Penn State vs Wagner 12/8/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Wagner Seahawks (3-1) vs. Penn State Nittany Lions (4-4)
December 8, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Penn State Nittany Lions -9.5 / Wagner Seahawks +9.5; Over/Under: +128
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The Wagner Seahawks and the Penn State Nittany Lions meet in college basketball action from the Bryce Jordan Center on Wednesday night.
The Wagner Seahawks will look to add to a 78-49 win over Stony Brook last time out.Alex Morales leads the Seahawks in scoring and rebounding with 18 PPG and 8.3 RPG while Elijah Ford has 11.5 PPG and Will Martinez has 11.3 PPg with a team-high 4 APG to lead the Seahawks in assists. Raekwon Rogers has 10.5 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Wagner so far this season. As a team, Wagner is averaging 69 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field, 29.7% from three and 81.1% from the foul line while allowing 59.3 PPG on 40.7% shooting from the field and 27.9% from three this season.
The Penn State Nittany Lions will try to bounce back after a 76-64 loss to Ohio State in their last game. Seth Lundy leads the Nittany Lions in scoring with 14.9 PPG along with 5.9 RPG while Sam Sessoms has 13.1 PPG with 4.6 RPG and 3.6 APG. Jalen Pickett’s got 11.3 PPG with 4.5 RPG and a team-high 4.4 APG and John Harrar has 10.8 PPG with a team-high 11 RPG to lead the Nittany Lions on the glass and round out the scoring in double figures for Penn State so far this season by averaging a double-double per game. As a team, Penn State is averaging 66.9 PPG on 45.5% shooting from the field, 33.7% from three and 73.4% from the foul line while allowing 65.6 PPG on 40.6% shooting from the field and 34% from three this season.
Wagner is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 road games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 Wednesday games. Penn State is 4-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a double-digit home loss and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a double-digit loss at home.
I get why Penn State’s favored at home, but the line feels funny to me if I’m being honest. Sure, Wagner beat VCU, but the Rams have scoring issues and the Seahawks were obliterated by Seton Hall, so I’d think that Penn State was somewhere in the middle. Even still, the Seahawks were dogs of 11 and 18 in those games so we’re only getting 9.5 with them here? Doesn’t make sense to me. Give me Wagner and the points in this one.
