Missouri State vs South Dakota State 12/15/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits and the Missouri State Bears meet in college basketball action from the JQH Arena on Wednesday night.

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits come into this game looking to add to a 77-74 win over Washington State last time out. Noah Freidel leads the Jackrabbits in scoring with 20.1 PPG while Baylor Scheierman has 14 PPG with team-highs of 9.2 RPG and 4.1 APG to lead the Jackrabbits in assists and rebounding. Doug Wilson has 13.8 PPG with 5.4 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for South Dakota State so far this season. As a team, South Dakota State is averaging 89.3 PPG on 51.1% shooting from the field, 45.5% from three and 72% from the foul line while allowing 78.9 PPG on 44.8% shooting from the field and 35.9% from three this season.

The Missouri State Bears will be out to build on a 69-60 win over Oral Roberts in their last game. Isiaih Mosley leads the Bears in scoring with 17.4 PPG along with 5.1 RPG while Gaige Prim has 16.7 PPG and a team-high 9.1 RPG to lead the Bears on the glass. Jaylen Minnett has 13 PPG and Ja’Monta Black has 10.2 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Missouri State up to this point in the season. As a team, Missouri State is averaging 78.1 PPG on 47.2% shooting from the field, 37.1% from three and 79.9% from the foul line while allowing 67.9 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field and 36.1% from three this season.

South Dakota State is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games following a win while the over is 21-6 in their last 27 games following a win. Missouri State is 0-5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 27-9-1 ATS in their last 37 games following a win while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 Wednesday games.

This is an interesting matchup between two profitable mid-majors, but I’m still looking at the over here. Sure, Missouri State’s stepped up the defense lately, but South Dakota State’s bringing arguably the toughest test the Bears’ defense has had so far this season. Meanwhile, the Bears are more than capable of scoring in their own right and South Dakota State’s been prone to giving up their fair share of points as well this season. Give me the over in this track meet.