Evansville vs Southern Illinois 11/30/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Southern Illinois Salukis and the Evansville Aces meet in college basketball action from the Ford Center on Wednesday night.

The Southern Illinois Salukis will try to build on their 64-61 win over Cal Baptist last time out. Marcus Domask leads the Salukis across the board in scoring, rebounding and assists with 19 PPG, 7.2 RPG and 3 APG this season while Lance Jones also has 11.2 PPG with 3 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Southern Illinois up to this point in the season. As a team, Southern Illinois is averaging 63 points per game on 42.3% shooting from the field, 28.4% from three point range and 74.7% from the foul line this season.

The Evansville Aces will hope to bounce back from a 63-56 loss to Fairfield in their last game. Kenny Strawbridge leads the Aces in scoring with 17.6 PPG along with 3.3 RPG while Yacine Toumi has 10.3 PPG and 5.8 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for the Aces up to this point in the year. Marvin Coleman II also has a team-high 7.1 RPG and 2.3 APG this season. As a team, Evansville is averaging 60.5 PPG on 36.9% shooting from the field, 26.8% from three and 62.2% from the foul line this season.

Southern Illinois is 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 road games against a team with a losing home record while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 road games. Evansville is 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 home games while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record.

I get the case to be made for a home underdog in some spots, but this isn’t one of them. Evansville remains one of the worst teams in college basketball, while Southern Illinois still has a solid roster from top to bottom and is fully in line to blow out Evansville in this game. I think we have a double-digit win for SIU incoming, so I’ll lay the points with the Salukis here.