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Colorado vs Southern Illinois College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds 11/19/2021

Southern Illinois Salukis (1-1) vs. Colorado Buffaloes (3-0)
November 19, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Colorado Buffaloes -6.5 / Southern Illinois Salukis +6.5; Over/Under: -135.5
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The Southern Illinois Salukis and the Colorado Buffaloes meet in college basketball action from the Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center on Friday.

The Southern Illinois Salukis come into this game looking to add to their 73-55 win over Austin Peay last time out. Lance Jones leads the Salukis with 21.5 PPG while Marcus Domask has 14 PPG with 5 RPG and a team-high 3.5 APG. Steven Verplancken Jr. has 12.5 PPG with 3.5 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for SIU so far this season while Coupet Jr. has 7 PPG and a team-high 6 RPG. As a team, Southern Illinois is averaging 69.5 PPG on 51% shooting from the field, 31.3% from three and 66.7% from the foul line while allowing 62 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field and 19.4% from three this season.

The Colorado Buffaloes will hope to build on their 90-46 win over Maine in their last game. Keeshawn Barthelemy leads the Buffs in scoring and assists with 20.3 PPG and 3.3 APG while Jabari Walker has 15.3 PPG and 8 RPG as well this season to lead the Buffaloes on the glass. Evan Battey’s got 12 PPG and 6 RPG while Elijah Parquet has 11 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Colorado up to this point in the year. As a team, Colorado is averaging 90.3 PPG on 51.5% shooting from the field, 46% from three and 72% from the foul line while allowing 70.7 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field and 31.1% from three this season.

Southern Illinois is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 Friday games and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a win while the under is 10-2 in their last 12 games overall. Colorado is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Friday games and 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games following a win by 20 or more points while the under is 20-6 in their last 26 Friday games.

I considered the Salukis and the points, but this is the first time that Colorado isn’t being asked to lay double digits this season but they’ve still been one of the more impressive offensive units in the country early on this year. I just worry that Southern Illinois won’t be able to keep up here and I think this line with the Buffs is more than reasonable. Give me Colorado laying the points here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Colorado -6.5

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