Valparaiso vs Eastern Michigan 12/20/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Eastern Michigan Eagles and the Valparaiso Beacons meet in college basketball action from The Athletics-Recreation Center on Monday night.

The Eastern Michigan Eagles will look to add to their current three-game winning streak after a 92-88 OT win over FIU last time out. Noah Farrakhan leads the Eagles in scoring with 17.1 PPG along with 4.4 RPG and 2.4 APG while Monty Scott has 15.5 PPG with a team-high 2.7 APG to lead the Eagles in assists and Bryce McBride has 12.1 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Eastern Michigan so far this season. Colin Golson Jr. has 9.6 PPG with 5 RPG and Nate Scott has a team-high 5.2 RPG to lead the Eagles on the glass this season. As a team, Eastern Michigan is averaging 73.7 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field, 33.2% from three and 69.4% from the foul line while allowing 77.8 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field and 32.2% from three this season.

The Valparaiso Beacons will be out to bounce back from a 68-67 loss to Charlotte in their last game. Kobe King’s tallied 18 PPG in two games while Ben Krikke has 15.5 PPG in 8 gaes for the Beacons this season. Sheldon Edwards has 12.5 PPG and Trevor Anderson’s got 11 PPG with a team-high 2.5 APG to lead Valpo in assists and Thomas Kithier has 10.5 PPG with a team-high 6.6 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Valparaiso while also leading the Beacons on the glass. Kevion Taylor’s also chipped in 9.4 PPG this season. As a team, Valparaiso is averaging 73.5 PPG on 47.2% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 71.2% from the foul line while allowing 67.5 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 35.8% from three this season.

Eastern Michigan is 0-7 ATS in their last 7 Monday games and 5-13 ATS in their last 18 road games while the over is 19-7 in their last 26 games overall. Valparaiso is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 home games and 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games following a loss while the under is 20-7 in their last 27 games overall.

I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m looking at the over in this one as both teams have been able to show that they can score, Eastern Michigan on the road & Valparaiso at home, enough to have me think they can get well into the 140s here. Give me the over in this one.