Baylor vs Alcorn State 12/20/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Alcorn State Braves and the Baylor Bears meet in college basketball action from the Ferrell Center on Monday night.

The Alcorn State Braves come into this game on the heels of an 83-62 win over Tulsa in their last game. Dominic Brewton leads the Braves in scoring with 7.7 PPG along with 4.5 RPG while Darrious Agnew and Paul King each have 7.1 PPG. Lenell Henry has 7 PPG with a team-high 6.3 RPG while Justin Thomas has a team-high 3.6 APG this season. As a team, Alcorn State is averaging 60.2 PPG on 38.1% shooting from the field, 30.2% from three and 73.2% from the foul line while allowing 74.8 PPG on 47% shooting from the field and 31.1% from three this season.

The Baylor Bears will look to add to a 78-70 win over Oregon last time out. L.J. Cryer leads the Bears in scoring with 13.7 PPG while Kendall Brown has 12.8 PPG with 3.5 RPG. James Akinjo has 11.2 PPG with a team-high 6 APG to lead the Bears in assists and Matthew Mayer has 10.1 PPG with 4.8 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Baylor up to this point in the season. Adam Flagler has 9.4 PPG and Jonathan Tchamwa-Tchatchoua has 8.4 PPG to match his team-high 8.4 RPG to lead the Bears on the glass this season. As a team, Baylor is averaging 80.7 PPG on 47.8% shooting from the field, 35.4% from three and 64.7% from the foul line while allowing 55.7 PPG on 38.9% shooting from the field and 29.4% from three this season.

Alcorn State is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a loss and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600 while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 Monday games. Baylor is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Monday games while the over is 14-5 in their last 19 home games.

I get how you could look the way of Alcorn State with the points here, as the Braves have played some stiff competition and have had some success against the number as well. However, this is the kind of spot where Baylor comes out and wins by 40+ in like a 95-52 kind of game or something along those lines. I just look at this as a spot where Alcorn State is in too deep and won’t be able to keep this one close. Give me the Bears in this one.