Jacksonville State vs Bellarmine 1/24/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Bellarmine Knights and the Jacksonville State Gamecocks meet in college basketball action from the Pete Mathews Coliseum on Monday night.

The Bellarmine Knights will look to build on a 76-73 OT win over Jacksonville last time out. Dylan Penn leads the Knights in scoring and assists with 17.8 PPG and 5.2 APG along with 4.3 RPG while CJ Fleming has 12.3 PPG with 3.2 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Bellarmine up to this point in the year. Curt Hopf has 8.4 PPG with 4.5 RPG and Juston Betz has a team-high 6.8 RPG to lead the Knights on the glass this season. As a team, Bellarmine is averaging 70.8 PPG on 48.8% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 73.4% from the foul line while allowing 67.2 PPG on 44% shooting from three and 33.4% from three this season.

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks will try to add to their seven-game win streak after a 79-71 win over Florida Gulf Coast last time out. Darian Adams leads the Gamecocks in scoring and assists with 15 PPG and 4.4 APG while Demaree King and Jalen Gibbs each have 12.1 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Jacksonville State up to this point in the year. Brandon Huffman leads the Gamecocks on the glass with 6.3 RPG to go along with 9.7 PPG as well this season. As a team, Jacksonville State is averaging 76.8 PPG on 47.1% shooting from the field, 41.5% from three and 67.8% from the foul line while allowing 68 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field and 32% from three this season.

Bellarmine is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following an ATS loss and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. Jacksonville State is 10-1 ATS in their last 11 games against a team with a winning record and 14-4 ATS in their last 18 games following a win while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 home games.

I get the case to be made for Jacksonville State here, as the Gamecocks have been on an absolute tear as of late. However, Bellarmine is no pushover, and while the Gamecocks have been doing well ATS, they’ve been struggling to cover the bigger numbers. Bellarmine’s been on a roll themselves as of late, so I’ll take my chances with the Knights and the points in this one.