Prairie View A&M vs Mississippi Valley State Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/20/23

The Mississippi State Valley Delta Devils and the Prairie View A&M Panthers meet in college basketball action from the William J. Nicks Building on Monday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Prairie View A&M is listed as a 12.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -850. The total for this game is set at 130.5 points.

Injuries

Neither side has anyone listed on the injury report for this game, so barring any last-minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.

Matchup History

Prairie View A&M’s 67-60 win over Mississippi Valley State back on January 7^th, 2023, made it back-to-back wins and 16 wins in the last 19 meetings for the Panthers in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Mississippi Valley State is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 19-7 ATS in their last 26 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while the over is 7-0 in their last 7 games overall. Prairie View A&M is 5-11 ATS in their last 16 games overall and 5-16-1 ATS in their last 22 games following an ATS win while the under is 9-2 in their last 11 Monday games.

Pick

I’m leaning towards Mississippi Valley State here. The Delta Devils are not a team I rush to back in any way, shape or form, but the fact of the matter here is that the Prairie View A&M Panthers have one of the best defenses in the SWAC, but also have one of the worst offenses and can rely on their defense to get the job done a bit too often, making it hard to cover these bigger sized numbers. MVSU has also found a way to cover the last three meetings between these two teams and I think they bag another cover here. Give me the Delta Devils and the points here.