Louisville vs DePaul 12/10/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
DePaul Blue Demons (7-1) vs. Louisville Cardinals (6-2)
December 10, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Louisville Cardinals -8.5 / DePaul Blue Demons +8.5; Over/Under: +145.5
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The DePaul Blue Demons and the Louisville Cardinals meet in college basketball action from the KFC-Yum! Center on Friday.
The DePaul Blue Demons come into this game looking to build on a 97-67 win over Duquesne last time out. Javon Freeman-Liberty leads DePaul in scoring, rebounding and assists with 21.8 PPG, 8.8 RPG and 4.2 APG while David Jones has 15.8 PPG with 7.5 RPG. Brandon Johnson has 12.1 PPG with 7.1 RPG. Nick Ongenda has 11.8 PPg with 4.1 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for DePaul so far this season. Philmon Gebrewhit and Tyon Grant-Foster each have 9+ PPG as well this season for DePaul. As a team, DePaul is averaging 85.3 PPG on 49.2% shooting from the field, 35.2% from three and 70.2% from the foul line while allowing 69.3 PPG on 40.2% shooting from the field and 34.6% from three this season.
The Louisville Cardinals will try to add to their build on their 73-68 road win over NC State last time out. Noah Locke leads the Cardinals in scoring with 11.3 PPG as the lone double-digit scorer for the Cardinals so far this season while Dre Davis has 9.1 PPG with 4.1 RPG and Malik Williams has 9 PPG with a team-high 9.8 RPG as well to lead the Cardinals on the glass. Jarrod West also has a team-high 3.6 APG as well on the year. As a team, Louisville is averaging 70.8 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 30.6% from three and 68.8% from the foul line while allowing 65.1 PPG on 38.7% shooting from the field and 31.8% from three this season.
DePaul is 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a win while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games following an ATS win. Louisville is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games and 5-15-2 ATS in their last 22 games following an ATS win while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games following a win.
I get the case that could be made for DePaul here as the Blue Demons have historically done well out of conference. However, I’m not sold on the Blue Demons to begin with and while I was low on the Cardinals as well, the fact is that Louisville looks like they’re starting to turn a corner and I think that this is shaping up to be a big win for the Cardinals so I’ll lay it and play it with Louisville here.
