Iowa vs Alabama State College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds 11/18/21

The Alabama State Hornets and Iowa Hawkeyes meet Thursday in college basketball action at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Alabama State Hornets need a win to rebound from an 0-4 start. The Iowa Hawkeyes look for another win to improve to 4-0 on the year.

The Alabama State Hornets are averaging 66.5 points on 45 percent shooting and allowing 79 points on 42.1 percent shooting. Trace Young is averaging 11 points and 4.8 rebounds, while Isaiah Range is averaging 10.8 points and 5.8 rebounds. Jordan O’Neal is grabbing 4.8 rebounds and Juan Reyna is dishing 0.5 assists. The Alabama State Hornets are shooting 30.7 percent from beyond the arc and 71.2 percent from the free throw line. The Alabama State Hornets are allowing 23.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 30.8 rebounds per game.

The Iowa Hawkeyes are averaging 93.7 points on 48.7 percent shooting and allowing 66.3 points on 40.7 percent shooting. Keegan Murray is averaging 25.3 points and 10.7 rebounds, while Jordan Bohannon is averaging 12.7 points and 1.3 rebounds. Patrick McCaffery is the third double-digit scorer and Kris Murray is dishing 1 assist. The Iowa Hawkeyes are shooting 33.3 percent from beyond the arc and 83.5 percent from the free throw line. The Iowa Hawkeyes are allowing 30.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 39.7 rebounds per game.

The Hornets are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The Hawkeyes are 23-10-3 ATS in their last 36 home games and 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The over is 7-3 in Hornets last 10 road games. The over is 5-0 in Hawkeyes last 5 overall.

The Iowa Hawkeyes are head and shoulders the better team here, but they’re running into a battle tested Alabama State team that hung around with Iowa State on the road and Vanderbilt as well. These games mean a lot more to the Alabama State Hornets than they do Iowa. Boatload of points here. Give me Alabama State.