Central Arkansas vs Southeastern Louisiana College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/3/21

The Southeast Louisiana Lions and the Central Arkansas Bears meet in college basketball action from the Farris Center on Wednesday night.

The Southeast Louisiana Lions will try to bounce back from a 79-61 loss to Northwestern State last time out. Keon Clergeot leads the way in scoring with 15.5 PPG along with 3.5 RPG and 2.2 APG while Gus Okafor has 12.1 PPG with 7 RPG to lead the Lions on the glass and Joe Kasperyk has 10.1 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for the Lions up to this point in the season. Nick Caldwell also has 9 PPG and 5 RPG for the Lions this season. As a team, Southeast Louisiana is averaging 67.9 PPG on 39.4% shooting from the field and 29.3% from three while allowing 77.4 PPG on 47.7% shooting from the field and 35.6% from three this season.

The Central Arkansas Bears will look for a bounce back after a 79-66 loss to Stephen F. Austin last time out. Rylan Bergersen leads the Bears in scoring and assists with 17 PPG and 4.6 APG along with 4.1 RPG while Collin Cooper has 10.6 PPG and DeAndre Jones has 10.5 PPG with 3.7 APG as well to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Central Arkansas this season. Eddy Kayouloud also has 9.9 PPG with 4.7 RPG and 2.3 APG and Khaleem Bennett has 9.2 PPG with 3.5 RPG while Jared Chatham has 8.6 PPG and a team-high 7 RPG to lead the Bears on the glass heading into Wednesday’s matchup. As a team, Central Arkansas is averaging 70.1 PPG on 43.5% shooting from the field and 35% from three while allowing 81 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field and 36.4% from three this season.

Southeast Louisiana is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games against a team with a losing home record while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games following a loss. Central Arkansas is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 0-7-1 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a double-digit home loss. The home team is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings between these two teams.

I get Central Arkansas being favored because they’re at home, but realistically, the Bears are not the better team here. They have a worse record at home both SU & ATS than Southeast Louisiana does on the road, and the Lions have just enough to get themselves over the hump with a win and cover in this one so I’ll take the Lions and the free points thought I don’t think we need it.