Nebraska-Omaha vs SIU-Edwardsville 11/30/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars (2-5) vs. Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (1-5)
November 30, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks +1.5 / Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars -1.5; Over/Under: -136.5
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The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars and the Omaha Mavericks meet in college basketball action from Baxter Arena on Tuesday night.
The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars come into this game looking to shake off a 70-65 loss to Creighton last time out. Ray’Sean Taylor leads the Cougars in scoring with 17.3 PPG along with 4.6 RPG and 2.7 APG while Shaun Doss Jr. has 11.6 PPG and a team-high 6.6 RPG to lead SIUE on the glass this season. Shamar Wright has 10 PPG with 5.9 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for the Cougars this season while Courtney Carter has a team-high 3.3 APG and DeeJuan Pruiitt has 9 PPG and 4.2 RPG. As a team, SIU-Edwardsville is averaging 67.9 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 26.9% from three and 60.7% from the foul line while allowing 69.1 PPG on 43.3% shooting from the field and 33.1% from three this season.
The Omaha Mavericks will be out to bounce back from a 97-40 rout at the hands of Purdue in their last game. Kyle Luedtke leads the Mavericks in scoring and rebounding with 8 PPG and 5 RPG while six other Mavericks have at least 6 PPG and Felix Lemetti has a team-high 2.2 APG as well this season. As a team, Omaha is averaging 54.5 PPG on 34.7% shooting from the field, 28.5% from three and 65.7% from the foul line while allowing 78.3 PPG on 48.1% shooting from the field and 40.7% from three this season.
SIU-Edwardsville is 2-9 ATS in their last 11 Tuesday games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss while the under is 6-1in their last 7 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400. Omaha is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 home games against a team with a losing road record and 1-7-1 ATS in their last 9 Tuesday games while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 games following an ATS loss.
I get that Omaha was playing teams that are far above the calibre of SIUE, but in their last three games, the Mavericks were barely putting up 42 PPG. That’s not going to cut it against even the doormats of division I. SIU-Edwardsville’s had their moments, but they’ve picked up wins here and there while the Mavericks have yet to beat anyone in D-I this year. Give me SIU-Edwardsville laying the point here.
