New Mexico State vs Chicago State 1/1/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Chicago State Cougars and the New Mexico State Aggies meet in college basketball action from the Pan-American Center on Saturday.

The Chicago State Cougars come into this game looking to snap a three-game losing skid after an 80-63 loss to Grand Canyon last time out. Brandon Betson leads the Cougars in scoring and assists with 13.4 PPG and 2.9 APG while Jahsean Corbett has 11.3 PPG with 7.1 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Chicago State up to this point in the season. Coreyoun Rushin also has 9.1 PPG with a team-high 7.4 RPG to lead the Cougars on the glass. As a team, Chicago State is averaging 60 PPGon 37.2% shooting from the field, 30.1% from three and 63.9% from the foul line while allowing 73.5 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field and 39.4% from three this season.

The New Mexico State Aggies will look to build on a six-game winning streak after an 84-59 win over subdivision Texas-Permian last time out. Teddy Allen leads the Aggies in scoring and rebounding with 17.9 PPG and 6.8 RPG along with 2.7 APG while Sir’Jabari Rice has 13.8 PPG with 4.8 RPG and a team-high 3.2 APG to lead the Aggies in the assist department and to round out the pair of double-digit scorers for New Mexico State so far this season. As a team, New Mexico State is averaging 76.5 PPG on 47.5% shooting from the field, 31.9% from three and 73.4% from the foul line while allowing 68.3 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field and 32% from three this season.

Chicago State is 1-8 ATS in their last 9 games against a team with a winning record and 3-13 ATS in their last 16 Saturday games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 road games against a team with a winning home record. New Mexico State is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Saturday games while the over is 7-2 in their last 9 games overall.

I got burned from a cover perspective with Grand Canyon against Chicago State, but the Antelopes aren’t deadly offensively and they still hung 80 on Chicago State. New Mexico State hasn’t been dominant offensively as of late, but they’re still putting up points in bunches against lesser teams and safe to say Chicago State falls into that category. Give me the Cougars laying the points here.