Central Michigan vs Buffalo Pick: Thursday, February 25th

By Jimmy The Bag Feb 25, 2021

Central Michigan vs Buffalo Pick: Thursday, February 25th: Central Michigan returned from a Covid pause of activities with their ugliest loss of the season 96-54 at home to Miami of Ohio. They played without 3 of their top 5 scorers, who are all still dealing with Covid issues, including leading scorer Senior Travon Broadway Jr, who averages 17.9 points per game. Broadway was coming off two games where he went for a combined 55 points. The team looked lost without him, Devante Lane, and Aundre Polk. They are all listed as questionable to return against Buffalo, and with just four games left, who knows if they return before the season ends.

CMU went 9 minutes without scoring a point in the 1st half against the Red Hawks. The score went from 23-14 to 45-14 over that span. They had lost five straight with these three in the lineup. With these three out, they will be lead by Meikkel Murray, who averages 14.3 points & 6 boards per game.

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Central Michigan vs Buffalo Odds

Opening Odds	Spread
Central Michigan	+19.5
Buffalo	-19.5
Total	159.5
Where/When	Alumni Arena \| 2:00 PM ET

Buffalo bounced back from their loss to Toledo Friday with an impressive 102-74 win at Northern Illinois 0n Tuesday night. They shot 56% from the field and scored 51 points in each half. Frenchman Josh Mballa went for 12 points and 12 rebounds. He’s averaging a double-double on the season. They were up so comfortably that all 12 players dressed saw time on the floor. The high flying Bulls average 82.6 points per game, and shoot 46.2% from the field.

Central Michigan has a tendency to open games up when coming off blow-out losses, and have gone ‘Over’ the betting total in 12 of their last 14 games when coming off an outright loss of 20 points or more.

Central Michigan vs Buffalo ATS Stats

Team	ATS Record	ATS Margin
Central Michigan	5-10-1	-3.9
Buffalo	9-6-1	+4.1