Arkansas State vs Southeast Missouri State 12/14/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Southeast Missouri State and the Arkansas State Red Wolves meet in college basketball action from the First National Bank Arena on Wednesday night.

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks will try to bounce back from an 89-68 loss to IPFW last time out. Phillip Russell leads the Redhawks in scoring and assists with 16.8 PPG and 4.7 APG while Chris Harris has 11.2 PPG with 4.4 RPG and Israel Barnes has 14.8 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for the Redhawks up to this point in the season. Kobe Clark also has 9.4 RPG to lead the Redhawks on the glass up to this point in the season. As a team, Southeast Missouri State is averaging 73 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 33.2% from three and 71.8% from the foul line this season.

The Arkansas State Red Wolves will be on the hunt to bounce back after an 80-55 loss to Air Force last time out. Caleb Fields leads the Red Wolves in scoring and assists with 12.3 PPG and 5 APG while Malcolm Farrington has 11.6 PPG to cap off the pair of double-digit scorers for Arkansas State so far this season. Omar El-Sheikh has a team-high 7.7 RPG to lead A-State on the glass this year. As a team, Arkansas State is averaging 67.9 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field, 34% from three and 64.1% from the foul line this season.

Southeast Missouri State is 11-3-1 ATS in their last 15 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS loss. Arkansas State is 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 Wednesday games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a loss by 20+ points while the under is 7-1 in their last 8 games overall.

I get the reasoning for backing either side in this game, but I’m actually leaning towards the under here. Both of these teams have had issues defensively, but neither side is strong enough on the offensive side to be able to take advantage of the other team’s shortcomings on that end of the floor. I just think that everyone’s going to anticipate a track meet here and be extremely disappointed when all is said and done. Give me the under here.