Murray State vs Bellarmine College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/13/2021

The Bellarmine Knights and the Murray State Racers meet in college basketball action from the CFSB Center on Saturday night.

The Bellarmine Knights will be looking to rebound from a 96-67 loss to Purdue in their season opener last time out. CJ Fleming and Dylan Penn were the lone Knights to score in double figures, each logging 14 points with Fleming putting in 4 threes while Penn had a team-high 5 assists. As a team, Bellarmine shot just 40.7% from the field, 34.3% from three and 87.5% from the foul line in the losing effort.

The Murray State Racers will look to build on a 109-77 win over Cumberland University in their last game. KJ Williams led the Racers with 32 points on an efficient 12 of 13 from the field with 5 threes while Tevin Brown had 21 points on 6 of 11 shooting with 4 threes, 7 rebounds and 5 assists and Justice Hill added 12 points with 8 assists to cap off the trio of double-digit scoers for Murray State in the winning effort. DJ Burns added 4 points and a team-high 9 rebounds while Carter Collins had 8 points and 4 assists. As a team, Murray State shot 63.3% from the field, 50% from three and 66.7% from the foul line in the winning effort.

Bellarmine is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the over is 8-1-1 in their last 10 road games. Murray State is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 36-17 ATS in their last 53 Saturday games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win.

I am usually hesitant to back teams coming in off of a game against a subdivision team because the lack of competition could haunt a team like Murray State once you face real opposition. With that said, I think Murray State’s still the better team here by a fair margin and as much as I give kudos to Bellarmine for battling Purdue, I think Murray State’s just too much here. Give me the Racers.