Free College Basketball Picks Today: Wyoming Cowboys vs New Mexico Lobos 12/31/22

Free College Basketball Picks Today: Wyoming Cowboys vs New Mexico Lobos 12/31/22
Sat 31st December 2022

The No. 22 New Mexico Lobos (13-0, 1-0 MWC), one of the NCAA’s top scoring teams, are on the road to face the Wyoming Cowboys (5-8, 0-1 MWC) on Saturday. New Mexico outplayed the Colorado State Rams 88-69 at The Pit on Wednesday, their 13th straight win. Jaelen House was a top performer with 26 points.

Wyoming dropped their third in a row on Wednesday at Save Mart Center, falling to the Fresno State Bulldogs 58-53. Noah Reynolds had 16 points to top the scoresheet in defeat. This marks the only meeting of the season between the teams.

New Mexico and Wyoming split their matchups last season, taking one apiece. The Lobos came out on top in the last meeting 75-66 at The Pit on February 15. House led the Lobos with 34 points and six assists. Graham Ike had 26 points in defeat.

The Lobos have been led this season by House (17.2 ppg), Jamal Mashburn Jr. (16.9), and Morris Udeze (16.9). Udeze also has grabbed 7.8 rebounds per game, while House has dished 5.3 assists per game.Reynolds’ 14.8 points per game have powered the Cowboys on offense.

Hunter Thompson is collecting 5.1 rebounds per game, and Hunter Maldonado is distributing 3.6 assists. The Lobos rank as one of the top scoring offenses in the country, 12th-best with 84.8 points per game.

New Mexico is 10-0 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +18.5 (84.9-66.4). Wyoming has gone 3-7 over the last 10, allowing 67.7 points per game on average while scoring only 66.4 (-1.3 margin).

LOBOS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Sebastian Forsling: 7.8 | 4.7 | +3.0
Rebounds per game:
Morris Udeze: 10.4 | 7.8 | +2.6
Assists per game:
Donovan Dent: 2.2 | 3.2 | -1.0

COWBOYS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Noah Reynolds: 25.6 | 19.1 | +6.5
Max Agbonkpolo: 1.0 | 11.8 | -10.8
Points per game:
Noah Reynolds: 21.4 | 14.8 | +6.6
Max Agbonkpolo: 0.0 | 7.7 | -7.7
Assists per game:
Ethan Anderson: 2.0 | 3.1 | -1.1

SportsTips’ College Basketball Pick:

New Mexico (-135)

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