Alabama vs Oakland College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds 11/19/2021
Oakland Golden Grizzlies (2-1) vs. Alabama Crimson Tide (3-0)
November 19, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Alabama Crimson Tide -15.5 / Oakland Golden Grizzlies +15.5; Over/Under: -149.5
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The Oakland Golden Grizzlies and the Alabama Crimson Tide meet in college basketball action from Coleman Coliseum on Friday night.
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies come into this game on the heels of an 80-59 beatdown win over Toledo in their last game. Jamal Cain leads Oakland in scoring and rebounding with 19.3 PPG and 12 RPG while Jalen Moore has 12.3 PPG with 4 RPG and a team-high 7 APG to lead the Grizzlies in assists. Trey Townsend has 11 PPG with 7 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Oakland up to this point in the season while Blake Lampman also has 9.7 PPG. As a team, Oakland is averaging 63 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field, 21.6% from three and 69.4% from the foul line while allowing 58 PPG on 38.7% shooting from the field and 21.7% from three this season.
The Alabama Crimson Tide will look to add to a 73-68 win over South Alabama last time out. Jaden Shackelford has a team-high 19.3 PPG along with 7.3 RPG while Keon Ellis leads Bama with 9.3 RPG to go along with his 17 PPG this season. Jahvon Gregory has 14.3 PPG with 4 RPG and a team-high 5 APG while Darius Miles has 11.3 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Alabama up to this point in the season. As a team, Alabama is averaging 90 PPg on 47.8% shooting from the field, 33% from three and 66.1% from the foul line while allowing 73.3 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field and 26.8% from three this season.
Oakland is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 Friday games while the over is 9-2 in their last 11 games following a win. Alabama is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Friday games and 13-6 ATS in their last 19 home games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.
I get why the Tide would be favored here, as they’re the better team on paper and have a solid roster that’s primed for another tournament run. However, the Tide really blew my mind with letting South Alabama hang around for much of that game and I just need to see a bounce back before jumping right back on the Tide here. Oakland is looking like the team that no one would be surprised if they beat one of the big boys like they had in recent years and I think they’re more than capable of hanging with Bama here. Give me the Golden Grizzlies and the points.
