Saint Louis vs UMass College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/1/21

The Massachusetts Minutemen and Saint Louis Billikens meet Monday in college basketball action at the Chaifetz Arena.

The Massachusetts Minutemen look for a win after winning five of their last seven games. The Massachusetts Minutemen are averaging 76.8 points on 41.6 percent shooting and allowing 72.1 points on 46.3 percent shooting. Tre Mitchell is averaging 18.9 points and 7.1 rebounds while Carl Pierre is averaging 13 points and four rebounds. Noah Fernandes is the third double-digit scorer and TJ Weeks is dishing 0.9 assists. The Massachusetts Minutemen are shooting 31.9 percent from beyond the arc and 73.6 percent from the free throw line. The Massachusetts Minutemen are allowing 33.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.6 rebounds per game.

The Saint Louis Billikens look for a win after winning five of their last seven games. The Saint Louis Billikens are averaging 75.9 points on 46.5 percent shooting and allowing 64.7 points on 41 percent shooting. Javonte Perkins is averaging 16.9 points and 3.9 rebounds while Jordan Goodwin is averaging 14.6 points and 3.5 assists. Gibson Jimerson is dishing 1.1 assists and Hasahn French is grabbing 7.2 rebounds. The Saint Louis Billikens are shooting 34.7 percent from beyond the arc and 68.8 percent from the free throw line. The Saint Louis Billikens are allowing 34 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 36.5 rebounds per game.

The Minutemen are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 Monday games. The Billikens are 9-3-1 ATS in their last 13 home games and 3-7-1 ATS in their last 11 games overall. The under is 5-0 in Minutemen last 5 overall. The under is 7-0 in Billikens last 7 overall. The underdog is 6-0 ATS in the last 6 meetings. The road team is 7-2 ATS in the last 9 meetings.

The Saint Louis Billikens are the better team and should be decent favorites for obvious reasons, but this line is showing no respect to UMass. The Massachusetts Minutemen are playing good basketball right now and actually win on the road by an average of 6.6 points. Saint Louis is the better team and is 8-3-1 against the spread at home, but UMass should be up for the task here. I’d grab the points.