Xavier vs Morehead State 12/15/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Morehead State Eagles and the Xavier Musketeers meet in college basketball action from the Cintas Center on Wednesday night.

The Morehead State Eagles will try to bounce back from an 82-75 loss to East Tennessee State in their last game. Johni Broome leads the Eagles in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 15.2 PPG and 10 RPG while Skyelar Potter has 11.6 PPG and 6.1 RPG and Tray Hollowell has 10.8 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Morehead State so far this season. Ta’lon Cooper also has 9.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG and a team-high 6.9 APG to lead the Eagles in the assist department. As a team, Morehead State is averaging 68.7 PPG on 45.3% shooting from the field, 35.6% from three and 63.2% from the foul line while allowing 65.6 PPG on 43.6% shooting from the field and 36.8% from three this season.

The Xavier Musketeers will look to add to their five-game winning streak after an 83-63 win over Cincinnati last time out. Nate Johnson leads the Musketeers in scoring with 13.4 PPG while Jack Nunge has 13 PPG with 7.5 RPG and Colby Jones has 12.3 PPg with a team-high 8.9 RPG as well on the year. Paul Scruggs has 11.7 PPG with a team-high 3.9 APG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Xavier up to this point in the year. As a team, Xavier is averaging 75.8 PPG on 45.5% shooting from the field, 33.9% from three and 70.6% from the foul line while allowing 60.1 PPG on 37.2% from the field and 30.4% from three this season.

Morehead State is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games and 2-10 ATS in their last 12 Wednesday games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 Wednesday games. Xavier is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 6-0 ATS in their last 6 home games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 home games against a team with a losing road record.

I get that Morehead State and a bunch of points is tempting, but this isn’t the same Morehead State team that were cover machines for us for much of last season. Xavier just pounded a rival in Cincinnati and some may suggest that spells letdown here but I think it’s the opposite. I think that win just adds fuel to Xavier’s fire and the Musketeers come out guns blazing and win this one big. Lay the points with Xavier in this spot.