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SMU vs Louisiana-Monroe 11/28/2021 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (2-3) vs. SMU Mustangs (4-3)
November 28, 2021 3:00 pm EDT
The Line: SMU Mustangs -17.5 / Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks +17.5; Over/Under: -146.5
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The UL-Monroe Warhawks and the SMU Mustangs meet in college basketball action from the Moody Coliseum on Sunday.

The UL-Monroe Warhawks will look to bounce back from a 96-74 loss at the hands of Louisiana Tech last time out. Trey Boston leads the Warhawks in scoring with 11.2 PPG while Andre Jones has 11 PPG and Koreem Ozier has 10.8 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for ULM so far this season. Thomas Howell has 9.6 PPG and a team-high 5.8 RPG while Elijah Gonzales has a team-high 4 APG as well this season. As a team, UL-Monroe is averaging 77.6 PPG on 46.8% shooting from the field, 27.5% from three and 67.9% from the foul line while allowing 83 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field and 36.2% from three this season.

The SMU Mustangs will look to build on their 75-66 win over Sam Houston State last time out. Kendric Davis leads the Mustangs in scoring with 19.7 PPG with 5 RPG and 5.1 APG while Marcus Weathers has 12.3 PPG and a team-high 7.3 RPG to make up the duo of double-digit scorers for SMU so far this season. Emmanuel Bandoumel has 9.6 PPG as well for the Mustangs this season. As a team, SMU is averaging 77.4 PPG on 45.6% shooting from the field, 38.6% from three and 74.5% from the foul line while allowing 68.4 PPG on 38.1% shooting from the field and 27.8% from three this season.

UL-Monroe is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games and 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 games after allowing 90 points or more in their previous game while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. SMU is 1-9 ATS in their last 10 home games and 1-11 ATS in their last 12 Sunday games while the over is 7-2 in their last 9 overall.

Is it ideal to be laying this many points with SMU? No, when the Mustangs have been as brutal as they’ve been ATS this season. However, ULM has been decimated by opponents left and right this season and I just don’t think they have the horses (no pun intended) to keep up with SMU here. I look for this to be an up and down beatdown for 40 minutes so give me SMU in this one.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: SMU -17.5

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