NCAA Men's Basketball Prediction: Colorado State Rams vs UNLV Rebels
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
by Joe Rodriguez
After two hard-fought overtime road wins, No. 13 UNLV Rebels will host upset-minded Colorado State Rams on Wednesday. To win, UNLV must do what it does best, run, score from the perimeter and force turnovers with harassing defense.
Colorado State will have to make the most of every scoring opportunity, make 3-pointers and defend 3-pointers. The Rams are fresh off a 77-60 home upset of No. 17 San Diego State, and are looking for back-to-back wins over ranked teams first time since beating No. 22 Purdue and No. 25 Air Force in 2003-04.
Colorado State has lost five straight Mountain West Conference road games. The Runnin' Rebels are 12-0 at home and, for the first time since 1987, have 20 wins before Feb. 1.
- Colorado State Rams @ UNLV Rebels
When: 10:30 PM ET, Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Where: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, The Mtn
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Colorado State Rams (14-6): Colorado State made a conference record 23 of 23 free throws against San Diego State, and held the Aztecs to just 3 of 21 3-pointers (14.3 percent). Wes Eikmeier leads the Rams with 15.8 points per game, while Pierce Hornung leads with 7.6 rebounds per game, and is making 72.6 percent of field goals while averaging 7.7 points. Greg Smith is dangerous from the perimeter, averaging 10.5 points, and making 48.6 percent of 3-pointers.
UNLV Rebels (20-3): Mike Moser was named conference Player of the Week for his performances last week, averaging 22.5 points and 16.5 rebounds. Overall, he is averaging 14.7 points per game, and is third in Division I with 11.7 rebounds per game. Chace Stanback is averaging 14.1 points. Air Force held Stanback to just two points, but the 6-foot-8 senior made up for it with a last-second steal in overtime to preserve the win. The Runnin' Rebels are fourth in Division I with 18.4 assists per game, with Oscar Bellfield and Anthony Marshall doing most of the dishing with 5.3 and 4.9 assists per game, respectively.
1. UNLV leads the series 32-9, and is 27-5 against the Rams in Las Vegas. Last year the teams split with Colorado State winning 78-63 at UNLV.
2. Colorado State leads the conference in free-throw percentage (77.3), field-goal percentage (48.7), and 3-point shooting percentage (41.9)
3. UNLV leads the conference in scoring (80.6), assists (18.4), steals (8.8), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3), rebounds (39.6), offensive rebounds (13), blocks (5.1), and 3-pointers made (8.7) per game.
BASKETBALL PREDICTION: Rebels 81, Rams 63.
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