Iowa State vs Grambling State 11/21/2021 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds

The Grambling State Tigers and the Iowa State Cyclones meet in college basketball action from the Hilton Coliseum on Sunday night.

The Grambling State Tigers will look to bounce back from an 86-61 loss to New Mexico in their last game. Danya Kingsby leads the Tigers in scoring with 15.3 PPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Grambling State so far this season. Cam Christon has 9 PPG with 3.3 RPG and Prince Moss has 8 PPG with 4 RPG while Malik Lamin has a team-high 6.3 RPG and Tra’Michael Moton has a team-high 3.3 APG as well this season. As a team, Grambling State is averaging 58.7 PPG on 39.1% shooting from the field, 40.9% from three and 69.2% from the foul line while allowing 82.7 PPG on 46% shooting from the field and 35.4% from three this season.

The Iowa State Cyclones will try to add to a 68-60 win over Alabama State last time out. Izaiah Brockington leads the Cyclones in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 17 PPG and 10.3 RPG while Gabe Kalscheur has 14 PPG with 2.7 APG. Tyrese Hunter has 13 PPG with 3.3 RPG and a team-high 6 APG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Iowa State up to this point in the season. As a team, Iowa State is averaging 70.7 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 22.5% from three and 70.2% from the foul line while allowing 61 PPG on 40.1% shooting from the field and 24.6% from three this season.

Grambling State is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 8-1 in their last 9 games following an ATS loss. Iowa State is 0-7-1 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 and 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games following a win.

This is a big of a tricky game as we can’t forget that this Iowa State team went winless in Big 12 play last year, but Grambling State’s been pummelled in all of their action so far this season. I think this is just a spot where you see a power-6 team take it to a mid-major so I’ll lay the points with Iowa State in this spot.