Texas-Arlington vs Louisiana-Lafayette 1/13/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (8-5) vs. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (7-8)
January 13, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Texas-Arlington Mavericks +1 / Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns -1; Over/Under: +137
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The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and the UT-Arlington Mavericks meet in college basketball action from the College Park Center on Thursday night.
The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns come into this game on the heels of an 83-77 OT win over Arkansas State in their last matchup. Jordan Brown leads the Cajuns in scoring with 14.8 PPG and 8.8 RPG while Theo Akwuba has 10.4 PPG and 8.8 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for the Cajuns so far this season. Kobe Julien has 9.9 PPG while Greg Williams Jr. has 7.7 PPG and a team-high 2.2 APG as well this season. As a team, Louisiana is averaging 71.6 PPG on 41.3% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three and 67.3% from the foul line while allowing 68.3 PPG on 40.4% shooting from the field and 27.3% from three this season.
The UT-Arlington Mavericks will try to bounce back from a 74-73 OT loss to Georgia Southern in their last game. David Azore leads the Mavericks in scoring with 17.2 PPG with 4.4 RPG as well as the lone double-digit scorer for UT-Arlington this season while Patrick Mwamba has 8.4 PPG with 4.8 RPG. Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu has a team-high 5.4 RPG and Javon Levi leads the Mavericks in assists with 4.7 APG as well this season. As a team, UT-Arlington is averaging 67.1 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 30.3% from three and 68.3% from the foul line while allowing 68.8 PPG on 39.2% shooting from the field and 33.6% from three this season.
Louisiana is 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 road games. UT-Arlington is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 Thursday games.
I get the case that could be made either way here as Louisiana is the hotter team and UT-Arlington has been playing well in their own right and are at home here. With that said, home court hasn’t meant a whole lot as the road team’s covered in 6 of the last 7 meetings and I just think that the line flipping to Louisiana is telling us which side to be on here. Give me the Cajuns.
