Alabama State vs Grambling State 3/5/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Grambling Tigers will travel to Dunn-Oliver Acadome to take on the Alabama State Hornets this Saturday night in College Basketball action.

The Grambling Tigers lost their 3^rd straight game and dropped to 11-18 on the season after being defeated by the Alabama A&M Bulldogs, 71-63, this past Thursday. Grambling struggled to get anything going offensively against Alabama A&M and could not fight back after the Bulldogs took a 62-51 lead with 3:35 left in regulation. Grambling shot 35.7% from the field & 28.6% from beyond the arc while allowing Alabama A&M to shoot 40.7% from the field & 41.7% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Tigers was Zahad Munford who had 18 points, 6 rebounds, & 2 steals.

On the season, Grambling is averaging 65.6 ppg on 40.6% shooting from the field. The Tigers are averaging 5.1 three-pointers per game on 32.1% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Grambling has been led by Cam Christon (13.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.0 apg), Tra’Michael Moton (10.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.4 spg), A.J. Taylor (7.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.0 bpg), & Shawndarius Cowart (7.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.2 spg).

Defensively, Grambling is allowing their opponents to an average of 73.7 ppg on 42.0% shooting from the field. The Tigers have a rebound margin of -3.9 and a turnover margin of -0.2.

The Alabama State Hornets improved to 8-21 on the season after defeating the Southern Jaguars, 77-67, this past Thursday. Alabama State was outstanding on the offensive end against Southern and was able to pull away after a Gerald Liddell jumper gave the Hornets a 67-58 lead with 2:47 left in regulation. Alabama State shot 53.2% from the field & 42.9% from beyond the arc while allowing Southern to shoot 41.1% from the field & 14.3% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Hornets was Gerald Liddell who had a double-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks, & 1 steal.

On the season, Alabama State is averaging 69.4 ppg on 42.4% shooting from the field. The Hornets are averaging 6.2 three-pointers per game on 33.0% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Alabama State has been led by Trace Young (11.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.3 apg), Kenny Strawbridge (10.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.3 spg), Gerald Liddell (10.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.0 spg), & Isaiah Range (9.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.3 spg).

Defensively, Alabama State is allowing their opponents to an average of 75.2 ppg on 44.1% shooting from the field. The Hornets have a rebound margin of -2.5 and a turnover margin of -1.2.

The Tigers are 5-5 ATS in their last 10 games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games. The Hornets are 3-1 ATS in their last 4 games, however, just 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following a straight up win.

Grambling has lost 5 of their last 6 games and has struggled on both end of the court this season as the Tigers come into this game ranked just 305^th in scoring offense, 322^nd in FG%, & 289^th in scoring defense. Alabama State has also struggled this season, however, the Hornets have played well as of late with wins over Southern & Bethune-Cookman and as they already were able to defeat Grambling by an 80-72 margin on the road earlier this season, I think the Hornets do enough to cover this small home spread. Good Luck!