Falcons soar into Sin City
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02/20/2007 -
Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - No longer the only member of the Mountain
West Conference among the nationally-ranked, the Air Force Falcons put their
three-game win streak on the line tonight as they visit the UNLV Runnin'
Rebels at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Not only are the 14th-ranked Falcons not the only ranked program
in the conference this week, the team isn't even at the top of the MWC
standings, a position occupied by 21st-ranked BYU at the moment. On
Saturday, the academy posted a 67-58 win at Clune Arena to extend the
nation's longest home win streak to 30 games, one better than those
aforementioned Cougars who don't play their next home game until tomorrow
night versus Colorado State.
As for the Rebels, who had to clear out of Sin City when the NBA invaded
with their annual All-Star game over the weekend, they took care of
business in Salt Lake City on Saturday with a 70-57 decision over
Utah. The win was the third in the last four games for UNLV, which is
currently third in the conference with a record of 9-4.
Air Force won the first meeting between these two teams earlier this
season, taking a 56-50 decision at home. However, the Rebels still
own a comfortable margin in the all-time series, logging a 17-7 record
versus the Falcons.
Although he was trying to fight through a nagging ankle injury, Dan
Nwaelele still came to play as he and the rest of the Falcons dismissed the
Rams over the weekend. Nwaelele finished with a team-high 18 points, thanks
to 5-of-10 shooting beyond the arc, followed by Matt McCraw with 15 and
four assists. Jacob Burtschi dropped in 10 points, as did Tim Anderson with
the duo combining for 11 rebounds and seven of the team's eight steals
on the afternoon. Nwaelele, who is shooting a sizzling 50 percent from three-
point range and 56.4 percent from the floor overall this year, is tops on
the scoring list for the Falcons with his 14.9 ppg, followed by Burtschi
with 13.5 ppg and a team-high 5.7 rpg. Entering play this week, the
Falcons had the seventh-best scoring margin in Division I at +15.7 ppg,
basically because the defense is up to its old tricks again. Having led the
nation in scoring defense for several years, the Falcons know better than
anyone how to get the job done and they are doing it again with just 54.7 ppg
allowed, second only to Princeton in all of college basketball at the moment.
Offensively, the team is ranked fourth in the country in field goals shooting
at 50.6 percent and is fifth nationally from behind the three-point line at
42.4 percent.
Operating with four guards, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Wink
Adams ended up leading the Rebels in both scoring and rebounding in the win
over Utah over the weekend, putting up 17 points and pulling down 10
rebounds. The only other player to score in double figures for the Rebels
was Kevin Kruger who connected on 3-of-5 shots beyond the arc to finish with
11 points, to go along with his team-high four assists. In addition to
shooting 47.3 percent from the field and 11-of-17 beyond the arc, the most
impressive aspect of the victory was probably that the team had a mere four
turnovers. Leading scorer Wendell White, who is averaging 15.4 ppg this
season on 51.9 percent shooting from the field, made just one of his 12
shots. Adams is good for 14.8 ppg and Kruger another 12.3 ppg and a team-
high 98 assists, that coming from someone who has missed six of the team's
28 games. UNLV enters the week ranked third in the conference in scoring at
75.1 ppg.
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New Jersey Nets vs. Toronto Raptors
Toronto was the most reliable covering team this season with a 48-33-1 ATS record but covered the OVER only 41.5% of the time.
The last 20 times these teams have played, the TOTAL has gone UNDER 16 times.
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New Jersey has covered four games in a row while Toronto has failed to cover their last four games.
When playing a team with a winning record during the second half of the season, New Jersey was just 5-13 ATS this season.
After scoring 105 points or more, Toronto has covered the OVER only 28% of the time this season.
Miami Heat @ Chicago Bulls
Miami has failed to cover their last 7 games whereas Chicago has covered 6 out of their last 8 games.
Miami has covered the UNDER in four of their last five games whereas Chicago has covered the UNDER in five out of their last six.
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At home, Miami covered the UNDER about 66% of the time whereas Chicago covered the UNDER about 61% of the time.
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Orlando Magic @ Detroit Pistons
Detroit has covered 5 out of their last 6 games.
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At home, Orlando covered the UNDER 64% of the time while Detroit covered the UNDER in 63% of their away games.
The last five times these teams have played in Detroit, the OVER covered each time.
Versus Eastern Conference teams, Detroit is 8-17-1 ATS at home but 17-9 ATS away.
Detroit covered the spread 5 out of the last 6 times they played Orlando.
After a Division game, Orlando covered the UNDER 87% of the time this season.
Washington Wizards @ Cleveland Cavaliers
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Washington has covered the UNDER in their last 6 games and in 8 of their last 9 games.
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