Brown vs Bradley College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds 11/20/2021

The Bradley Braves and the Brown Bears meet in college basketball action from the Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Bradley Braves come into this game looking to shake off a 66-60 loss to Colorado State in their last game. Terry Roberts leads the Braves in scoring with 16.3 PPG along with 4.3 APG while Ja’Shon Henry has 12.3 PPG with 5 RPG and Ville Tahvanainen has 10 PPG to make up the scoring in double figures for Bradley this season. Rienk Mast has 9.5 PPG with a team-high 10 RPG while Jayson Kent has 9.5 PPG and 5 RPG and Malevy Leons has 9.3 PPG with 5.8 RPG as well this season. As a team, Bradley is averaging 70.3 PPG on 40% shooting from the field, 23.6% from three and 60% from the foul line while allowing 72.3 PPG on 38.9% shooting from the field and 39% from three this season.

The Brown Bears will try to bounce back after a 76-57 loss to Creighton last time out. Kino Lilly Jr. has 13 PPG with 3.2 APG while Paxson Wojcik has 11.3 PPG with 4.6 RPG and Dan Friday has 10.3 PPG and a team-high 3.4 APG. Nana Owusu-anane also has 10.2 PPG with 5.4 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for the Bears this season. Haylan Gainey has 9.2 PPG and 4.2 RPG as well for the Bears this season. As a team, Brown is averaging 81.2 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field, 31% from three and 78.3% from the foul line while allowing 67 PPG on 45% shooting from the field and 37.4% from three this season.

This is a bit of an interesting matchup between a Bradley team that’s been brutal against the number for some time while the Bears haven’t been all that great offensively this season so far. I am leaning towards Bradley here mainly because of the talent edge here so give me the Braves in this spot.