Merrimack vs St. Francis-Brooklyn 12/29/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The St. Francis (BKN) Terriers and the Merrimack Warriors meet in college basketball action from Hammel Court on Wednesday night.

The St. Francis (BKN) Terriers will look to build on their 113-51 win over subdivision Medgar Evans in their last game. Michael Cubbage leads the Terriers in scoring and rebounding with 11.5 PPG and 6.1 RPG while Patrick Emillen has 10.5 PPG with 5.6 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for St. Francis *BKN) so far this season. Rob Higgins also has 9.2 PPG and a team-high 2.8 APG to lead the Terriers in assists while Larry Moreno has 8.6 PPG as well this season. As a team, St. Francis (BKN) is averaging 67.8 PPG on 40.9% shooting from the field, 29.4% from three and 67.4% from the foul line while allowing 70.4 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field and 32.5% from three this season.

The Merrimack Warriors will look to build on their 49-47 win over Maine last time out. Jordan Minor leads Merrimack in scoring and rebounding with 14.2 PPG and 6.5 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for the Warriors this season while Malik Edmead has 8.8 PPG and Mikey Watkins has 8.5 PPG with 4 RPG and a team-high 3 APG as well this season. As a team, Merrimack is averaging 55.6 points per game on 37.1% shooting from the field, 30% from three point range and 70.9% from the foul line while allowing 62.1 points per game on 42.8% shooting from the field and 33.3% from behind the arc this season.

I get why Merrimack would be laying points at home, but realistically, I’m not buying it The Warriors have one of the worst scoring units in the country and while they’ve had their issues, this is a St. Francis team that snagged covers against St. John’s and Penn State while also winning their last two road games outright. Merrimack just doesn’t score enough to really make sense with laying points here, so give me the Terriers and the points in this one.