Charleston Southern vs Tennessee State 12/16/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Tennessee State Tigers and the Charleston Southern Buccaneers meet in college hoops action from the Buccaneer Fieldhouse on Thursday night.

The Tennessee State Tigers will be looking to add to their 73-65 win over Lipscomb last time out. Dedric Boyd leads the Tigers in scoring with 12.7 PPG while Carlos Marshall Jr. has 10.6 PPG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for Tennessee State up to this point in the season. Kassim Nicholson has 9.6 PPG with a team-high 8.6 RPG to lead the Tigers on the glass while Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. has 9.7 PPG and Christian Brown has 9.2 PPG. Kenny Cooper has 7.7 PPG with a team-high 3.4 APG as well to lead the Tigers in assists as well this season. As a team, Tennessee State is averaging 72.7 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 37.5% from three and 66.7% from the foul line while allowing 68.4 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 29.7% from three this season.

The Charleston Southern Buccaneers will try to build on a 59-57 win over Charleston Southern last time out. Tahlik Chavez has 10.3 PPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Charleston Southern up to this point in the year. Deontaye Buskey and Kalib Clinton each have 9.2 PPG while Sean Price has a team-high 6.7 RPG and 2.6 APG up to this point in the year. as a team, Charleston Southern is averaging 73.3 PPG on 40.9% shooting from the field, 28.1% from three and 64.9% from the foul line while allowing 79 PPG on 44.8% shooting from the field and 34% from three this season.

Tennessee State is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Thursday games and 6-21 ATS in their last 27 home games while the under is 10-2 in their last 12 games following a win. Charleston Southern is 3-13 ATS in their last 16 home games against a team with a losing road record and 1-7 ATS in tehir last 8 games following a win while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following an ATS win.

The Tigers may come into this game with back-to-back wins, but the reality is that the Buccaneers have the better offense and aren’t that much worse than the Tigers defensively despite playing a much tougher schedule. I think that in a pick ‘em, spot, the Buccaneers at home is the way to go in this one.