IPFW vs Southeast Missouri State 12/11/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks and the IPFW Mastodons meet in college basketball action from Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks will be out to build on their 75-73 win over Evansville in their last matchup. Eric Reed Jr. leads the Redhawks in scoring with 16.2 PPG while Phillip Russell has 13.4 PPG with 2.8 APG and Chris Harris has posted 11.8 PPG with a team-high 2.9 APG to lead the Redhawks in assists while rounding out the trio of double-digit scorers for Southeast Missouri State this season. DQ Nicholas also has 8.3 PPG and Nygal Russell has 7.3 PPG with a team-high 7.1 RPG to lead the Redhawks on the glass. As a team, Southeast Missouri State is averaging 75 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field, 33% from three and 75.9% from the foul line while allowing 75.4 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field and 37.9% from three this season.

The IPFW Mastodons come into this game as losers of 4 of their last 5 games following an 80-59 beatdown at the hands of SIU-Edwardsville last time out. Jarred Godfrey leads the Mastodons in scoring and assists with 17.9 PPG along with 4.4 RPG while Jalon Pipkins has 13 PPG and Ra Kpedi leads the Mastodons on the glass with 11.4 PPG and a team-high 7.4 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for IPFW as their top rebounder. Deonte Billups also has 9.9 PPG for IPFW this season. As a team, IPFW is averaging 73 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 76.1% from the foul line while allowing 73.2 PPG on 47.4% shooting from the field and 37.9% from three this season.

Southeast Missouri State is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games against a team with a winning home record while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games following an ATS win. IPFW is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a loss and 11-3 ATS in their last 14 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 Saturday games.

This is a bit of a tricky game to try to figure out, but I’m leaning towards IPFW and laying the points here. The Mastodons have bounced back from losses fairly well and have done well against teams with winning records while covering the number hasn’t necessarily been their jam in recent games. Give me the Mastodons laying the points here.