Ball State vs Georgia Southern 12/21/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Georgia Southern Eagles and the Ball State Cardinals meet in college basketball action from the Worthen Arena on Wednesday night.

The Georgia Southern Eagles will look to build on a 54-53 win over Campbell last time out. Andrei Savrasov leads the Eagles in scoring with 13.1 PPG along with 6.8 RPG while Jalen Finch has 10.6 PPG with 3.8 RPG and a team-high 3.5 APG to lead the Eagles in assists and to finish off the pair of double-digit scorers for Georgia Southern this season. Carlos Curry also has 9.3 PPG and a team-high 7.4 RPG to lead the Eagles on the boards this season. As a team, Georgia Southern is averaging 69.2 PPG on 45.3% shooting from the field, 28.6% from three and 65.7% from the foul line this season.

The Ball State Cardinals will look to build on their 83-69 win over Illinois State last time out. Payton Sparks leads the Cardinals in scoring and rebounding with 14.5 PPG and 8 RPG while Jaylin Sellers has 14.2 PPG with 4.3 RPG and Jarron Coleman has 13.2 PPG with 5.2 RPG and a team-high 3.7 APG to lead the Cardinals in the assist department this season. Demarius Jacobs has 12.3 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 3.4 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Ball State so far this season. As a team, Ball State is averaging 78.7 PPG on 49.4 shooting from the field, 39.4% from three and 70.3% from the foul line this season.

Georgia Southern is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Wednesday games and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games following a win. Ball State is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 12-3 ATS in their last 15 home games while the over is 21-8-1 in their last 30 games following a win.

I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I like the Ball State Cardinals at home here. Georgia Southern hasn’t played a true road game in over a month, but when they did, the Eagles were getting beat up left and right by double-digits. Ball State is far from a world-beater, but they’re solid at home from what we’ve seen and haven’t had many opportunities to this point to play at home in front of their fans. All in all, I think Ball State adds to Georgia Southern’s road woes here with a win and cover at home. Give me Ball State.