Mississippi State vs Detroit College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/17/2021
Detroit Titans (0-2) vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs (2-0)
November 17, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Mississippi State Bulldogs -15.5 / Detroit Titans +15.5; Over/Under: +141
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The Detroit Mercy Titans and the Mississippi State Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Humphrey Coliseum on Wednesday night.
The Detroit Mercy Titans will be looking to bounce back from an 81-73 loss at the hands of Toledo in their last game. Antoine Davis leads the Titans in scoring with 18.5 PPG with 4 RPG and a team-high 4 APG while Madur Akec has 14.5 PPG and a team-high 10 RPG to average a double-double per game through Detroit Mercy’s first two games of the year. Kevin McAdoo also has 13 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Detroit Mercy up to this point in the season. As a team, Detroit Mercy is averaging 60 PPG on 36.9% shooting from the field, 29.1% from three and 60.9% from the foul line while allowing 83 PPG on 51.6% shooting from the field and 35.6% from three this season.
The Mississippi State Bulldogs will be looking to build on an 86-49 rout of Montana last time out. Iverson Molinar leads the Bulldogs in scoring and assists with 14.5 PPG and 4.5 APG along with 4 RPG while Garrison Brooks has 13.5 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG. Shakeel Moore has 11.5 PPG and D.J. Jeffries has 11 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Mississippi State so far this season. Cam Carter has 9.5 PPG with 4.5 APG of his own while Cameron Matthews has 9 PPG and 8 RPG. As a team, Mississippi State is averaging 80.5 PPg on 50.4% shooting from the field, 46.3% from three and 58.5% from the foul line while allowing 49 PPG on 30.2% shooting form the field and 27% from three this season.
Detroit Mercy is 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 road games and 0-2-2 ATS in their last 4 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a loss. Mississippi State is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 home games.
I get the case that can be made for Detroit here, as Antoine Davis can be a game changer. However, he doesn’t get the support from the rest of the Titans’ lineup to really make a game of it and we saw that when the Titans were blown out by Wyoming. I just think the Bulldogs are the better team here, so I’ll lean the way of Mississippi State here.
