Evansville vs Missouri State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/26/21
Evansville vs Missouri State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/26/21
2021-02-26 19:00:00 EDT
The Missouri State Bears and the Evansville Aces meet in college basketball action from the Ford Center on Friday night.
The Missouri State Bears will look to build on a 68-53 win over Southern Illinois last time out. Isiaih Mosley leads the Bears in scoring with 19.7 PPG along with 6.3 RPG and 3.4 APG while Gaige Prim has 16 PPG with team-highs of 16 PPG, 9.3 RPG and 3.5 APG to lead the Bears in rebounding and assists. Ja’Monta Black has 10.6 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Missouri State so far this season while Demarcus Sharp has 7.8 PPG and 3.2 APG as well this season. As a team, Missouri State is averaging 73.7 PPG on 47.4% shooting from the field, 33.9% from 3-point range and 74.1% from the foul line while allowing 65.8 PPG on 40.7% shooting from the field and 32.1% from 3-point range this season.
The Evansville Aces will try to rebound from a 74-63 loss to Drake last time out. Jawaun Newton leads the Aces in scoring with 12.9 PPG along with 4.2 RPG while Shamar Givance has 12.8 PPG with a team-high 4 APG and 1.6 steals per game. Noah Frederking has 10.6 PPG and Samari Curtis has 10.1 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Evansville up to this point in the season. Jon Levitch also has a team-high 5 RPG. As a team, Evansville is averaging 64.7 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the field, 37.2% from 3-point range and 73% from the foul line while allowing 69.7 PPG on 51.3% shooting from the field and 40.9% from 3-point range this season.
Missouri State is 10-1-1 ATS in their last 12 gmaes against a team with a losing record and 19-6-2 ATS in their last 27 road games while the under is 7-1 in their last 8 games overall. Evansville is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 home games while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games following a loss. The favorite is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings between these two teams.
I’ve gone back and forth a lot on this game, as the Aces have been good at home and have actually played pretty well against the number as of late. However, Missouri State’s simply been the better team over the course of the season and I give a bit of extra credit to win and cover records on the road. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Aces made me eat my words here, but I’ll lay the points with Missouri State as my more comfortable play here.
