Oakland vs Robert Morris 12/30/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Robert Morris Colonials and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies meet in college basketball action from the Athletics Center O’rena on Thursday night.

The Robert Morris Colonials will look to build on a 75-67 win over Saint Francis (PA) last time outRasheem Dunn leads the Colonials in scoring and assists with 12.5 PPG and 4.2 APG while Kahliel Spear has 11.8 PPG with a team-high 7.5 RPG to lead the Colonials on the glass and Kam Farris has 10.9 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for the Colonials so far this season. Justin Winston has 9.5 PPG as well this season for Robert Morris. As a team, Robert Morris is averaging 70.8 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field, 37% from the field and 74.7% from the foul line while allowing 78.7 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field and 37.9% from three this season.

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies will try to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 90-78 loss to Michigan State last time out. Jamal Cain leads Oakland in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 21.1 PPG and 10.1 RPG while Jalen Moore has 14.7 PPG and a team-high 7.3 APG to lead the Grizz in the assist department. Trey Townsend has 13.4 PPG and 6.1 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Oakland up to this point in the season. Micah Parrish also has 9.4 PPG with 6.7 RPG as well for Oakland this season. As a team, Oakland is averaging 70.6 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field, 27.1% from three and 77.4% from the foul line while allowing 68.4 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field and 28.3% from three this season.

Robert Morris is 0-6-1 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following a win while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning home record. Oakland is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a double-digit loss at home while the over is 9-1 in their last 10 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.

I get the case to be made for Robert Morris and the points as the Colonials have had some close games as of late, with a road win over Saint Francis and a narrow loss to Milwaukee. However, Oakland’s been the better team up to this point in the season and despite a pair of recent losses I think this is a game that Oakland wins by 17-20 points at the very least, so give me Oakland laying the points here.