South Florida vs BYU 12/22/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
BYU Cougars (9-2) vs. South Florida Bulls (4-5)
December 22, 2021 9:30 pm EDT
The Line: South Florida Bulls +14 / BYU Cougars -14; Over/Under: -126.5
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The BYU Cougars and the USF Bulls meet in college basketball action from the Stan Sheriff Center on Wednesday night.
The BYU Cougars will look to build on their 89-71 win over Weber State last time out. Alex Barcello leads the Cougars in scoring with 19.7 PPG along with 2.9 APG while Te’Jon Lucas has 11 PPG with a team-high 5 APG to lead the Cougars in assists as the only other double-digit scorer for BYU so far this season. Spencer Johnson has 9.1 PPG with 3.3 RPG while Gideon George has a team-high 7.3 RPG as well to lead BYU on the glass. As a team, BYU is averaging 77.3 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field, 36.4% from three and 73.1% from the foul line while allowing 65.6 PPG on 40.4% shooting from the field and 26.8% from three this season.
The USF Bulls will try to bounce back from a 66-55 loss to Florida in their last game. Caleb Murphy leads the Bulls in scoring and assists with 13 PPG and 3.8 APG as the lone double-digit scorer for USF so far this season while Javon Greene has 9.4 PPG with 4.8 RPG and 2.3 SPG this season. Russel Tchewa has 6.5 PPG with a team-high 5.8 RPG to lead the Bulls on the glass this season. As a team, USF is averaging 56.7 PPG on 37.8% shooting from the field, 23.8% from three and 65.9% from the foul line while allowing 57.4 PPG on 37.2% shooting from the field and 29.3% from three this season.
BYU is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Wednesday games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS win while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. USF is 3-10 ATS in their last 13 games following an ATS win and 10-4 ATS in their last 14 neutral site games as an underdog while the under is 10-1 in their last 11 games overall.
I get the case to be made for BYU here, but I’m still going to side with the under in this one as it’s hit in 10 straight games for USF and a lot of that has to do with USF’s horrendous offense and I think the only way they stay in this one is to make this a low-scoring affair so give me the under here.
