Memphis vs Arkansas-Little Rock 12/6/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Little Rock Trojans and the Memphis Tigers meet in college basketball action from the FedExForum on Tuesday night.

The Little Rock Trojans will try to snap a three-game losing streak after a 90-68 loss to San Francisco last time out. D.J. Smith leads the Trojans in scoring with 13.5 PPG while Myron Gardner has 12.5 PPg with team-highs of 9.6 RPG and 3.6 APG to lead the Trojans in rebounding and assists this season. DeAntoni Gordon also has 10.4 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Little Rock up to this point in the season. As a team, Little Rock is averaging 72.3 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field, 30.6% from three and 69% from the foul line this season.

The Memphis Tigers will look to build on their 68-57 win over Ole Miss in their last game. Kendric Davis leads the Tigers in scoring and assists, logging 18.6 PPG and 4.9 APG while DeAndre Williams has 13.8 PPG and a team-high 7.6 RPG to lead the Tigers in rebounding as the only other double-digit scorer for Memphis up to this point in the season. As a team, Memphis is averaging 71.9 PPG on 44.8% shooting from the field, 31.1% from three and 73.2% from the foul line this season.

Little Rock is 6-20 ATS in their last 26 road games and 8-21-1 ATS in their last 30 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Memphis is 17-6 ATS in their last 23 games overall and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS win.

I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m looking at the under. I don’t think that Little Rock will be able to figure out this Memphis Tigers defense, but I’m also not sure that I trust this Memphis group to cover a number that’s defense first. I think this ends up coming in under the number.