Nebraska-Omaha vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12/11/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders (8-1) vs. Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (1-8)
December 11, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks PK / Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders PK; Over/Under: +140
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The Texas A&M-CC Islanders and the Omaha Mavericks meet in college basketball action from Baxter Arena on Saturday night.
The Texas A&M-CC Islanders come into this game looking to add to a 75-69 win over UTRGV last time out. Isaac Mushila leads the Islanders in scoring and rebounding with 16.8 PPG and 9.8 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Corpus Christi so far this season. Terrion Murdix has a team-high 4.2 APG and Trevian Tennyson and Myles Smith each have 9.8 PPG. Simeon Fryer’s also chipped in 9.6 PPG as well this season. As a team, Texas A&M-CC is averaging 81.7 PPG on 48.2% shooting from the field, 33.1% from three and 71.4% from the foul line while allowing 68.1 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field and 30.7% from three this season.
The Omaha Mavericks will be out to bounce back from a 78-70 loss to Drake in their last game. Kyle Luedtke leads the Mavericks in scoring and rebounding with 9.2 PPG and 4.8 RPG while Darrius Hughes has 8 PPG and Felix Lemetti’s chipped in 2.1 APG for Omaha this season. As a team, Omaha is averaging 60.3 PPG on 38% shooting from the field, 33.2% from three and 70.5% from the foul line while allowing 79.4 PPG on 48% shooting from the field and 40.9% from three this season.
Texas A&M-CC is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games while the over is 9-2 in their last 11 Saturday games. Omaha is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 home games.
Maybe somebody knows something with this line, but I always like to operate under the assumption that I know better. Without questions, the Mavericks have played the tougher schedule including teams like Texas Tech, Furman and Kansas State, but there were also winnable games against SIU-Edwardsville and Montana. Texas A&M-CC hasn’t beaten many teams of substance, but I’m not handing out brownie points to the Mavericks right now. Give me the Islanders in this pick ‘em spot.
