Murray State vs East Tennessee State 11/22/2021 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds

The East Tennessee State Buccaneers and the Murray State Racers meet in college basketball action from the Community School of Naples on Monday night.

The East Tennessee State Buccaneers will look to build on a 56-43 win over South Carolina Upstate last time out. David Sloan leads the Buccaneers in scoring with 13 PPG along with 3.3 RPG and a team-high 4 APG while Jordan King has 11 PPG with 3.3 RPG and 2.7 APG this season as the only other double-digit scorer for East Tennessee State this season. Silas Adheke also leads the Bucs with 5 APG this season. As a team, East Tennessee State is averaging 61.7 PPG on 36% shooting from the field, 27.4% from three and 78.1% from the foul line while allowing 68.7 PPG on 40.4% from three and 34.3% from three this season.

The Murray State Racers will be out to build on their 77-65 win over Illinois State last time out. Tevin Brown has a team-high 23 PPG with 5 RPG and 3.3 APG while KJ Williams has 18.3 PPG with 6 RPG. Justice Hill has 13 PPG with a team-high 4.7 APG and Trae Hannibal has 10 PPG with a team-high 6.7 RPG as well this season to finish off the scoring in double figures for the Racers up to this point in the season. As a team, Murray State is averaging 68 PPG on 53.8% shooting from the field, 39.4% from three and 65.5% from the foul line while allowing 67 PPG on 42% shooting from the field and 35.7% from three this season.

East Tennessee State is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following a win and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 neutral site games. Murray State is 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games against a team with a losing record and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while the over is 4-1-1 in their last 6 Monday games.

I get the case that can be made for the Buccaneers with the points, but the bottom line here is that the Racers are just the better team and have the better offense. East Tennessee State’s performed well on defense lately, but I just don’t know if the offense keeps ETSU up with Murray State here. Give me the Racers here.