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Cal Baptist vs North Dakota 12/7/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

North Dakota Fighting Hawks (3-6) vs. Cal Baptist Lancers (7-1)
December 7, 2021 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Cal Baptist Lancers -13 / North Dakota Fighting Hawks +13; Over/Under: +145
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The North Dakota Fighting Hawks and the Cal Baptist Lancers meet in college basketball action from the CBU Events Center on Tuesday night.

The North Dakota Fighting Hawks come into this game looking to bounce back from a 76-51 loss at the hands of San Jose State last time out. Caleb Nero leads the Hawks in scoring and assists with 12.1 PPG and 2.8 APG while Mitchell Sueker has 11.2 PPG with 4.1 RPG and Paul Bruns has 10.8 PPG with 3.4 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for North Dakota so far this season. Tsotne Tsartsidze also has 6.8 PPG with a team-high 5.4 RPG as well this season. As a team, North Dakota is averaging 65 PPG on 37.8% shooting from the field, 30.7% from three and 71.5% from the foul line while allowing 75.4 PPG on 48.4% shooting from the field and 41.1% from three this season.

The Cal Baptist Lancers will be out to build on a 64-55 win over Cal Poly in their last game. Taran Armstrong leads the Lancers in scoring and assists with 12.5 PPG along with 8 APG in addition to 7.6 RPG while Reed Nottage and Daniel Akin each have 12+ PPG with Nottage logging 12.1 PPG and 4.1 RPG while Akin has 12 PPG and a team-high 8 RPG to lead the Lancers on the glass. Tre Armstrong also has 10.3 PPG to make up the scoring in double figures up to this point in the season for Cal Baptist. As a team, Cal Baptist is averaging 74.1 PPG on 48.5% shooting from the field, 35% from three and 66.7% from the foul line while allowing 61.5 PPG on 38.7% shooting from the field and 30.5% from three this season.

North Dakota is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 0-7 ATS in their last 7 Tuesday games while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Cal Baptist is 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games following a win and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 home games against a team with a losing road record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.

I find myself trying to make a case for the points in certain spots as Cal Baptist isn’t normally a team I’m comfortable laying points with. However, the Lancers are the better team against the Hawks side-by-side and I just don’t see a way here that North Dakota keeps up. The Hawks have been getting pummeled more often than not when they take the floor and I don’t see that changing against a solid Lancers team. Give me Cal Baptist here and lay the points.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Cal Baptist -13

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