Western Michigan at Oakland

This is the second straight road game for Western Michigan after getting smoked at Ole Miss, 90-66. This is a tough situational spot for a defense that is allowing 83 points per game on the young season. Western Michigan comes off a 17-15 campaign but has lost six of its last nine contests. They head to Oakland, a team that is clicking offensively, ranked #54 for offensive field goal percentage shooting at 50.0%. This is the third straight home game for the Golden Grizzlies, averaging 86.0 points per game. Oakland won last year's meeting 78-73 at Western Michigan, winning the rebounding battle at +6, while shooting 45.8% from the field and nailing 14-of-24 threes. They've won two straight meetings to improve to 8-4 straight-up against the Broncos and having home court means they get another victory. Play Oakland on the moneyline.