Louisiana-Lafayette vs South Alabama 1/20/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
South Alabama Jaguars (12-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (8-7)
January 20, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns -2.5 / South Alabama Jaguars +2.5; Over/Under: -146.5
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The South Alabama Jaguars and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns meet in college basketball action from the Cajundome on Thursday night.
The South Alabama Jaguars will look to build on back-to-back wins following a 73-67 win over Georgia Southern last time out. Charles Manning Jr. leads South Alabama in scoring and assists with 17.5 PPG and 3.6 APG while Jay Jay Chandler has 15.2 PPG and Javon Franklin has 11.8 PPG with a team-high 7.5 RPG to lead the Jaguars on the glass while also capping off the trio of double-digit scorers for South Alabama so far this year. Alex Anderson also has 8.8 PPG with 4.6 RPG. As a team, South Alabama is averaging 74.9 PPG on 46.3% shooting from the field, 32.4% from three and 68.6% from the foul line while allowing 63.9 PPG on 41.2% shooting from the field and 31% from three this season.
The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns will try to bounce back from back-to-back losses after a 72-68 loss to Texas State last time out. Jordan Brown leads the Cajuns in scoring with 14.6 PPG and 9.1 RPG while Theo Akwuba has 10.4 PPG and 8.8 RPG and Kobe Julien has 11.1 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Louisiana so far this season. As a team, Louisiana is averaging 71.5 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field, 34.5% from three and 66.7% from the foul line while allowing 69.5 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field and 28.6% from three this season.
South Alabama is 28-10-1 ATS in their last 39 games as an underdog and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS loss while the over is 8-2 in their last 10 games overall. Louisiana is 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games as a favorite.
I get the case to be made for South Alabama here, but the thing with the Jaguars is that South Alabama’s success ATS this season has come at home for the most part. Louisiana hasn’t been pretty with it, but they’ve covered 7 of their last 9 games with a push and are playing the better ball right now. Give me the Cajuns laying the bucket at home here.
