Ohio vs Portland Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/22/24

The Ohio Bobcats and the Portland Pilots meet Friday in college basketball action from the HTC Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Ohio vs. Portland prediction.

Ohio Recap

The Ohio Bobcats will be out to bounce back after a heartbreaking 83-81 OT loss to Middle Tennessee last time out.

Bobcats Looking For Bounce Back

Going into Thursday’s game, AJ Brown leads the Bobcats in scoring with 14 PPG while Shereef Mitchell has 13 PPG with 4 RPG and 4 APG in two games so far this season. AJ Clayton logged 11.5 PPG with a team-high 4.8 RPG to lead Ohio on the glass while Aidan Hadaway has 11 PPG with 4 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Ohio so far this season. Elmore James has 9.5 PPG while Ajay Sheldon has 9.3 PPG and Jackson Paveletzke has 8.8 PPG with 4.3 RPG and 3.3 APG as well on the year. As a team, Ohio is averaging 76.3 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field, 37.8% from three, and 74.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Ohio Bobcats will win

• Portland has lost seven of its last eight games against non-conference opponents.
• Ohio has won four of its last five games following an overtime loss.

Portland Recap

The Portland Pilots come into this game looking to rebound from a 74-68 loss to USF in their last matchup. Portland will meet Denver, Kent State, UMKC, and CSU Bakersfield after this one.

Pilots Looking To Climb Out Of Nosedive

Entering Thursday, Vukasin Masic has 15 PPG with 5.3 RPG and a team-high 5 APG while Austin Rapp has 12.5 PPG with a team-high 7.5 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Portland up to this point in the year. Max Mackinnon has 9.5 PPG with 3.8 RPG while Chris Austin has 8.5 PPG and Todd Jones has 7.5 PPG and 7.5 RPG of his own this season. As a team, Portland is averaging 67.3 PPG on 40.5% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three, and 63.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Portland Pilots will win

• Ohio has lost nine of its last 10 games against non-conference opponents.

Ohio vs. Portland Prediction

I’m with Ohio here. I think this Ohio team is still loaded offensively, and was just unlucky to give it up to Middle Tennessee who had 49 free throws in that game. Portland’s score looked respectable, but that game wasn’t as close as the final score indicated, I just can’t trust USF to close in that spot. Give me Ohio to win comfortably here.