Baylor vs Northwestern State 12/28/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Northwestern State Demons and the Baylor Bears meet in college basketball action from the Ferrell Center on Tuesday night.

The Northwestern State Demons come into this one looking to shake off an 80-61 loss at the hands of Texas A&M last time out. Kendal Coleman leads the Demons in scoring and rebounding with 15.3 PPG and 8.5 RPG as the only double-digit scorer for Northwestern State so far this season. Cedric Garrett has 7.4 PPG and Brian White has a team-high 4 APG as well this season. As a team, Northwestern State is averaging 69.5 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field, 29.7% from three and 59.1% from the foul line while allowing 79.7 PPG on 49% shooting from the field and 36.3% from three this season.

The Baylor Bears will look to remain unbeaten after improving to 11-0 with a 94-57 win over Alcorn State last time out. L.J. Cryer leads the Bears in scoring with 13.6 PPG while Kendall Brown has 13.1 PPG with 3.4 RPG. James Akinjo has 11.2 PPG with a team-high 6.1 APG to lead the Bears in assists and cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Baylor up to this point in the season. Adam Flagler has 9.7 PPG and Matthew Moyer has 9.2 PPG while Jonathan Tchamwa-Tchatchoua has 9.1 PPG and a team-high 8.4 RPG to lead the Bears on the glass this season. As a team, Baylor is averaging 81.9 PPG on 48.7% shooting from the field, 35.6% from three and 65.9% from the foul line while allowing 55.8 PPG on 38.7% shooting from the field and 29.6444% from three this season.

I get the case that could be made for the Demons as this feels like a ton of points on the surface, but the Bears have had no problem beating up on lesser teams for much of the season and I think this game ends up being no different. I look for the Bears to be up by 40 before calling off the dogs even if they do, so give me the Baylor Bears laying the points here.