The Austin Peay Governors and the Dayton Flyers meet Saturday in college basketball action from UD Arena. Austin Peay is 1-2 on the year so far. The Governors are coming off a loss to Fort Wayne in their last outing. As for Dayton, they’re 1-2 as well and lost to Lipscomb in their most recent appearance. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
Austin Peay started out the year against Tennessee Southern and played pretty well. The Governors scored 46 points in the second half in that one during an 86-79 win. In game two against Southern Illinois, Austin Peay took their first defeat in a 73-55 result.
The Governors matched up against Fort Wayne in their last outing. Austin Peay could only find 25 first-half points on the way to a frustrating 65-60 loss. Leading the scoring was Tariq Silver with 15 points, three rebounds and three assists.
Over on the Dayton side, they were down 32-25 at halftime in their opener versus UIC, but surged from there in a 64-54 win. Game two was the Flyers’ first loss. They couldn’t come back against UMass Lowell and ended up falling 59-58 in a tough one.
In game three against Lipscomb, Dayton had another rough game. The Flyers fell behind 38-28 at halftime and didn’t get any closer in a 78-59 loss. Toumani Camara, Elijah Weaver and Malachi Smith all led the team with 11 points apiece.
Dayton is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 after an ATS loss and 0-5 ATS in their last five overall. The Flyers are 7-2 ATS in their last nine after a straight-up loss.
Meanwhile, the Governors are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 Saturday games and 1-6 ATS in their last seven road games. Austin Peay is 1-5 ATS in their last six overall.
PICK: I’m going to stick with Dayton. The Flyers are coming off a pretty flat offensive effort against Lipscomb, however. They’re going to need to make some adjustments. The good news is that Dayton got a lot of players involved during their last game; five of them had eight points or more.
As for Austin Peay, they shot just 38.3 percent against Fort Wayne with 17 total turnovers. I like this one to be a higher-scoring game, with the Governors eventually losing the pace in the second half.