Central Michigan has a win-loss record of 6-15 so far this season. As an offensive team, the Chippewas are shooting 45.3% from the field, which ranks them 176th in the country. Central Michigan has totaled 1,530 pts for the season (72.9 per game) and they snag 33.1 boards per contest. Their rate of earning assists is at 15.3 times per contest (112th in college) and they cough up possession 12.3 times per contest. The Chippewas commit 18.0 personal fouls every game while shooting 71.6% from the free throw line.

The Chippewas are ranked 300th in the nation in PPG given up with 78.5. They are forcing their opponents into 12.1 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 46.4% from the floor (305th in college). The Central Michigan defense gives up 34.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter (170 of 499) and opponents are connecting on 68.5% of their free throw shots. They give up 16.0 assists and 36.5 total boards per game, which has them ranked 331st and 290th in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Bowling Green

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