Austin Peay vs Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 1/31/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars and the Austin Peay Governors meet in college basketball action from the Winfield Dunn Center on Monday night.

The SiU-Edwardsville Cougars will look to bounce back from a six-game losing streak after an 85-77 loss to Southeast Missouri State last time out. Ray’Sean Taylor leads the Cougars in scoring with 17.8 PPG along with 4.9 RPG while Shaun Doss Jr. has 11.5 PPG with 5 RPG and DeeJuan Pruitt has 10.1 PPG with a team-high 7 RPG to lead the Cougars on the glass and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for SIUE so far this season. Shamar Wright has 9.3 PPG with 4.6 RPG and Courtney Carter has 7 PPG with 4.5 RPG and a team-high 3.4 APG as well to lead the Cougars in the assist department. As a team, SIU-Edwardsville is averaging 69.7 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field, 29.1% from three and 66.5% from the foul line while allowing 70 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field and 32.4% from three this season.

The Austin Peay Governors will look to build on their 58-55 win over Tennessee Tech last time out. Elijah Hutchins-Everett leads Austin Peay in scoring and rebounding with 13.2 PPG and 7.5 RPG while Tariq Silver has 11.2 PPG and Caleb Stone-Carrawell has 12.2 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Austin Peay so far this season. Cameron Copeland has 9.6 PPG while Carlos Paez has a team-high 3.4 APG as well for the Governors this year. As a team, Austin Peay is averaging 67.4 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 31.4% from three and 70.6% from the foul line while allowing 70.4 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field and 27.3% from three this season.

SIU-Edwardsville is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games following an ATS loss. Austin Peay is 3-7-1 ATS in their last 11 games overall and 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.

I get the case to be made for the Governors laying points at home here but the reality is that the Governors have had serious scoring issues as of late that I’m not sure that even a game against SIU-Edwardsville can solve. The Cougars haven’t been great, losing six straight and eight of nine, but the Cougars are able to score a lot more consistently than Austin Peay and getting a free bucket here seems like the play although it’s not a game I’m rushing to the window to bet.