Arkansas State vs Louisiana-Lafayette 2/5/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (10-10) vs. Arkansas State Red Wolves (14-6)
February 5, 2022 5:00 pm EDT
The Line: Arkansas State Red Wolves -2.5 / Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns +2.5; Over/Under: +141
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The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and the Arkansas State Red Wolves meet in college basketball action from the First National Bank Arena on Saturday.
The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns will look to build on their 75-51 road win over Little Rock last time out. Jordan Brown leads the Cajuns in scoring with 14.8 PPG and 8.7 RPG while Kobe Julien has 11 PPG to cap off the pair of double-digit scorers for Louisiana so far this season. As a team, Louisiana is averaging 70.8 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field, 34.6% from three and 66.3% from the foul line while allowing 68.2 PPG on 41.4% shooting from the field and 29.8% from three this season.
The Arkansas State Red Wolves will look to find some consistency after alternating wins and losses in each of their last four games following a 60-59 loss to Louisiana-Monroe last time out. Norchad Omier leads the Red Wolves in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 17.3 PPG and 11.9 RPG while Desi Sills has 13.2 PPG with 3.2 APG and Marquis Eaton’s got 12.4 PPG with 3.7 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for A-State this season. Caleb Fields also has 8.1 PPG with a team-high 4.9 APG to lead the Red Wolves in assists this year. As a team, Arkansas State is averaging 73.1 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field, 33% from three and 74.5% from the foul line while allowing 67.9 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field and 31.6% from three this season.
Louisiana is 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a road underdog and 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall. Arkansas State is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Saturday games while the under is 9-2 in their last 11 home games.
I think a case could be made either way here as both teams have had inconsistencies in the win-loss column as of late. However, Arkansas State is the better team statistically on both ends of the floor and we just haven’t seen all that much from Louisiana on the road to put a lot of stock in just one road win in my opinion. Give me the Red Wolves laying the bucket at home here.
