The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles and Notre Dame Fighting Irish meet Wednesday in college basketball action at the Purcell Pavilion. The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles look to get a game above a .500 record. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish look for a 3-0 start.
The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles are averaging 81 points on 50 percent shooting and allowing 75 points on 41.2 percent shooting. Jelani Simmons is averaging 20.5 points and 5.5 rebounds, while Trevor Lakes is averaging 12 points and 5.5 rebounds. Isaiah Swope is the third double-digit scorer and Tyler Henry is grabbing 1.5 rebounds. The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles are shooting 45.7 percent from beyond the arc and 70.2 percent from the free throw line. The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles are allowing 21.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.5 rebounds per game.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are averaging 83.5 points on 56.3 percent shooting and allowing 78.5 points on 48.5 percent shooting. Nate Laszewski is averaging 21 points and 11 rebounds, while Trey Wertz is averaging 16.5 points and 3 rebounds. Dane Goodwin is the third double-digit scorer and J.J. Starling is grabbing 3.5 rebounds. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are shooting 43.2 percent from beyond the arc and 87.5 percent from the free throw line. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are allowing 35.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 31 rebounds per game.
The Fighting Irish are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a ATS loss and 17-8 ATS in their last 25 games overall. The over is 6-0-1 in Fighting Irish last 7 home games. The over is 10-2-1 in Fighting Irish last 13 overall.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are obviously the better, more talented team, but they’ve had issues defensively through 2 games and have had both games against subpar competition come down to the wire. The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles will obviously be the more motivated side, and they did hang round with Missouri in their opener, for what that’s worth. I’ll take a shot with the Screaming Eagles and free buckets.