Arkansas State vs Appalachian State 2/25/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Appalachian State Mountaineers and the Arkansas State Red Wolves meet in college basketball action from the First National Bank Arena on Friday night.

The Appalachian State Mountaineers will look to build on a 78-66 win over Little Rock in their last game. Adrian Delph leads App State in scoring with 17.2 PPG with 5.4 RPG while Donovan Gregory has 10.7 PPG with 5.4 RPG and Michael Almonacy has 10.3 PPG with a team-high 3.1 APG to lead the Mountaineers in assists and to make up the group of double-digit scorers for App State so far this season. Justin Forrest also has 8.9 PPG while James Lewis Jr. leads the Mountaineers on the glass with 6.1 RPG as well this season. As a team, Appalachian State is averaging 66.9 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field, 32.6% from three and 64.9% from the foul line while allowing 62.4 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 29.7% from three this season.

The Arkansas State Red Wolves will try to rebound after a 74-69 loss at the hands of Coastal Carolina in their last game. Norchad Omier leads the Red Wolves in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 17.4 PPG and 12.1 RPG while Desi Sills has 12.7 PPG with 3 APG and Marquis Eaton’s got 11.6 PPG with 3.5 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for A-State this season. Caleb Fields also has 7.4 PPG with a team-high 4.5 APG to lead the Red Wolves in assists this year. As a team, Arkansas State is averaging 71.2 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field, 31.1% from three and 74.7% from the foul line while allowing 68.2 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field and 32.9% from three this season.

Appalachian State is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 road games and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600 while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 road games. Arkansas State is 11-3 ATS in their last 14 games following a loss and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 Friday games while the under is 8-2 in their last 10 games following a loss.

I get the case to be made for Arkansas State laying points at home in this one, but Arkansas State is pretty much middling out in the Sun Belt and are just playing for positioning at this point. The Mountaineers on the other hand, are still in the mix for the Sun Belt regular season championship and need to keep winning to keep that championship a possibility. I’ll side with App State and the free bucket in this one.