Murray State vs Southeast Missouri State 12/30/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (5-8) vs. Murray State Racers (10-2)
December 30, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Murray State Racers -19 / Southeast Missouri State Redhawks +19; Over/Under: +149
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The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks and the Murray State Racers meet in college basketball action from the CFSB Center on Thursday night.
The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks will look to rebound from a 4th straight loss in the form of an 84-68 loss to Cal Baptist last time out. Phillip Russell leads the Redhawks in scoring with 14.6 PPG along with 2.4 APG while Eric Reed Jr. has 14.3 PPG and Chris Harris has 11.4 PPG and a team-high 2.9 APG to lead the Redhawks in assists and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Southeast Missouri State so far this season. Nygal Russell also has a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead the Redhawks on the glass this season. As a team, Southeast Missouri State is averaging 72.3 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 32.1% from three and 73.6% from the foul line while allowing 77.9 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field and 36.3% from three this season.
The Murray State Racers will try to bounce back from a 71-58 loss to Auburn last time out. Tevin Brown leads the Racers in scoring with 19.3 PPG along with 6 RPG while KJ Williams is right behind with 16.2 PPG and 7.1 RPG. Justice Hill has 11.8 PPG with a team-high 4.6 APG to lead the Racers in assists while Trae Hannibal has 10 PPG with 4.5 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Murray State so far this season. DJ Burns also has 6.9 RPG this season. As a team, Murray State is averaging 83.7 PPG on 50.3% shooting from the field, 37.5% from three and 65.2% from the foul line while allowing 65.6 PPG on 41.4% shooting from the field and 32.3% from three this season.
Southeast Missouri State is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 road games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Murray State is 20-8 ATS in their last 28 home games and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while the over is 20-4 in their last 24 games against a team with a losing record.
I get the case to be made for Murray State here, but even for the Racers this is a ton of points, that’s why I’m going to side with the under. I just don’t see the Redhawks being able to do enough to keep pace with Murray State for a full 40 minutes and I think this game doesn’t even get close to 150 points. Give me the under here.
