Murray State vs Chattanooga 12/18/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Chattanooga Mocs and the Murray State Racers meet in college hoops action from the CFSB Center on Saturday night.

The Chattanooga Mocs will look to rebound from a 76-68 loss to Belmont in their last game. Malachi Smith leads the Mocs in scoring and assists with 18.9 PPG and 3.9 APG while David Jean-Baptiste has 13.9 PPG and Silvio De Sousa has 13.5 PPG with a team-high 6.8 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Chattanooga so far this season. As a team, Chattanooga is averaging 78 PPG on 48.4% shooting from the field, 36.1% from three and 72.2% from the foul line while allowing 60.5 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field and 28.5% from three this season.

The Murray State Racers will try to build off of a sixth straight win after a 118-48 rout of subdivision Tennessee Wesleyan last time out. Tevin Brown leads the Racers in scoring with 17.7 PPG while KJ Williams is right behind with 17.4 PPG and 7.2 RPG. Justice Hill has 11.6 PPG with a team-high 5 APG to lead the Racers in assists while Trae Hannibal has 10.7 PPG with 4.7 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Murray State so far this season. DJ Burns also has a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead Murray State on the glass as well this season. As a team, Murray State is averaging 85.9 PPG on 52% shooting from the field, 37.3% from three and 64.4% from the foul line while allowing 64 PPG on 40.5% shooting from the field and 32.5% from three this season.

Chattanooga is 35-16 ATS in their last 51 road games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. Murray State is 19-8 ATS in their last 27 home games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the under is 8-3 in their last 11 Saturday games.

I get the allure of points with the Mocs as this Chattanooga team is one I’ve been high on all year long. However, I was really let down by the Mocs against Belmont and side-by-side, the Racers are the better offensive team and similar to the Belmont team that gave the Mocs so many issues. I look for the Racers to be too much in this one, so I’ll lay it and play it with Murray State here.