Army vs Loyola-Maryland 1/1/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds and the Army Black Knights meet in college hoops action from Christi Arena on Saturday afternoon.

The Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds will look to build on a 67-54 win over Hampton last time out. Cameron Spencer leads the Greyhounds in scoring with 17.6 PPG along with 4.4 RPG and 3.9 APG while Jaylin Andrews has 14.2 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Loyola-Maryland so far this season. Kenny Jones has 8.5 PPG and a team-high 4.6 APG and Golden Dike has a team-high 6.8 RPG as well this season. As a team, Loyola-Maryland is averaging 68.1 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 31.3% from three and 68.6% from the foul line while allowing 67 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field and 34.1% from three this season.

The Army Black Knights will look to bounce back from a 105-75 loss at the hands of South Carolina last time out. Jalen Rucker leads the Black Knights in scoring with 14.8 PPG along with 4.8 RPG and 2.8 APG while Josh Caldwell has 12.8 PPG with 4.8 RPG and 2.9 APG as well on the year. Charlie Peterson also has 8 PPG with a team-high 6.5 RPG to lead the Black Knights on the glass and Aaron Duhart has a team-high 3.5 APG to lead the Black Knights on the glass this season. As a team, Army is averaging 70.8 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 58.3% from the foul line while allowing 69.1 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field and 33.1% from three this season.

Loyola-Maryland is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600. Army is 1-8 ATS in their last 9 games following an ATS loss and 4-9 ATS in their last 13 home games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.

I get the case that could be made for the over here as both teams have had trouble keeping the points off of the board as of late. However, I think this is going to be a bit of a lower scoring game and I just don’t see this being a game that’s going to get into the 130s let along closer to 140. Give me the under in this one.