Oakland vs Loyola-Chicago Prediction 12-22-24 College Basketball Picks

The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies meet Sunday in college basketball action from the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Oakland vs Loyola-Chicago Prediction.

Loyola-Chicago Recap

The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers come into this game looking to build on a 72-60 win over Canisius last time out.

Ramblers Looking To Start Tournament On High Note

Des Watson leads the Ramblers in scoring with 12.6 PPG along with 3.6 RPG and 3 APG while Jayden Dawson has 12 PPG. Sheldon Edwards Jr. has 11.6 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Loyola-Chicago up to this point in the year while Justin Moore has a team-high 5.3 APG to lead the Ramblers in assists and Francis Nwokorie has a team-high 5.9 RPG to lead Loyola-Chicago on the glass. As a team, Loyola-Chicago is averaging 79.7 PPG on 47.2% shooting from the field, 36% from three and 64.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Loyola Ramblers will win

• Loyola (IL) has won 12 of its last 13 day games.
• Oakland has lost each of its last six Sunday games against non-Conference opponents.

Oakland Recap

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies come into this game looking to bounce back from a 92-75 loss to Cleveland State last time out.

Golden Grizzlies Enter Tournament With Three Straight L’s

DQ Cole leads the Golden Grizzlies in scoring with 12.8 PPG with 4.1 RPG while Allen Mukeba has 12.4 PPG with 5.8 RPG. Tuburu Naivalurua has 11.4 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead Oakland on the glass and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Oakland up to this point in the year. Jaylen Jones has a team-high 3.9 APG to lead Oakland in assists. As a team, Oakland is averaging 62.7 PPG on 40.8% shooting from the field, 28.6% from three and 59.6% from the foul line this season.

Why the Oakland Golden Grizzlies will win

• Loyola (IL) has lost six of its last seven games played at neutral venues.
• Oakland has won four of its last five games against non-AP-ranked opponents at a neutral venue.

Oakland vs Loyola-Chicago Prediction

I’m on Loyola-Chicago here. The Ramblers are just the team in far better form coming into this game, and Oakland has had a lot of stuff go wrong that’s done more harm than good to their success this season, like a poor free throw shooting percentage to leave points at the line. Loyola-Chicago’s the better team on both ends of the floor, and I think they get the win to advance in the tournament.