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East Tennessee State vs Chattanooga 2/23/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

Chattanooga Mocs (22-7) vs. East Tennessee State Buccaneers (14-15)
February 23, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: East Tennessee State Buccaneers +3.5 / Chattanooga Mocs -3.5; Over/Under: -140.5
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The Chattanooga Mocs and the East Tennessee State Buccaneers meet in college basketball action from the Freedom Hall Civic Center on Wednesday night.

The Chattanooga Mocs will look to rebound from back-to-back losses after an 80-75 loss to VMI last time out. Malachi Smith leads the Mocs in scoring and assists with 20.6 PPG and 3.2 APG while David Jean-Baptiste has 15.1 PPG and Silvio De Sousa has 11.5 PPG with a team-high 6.9 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Chattanooga so far this season. As a team, Chattanooga is averaging 75 PPG on 46.9% shooting from the field, 35.2% from three and 75.5% from the foul line while allowing 64.8 PPG on 42% shooting from the field and 29.8% from three this season.

The East Tennessee State Buccaneers will look to build on a 77-67 road win over the Citadel last time out. Ledarrius Brewer leads the Buccaneers in scoring with 14.9 PPG with 5.2 RPG while Jordan King has 14.6 PPG with 2.3 APG. David Sloan has 12.3 PPG with a team-high 5.1 APG to lead the Bucs in assists and Ty Brewer has 10.2 PPG with a team-high 6.6 RPG to lead the Buccaneers on the glass and to make up the group of double-digit scorers for East Tennessee State up to this point in the season. As a team, East Tennessee State is averaging 71.7 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 35.4% from three and 73% from the foul line while allowing 72.4 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field and 33.5% from three this season.

Chattanooga is 21-5-1 ATS in their last 27 games against a team with a losing record and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a loss. East Tennessee State is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following a win and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Wednesday games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.

I get the case to be made either way here as Chattanooga’s the better team but ETSU’s played in a ton of close games in conference play, win or lose. With that said, I’m still leaning towards Chattanooga here as the Mocs have just been so good on both ends of the floor and have been a cover machine against teams with losing records, covering 21 of the last 27 games in that spot. I’ll lay the low number with the Mocs here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Chattanooga -3.5

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