Coastal Carolina vs Louisiana-Lafayette 1/1/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers meet Saturday in college basketball action at The HTC Center. The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns look for a win after splitting their last 10 games. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers look for a win after winning six of their last eight games.

The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns are averaging 71.2 points on 41.1 percent shooting and allowing 67.9 points on 41.2 percent shooting. Jordan Brown is averaging 14.3 points and 1.3 assists, while Theo Akwuba is averaging 10.4 points and 8.4 rebounds. Greg Williams Jr. is grabbing 2.8 rebounds and Kobe Julien is dishing 1.6 assists. The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns are shooting 34.8 percent from beyond the arc and 65.9 percent from the free throw line. The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns are allowing 27.3 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 37.7 rebounds per game.

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are averaging 79.8 points on 47.4 percent shooting and allowing 64.5 points on 37.6 percent shooting. Essam Mostafa is averaging 16.8 points and 10.4 rebounds, while Rudi Williams is averaging 14.7 points and 3.9 assists. Vince Cole is the third double-digit scorer and Ebrima Dibba is grabbing 4.8 rebounds. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are shooting 37 percent from beyond the arc and 70.2 percent from the free throw line. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are allowing 30.3 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 39.9 rebounds per game.

The Ragin’ Cajuns are 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Chanticleers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The under is 4-1 in Ragin’ Cajuns last 5 overall. The under is 5-2 in Chanticleers last 7 Saturday games. The favorite is 4-0-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.

The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns have had issues against every decent team they’ve played this season, and they go through serious scoring droughts. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers seem to be getting stronger as the season plays out, and they’ve scored no less than 80 points in each of their last four games. I question if the Ragin’ Cajuns have the horses to keep up. I’ll lay the reasonable number.