Middle Tennessee vs Coastal Carolina 12/19/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders meet in college hoops action from the Murphy Athletic Center on Sunday afternoon.

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will look to build on a 110-53 win over subdivision Regent university last time out. Essam Mostafa leads the Chanticleers in scoring and rebounding with 16.9 PPG and 9.8 RPG while Rudi Williams has 13.3 PPG with 4.6 RPG and 4.3 APG while Vince Cole has 11.3 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Coastal up to this point in the season. Ebrima Dibba has 9.3 PPG with 4.7 RPG and a team-high 6.2 APG as well so far this season. As a team, Coastal Carolina is averaging 78.3 PPG on 47.1% shooting from the field, 34% from three and 68.4% from the foul line while allowing 62.6 PPG on 37.3% shooting from the field and 30.1% from three this season.

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will try to bounce back from a 62-52 loss to Ole Miss in their last game. Eli Lawrence leads the Blue Raiders in scoring and rebounding with 12.2 PPG and 4.8 RPG while Josh Jefferson has 11.8 PPG and Donovan Sims has 10.6 PPG with a team-high 3.1 APG to lead the Blue Raiders in assists while rounding out the trio of double-digit scorers for MTSU so far this season. As a team, Middle Tennessee is averaging 77.5 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field, 30.1% shooting from three and 72.6% from the foul line while allowing 64.8 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field and 29.1% from three this season.

Coastal Carolina is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 road games while the under is 6-2 in their last 8 games overall. Middle Tennessee is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 home games while the under is 19-7-1 in their last 27 Sunday games.

I get why you’d look the way of Coastal Carolina as these are two teams playing some solid basketball right now, but the Blue Raiders have been covering machines as of late and have by far played their best basketball at home this season. I think this is a spot where the Blue Raiders win and cover and it may have to come late at the charity stripe, but nonetheless. Give me MTSU and lay the points here.