The Little Rock Trojans and the Memphis Tigers meet in college basketball action from the FedExForum on Tuesday night.
The Little Rock Trojans will try to snap a three-game losing streak after a 90-68 loss to San Francisco last time out. D.J. Smith leads the Trojans in scoring with 13.5 PPG while Myron Gardner has 12.5 PPg with team-highs of 9.6 RPG and 3.6 APG to lead the Trojans in rebounding and assists this season. DeAntoni Gordon also has 10.4 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Little Rock up to this point in the season. As a team, Little Rock is averaging 72.3 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field, 30.6% from three and 69% from the foul line this season.
The Memphis Tigers will look to build on their 68-57 win over Ole Miss in their last game. Kendric Davis leads the Tigers in scoring and assists, logging 18.6 PPG and 4.9 APG while DeAndre Williams has 13.8 PPG and a team-high 7.6 RPG to lead the Tigers in rebounding as the only other double-digit scorer for Memphis up to this point in the season. As a team, Memphis is averaging 71.9 PPG on 44.8% shooting from the field, 31.1% from three and 73.2% from the foul line this season.
Little Rock is 6-20 ATS in their last 26 road games and 8-21-1 ATS in their last 30 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Memphis is 17-6 ATS in their last 23 games overall and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS win.
I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m looking at the under. I don’t think that Little Rock will be able to figure out this Memphis Tigers defense, but I’m also not sure that I trust this Memphis group to cover a number that’s defense first. I think this ends up coming in under the number.