Georgia vs Alabama 1/25/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Alabama Crimson Tide (13-6) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (5-14)
January 25, 2022 6:30 pm EDT
The Line: Georgia Bulldogs +14 / Alabama Crimson Tide -14; Over/Under: -160.5
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The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Stegeman Coliseum on Tuesday night.
The Alabama Crimson Tide come into this game on the heels of their 88-76 win over Missouri last time out. Jaden Shackelford leads the Tide in scoring with 16.9 PPG along with 5.8 RPG while Jahvon Quinerly has 14.8 PPG with 3.5 RPG and a team-high 4.3 APG to lead the Tide in assists. Keon Ellis has 12 PPG with a team-high 6.2 RPG to lead the Tide on the glass and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Alabama so far this year. As a team, Alabama is averaging 81.4 PPG on 44.8% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three and 71.3% from the foul line while allowing 74.3 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field and 31.1% from three this season.
The Georgia Bulldogs will be hoping to snap an eight-game losing streak after an 83-66 loss to South Carolina in their last matchup. Kario Oquendo leads Georgia in scoring with 12.6 PPG while Braelen Bridges is right behind with 12.5 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Georgia so far this season. Aaron Cook has 9.7 PPG with a team-high 6.1 APG to lead Georgia in assists this season. As a team, Georgia is averaging 69.9 PPG on 44% shooting from the field, 31.7% from three and 74.1% from the foul line while allowing 75.9 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field and 32.8% from three this season.
Alabama is 1-9-1 ATS in their last 11 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Tuesday games while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 road games. Georgia is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record.
I get the case to be made either way here, but ultimately, I have to lean towards Georgia here as weird as that is to say. The Tide have had issues this season laying big numbers against lesser opposition, as they did against Missouri twice this season as well as Jacksonville State prior to conference play. Georgia hasn’t been great, but the Bulldogs have done a good job competing at home as of late and getting double-digits, I think they have a chance here. Give me the Bulldogs and the points in this one.
