Jacksonville State vs Murray State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/25/21
Jacksonville State vs Murray State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/25/21
2021-02-25 20:30:00 EDT
The Murray State Racers and the Jacksonville State Gamecocks meet in college basketball action from the Pete Mathews Coliseum on Thursday night.
The Murray State Racers will look to add to an 89-62 win over SIU-Edwardsville last time out. KJ Williams leads the Racers in scoring and rebounding with 15.7 PPG and 8.7 RPG while Tevin Brown has 14.4 PPG with 5.8 RPG and a team-high 4.3 APG to lead the Racers in assists and Chico Carter Jr. has 12.5 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Murray State up to this point in the season. As a team, Murray State’s averaging 77.7 PPG on 50.8% shooting from the field, 37% from 3-point range and 67.3% from the foul line while allowing 65.8 PPG on 41.4% shooting from the field and 30.4% from 3-point range this season.
The Jacksonville State Gamecocks will look to build on a 77-76 win over Tennessee State last time out. Darian Adams leads the Gamecocks in scoring with 15.1 PPG with 4.7 RPG and 3.3 APG while Jalen Finch leads the Gamecocks in assists with 11.6 PPG 4 RPG and 4.8 APG to lead the Gamecocks in assists on the year. Brandon Huffman also has 10.2 PPG with a team-hgih 6.1 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for J. State up to this point in the season. As a team, Jacksonville State is averaging 74.2 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field, 34.7% from 3-point range and 69.2% from the foul line while allowing 68.4 PPG on 41.3% shooting from the field and 32.7% from 3-point range this season.
Murray State is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games while the under is 23-9-2 in their last 34 games overall. Jacksonville State is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 home games while the over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games overall. The underdog is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings between these two teams.
I went back and forth on this game and both teams have been playing well and Murray State’s back to covering numbers, but let’s not forget that the Gamecocks have been playing just as good as Murray State, I think we could just see a heavyweight battle here between two of the better teams in the OVC, and if that’s what’s shaking out, I want the points in my back pocket here.
