Wichita State vs Arizona College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds 11/19/2021

The Wichita State Shockers and the Arizona Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the T-Mobile Arena on Friday night.

The Wichita State Shockers will want to be out to add to their 65-51 win over Tarleton State last time out. Ricky Council IV leads the Shockers in scoring with 12 PPG along with 3.3 RPG and a pair of assists while Dexter Dennis has 11.3 PPG and 6.7 RPG and Tyson Etienne has 10 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for the Shockers up to this point. Morris Udeze also has 8.3 PPG and a team-high 7.7 RPG while Qua Grant has 7.7 PPG and a team-high 2.7 APG as well on the year. As a team, Wichita State is averaging 63 PPG on 39.1% shooting from the field, 30.4% from three and 79.2% from the foul line while allowing 55.3 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 26.9% from three this season.

The Arizona Wildcats will be looking to build on their 97-45 rout of North Dakota State in their last game. Azuolas Tubelis leads the Wildcats in scoring with 16 PPG along with 6.3 RPG while Christian Koloko has 14 PPG with 6.7 RPG. Kerr Kriisa has 12.7 PPG and Bennedict Mathurin has 12 PPG while Oumar Ballo has 10 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG this season. Dalen Terry also has a team-high 5 APG as well this season.

Wichita State is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS win and 3-11 ATS in their last 14 Friday games while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall. Arizona is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 neutral site games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a win.

I thought this line may have been a trap, but if it’s a trap, I’m hoping the net is comfortable. Both of these teams have played solid defense to start the year, but we’re only being asked to lay a couple of buckets with an Arizona team that’s outscoring the Shockers by more than 30 points per game up to this point. I’ll lean towards Arizona laying the points here.