Drake vs Loyola-Chicago 3/6/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (24-7) vs. Drake Bulldogs (24-9)
March 6, 2022 2:00 pm EDT
The Line: Drake Bulldogs / Loyola-Chicago Ramblers ; Over/Under: -
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The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers and the Drake Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Enterprise Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers will look to build some momentum after taking down the top seed Northern Iowa Panthers 66-43 in the semifinals. Lucas Williamson leads the Ramblers in scoring and rebounding with 14.1 PPG with 4.8 RPG and 2.9 APG while Braden Norris has 10.8 PPG and a team-high 4.1 APG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for Loyola-Chicago this year as the Ramblers’ top assist man. Aher Uguak and Ryan Schwieger each have 9+ PPG this season as well. As a team, Loyola-Chicago is averaging 74.7 PPG on 48.9% shooting from the field, 38.8% from three and 72.5% from the foul line while allowing 62.9 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field and 32.6% from three this season.
The Drake Bulldogs will try to build on their 79-78 OT win over Missouri State in their semifinal matchup last time out. Tucker Devries leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 13.6 PPG along with 4.5 RPG while Garrett Sturtz has 11 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG and Roman Penn has 10.7 PPG with 3.8 APG this season. D.J. Wilkins has 10.3 PPG while ShanQuan Hemphill has 10.1 PPG with 5.5 RPG to finish off the group of double-digit scorers for Drake so far this season. As a team, Drake is averaging 74.1 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 75.1% from the foul line while allowing 66.3 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field and 34.2% from three this season.
I get why you’d look at Drake here as the Bulldogs have been on a tear coming into the conference tournament. However, Loyola-Chicago’s dominated in their first two games and are in a from that they can ride into this game to try to upend Drake for the first time this season. Drake looked good in beating the Ramblers twice in the regular season, but I look for the Ramblers to get revenge in the strongest way possible, in the conference title game. Give me the Ramblers here to go dancing.
