Evansville vs Rice 11/22/2021 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds

The Rice Owls and the Evansville Aces meet in college basketball action from Hertz Arena on Monday.

The Rice Owls will look to build on an 83-78 win over New Orleans last time out. Travis Evee leads the Owls in scoring with 17.8 PPG with 3.8 RPG and 3 APG while Carl Pierre has 12 PPG and Max Fiedler has 10 PPG with a team-high 10.8 RPG to lead the Owls on the glass. Chris Mullins also has 8 PPG with a team-high 5 APG and Jake Lieppert also has 7.3 PPG with 4 RPG. As a team, Rice is averaging 73.9 PPG on 46.3% shooting from the field, 34.5% from three and 74% from the foul line while allowing 70.8 PPG on 40.6% shooting from the field and 32.1% from three this season.

The Evansville Aces will try to bounce back from a 75-59 loss to UCF last time out. Shamar Givance leads the Aces in scoring and assists with 13 PPG and 4 APG while Evan Kuhlman has 10.8 PPG with 4.2 RPG and Jawaun Newton has 10.4 PPG with a team-high 4.8 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Evansville up to this point in the season. As a team, Evansville is averaging 54.8 PPG on 39% shooting from the field, 32.6% from three and 65.7% from the foul line while allowing 63.8 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field and 34.9% from three this season.

Rice is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Monday games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. Evansville is Evansville is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 neutral site games and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall.

Evansville has been playing some solid defense early on this season, but the offense for the Aces just hasn’t been doing enough to hold up its end of the bargain. Rice hasn’t been fantastic in their own right, but they’re the better team offensively and I just don’t see any way that Evansville stays here. Give me Rice in this one.