Princeton vs Yale 1/29/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Yale Bulldogs (9-9) vs. Princeton Tigers (15-3)
January 29, 2022 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Princeton Tigers -4 / Yale Bulldogs +4; Over/Under: +152
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The Yale Bulldogs and the Princeton Tigers meet in college hoops action from the Jadwin Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
The Yale Bulldogs will look to build on their 83-72 win over Columbia from their last matchup. Azar Swain leads the Bulldogs in scoring and assists with 19.7 PPG and 1.9 APG while Jalen Gabbidon has 11.6 PPG with 3.8 RPG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for Yale so far this season. Isaiah Kelly also has a team-higih 4.6 RPG for the Bulldogs up to this point in the year. As a team, Yale is averaging 73.3 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field, 33% from three and 73% from the foul line while allowing 70.8 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field and 31.1% from three this season.
The Princeton Tigers will try to build on an 84-80 win over Dartmouth in their last game. Jaelin Llewellyn leads Princeton in scoring with 15.4 PPG while Ethan Wright has 14.5 PPG with a team-high 7.6 RPG and Tosan Evbuomwan has 14.9 PPG with 5.8 RPG and a team-high 5.4 APG to lead Princeton in assists. Ryan Langborg also has 11.6 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Princeton so far this season. As a team, Princeton is averaging 80.9 PPG on 49.4% shooting from the field, 38.6% from three and 67.5% from the foul line while allowing 70.4 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field and 35.8% from three this season.
Yale is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games as an underdog and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 while the under is 12-4 in their last 16 games as a road underdog. Princeton is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite while the over is 10-2 in their last 12 home games.
If current form wasn’t taken into consideration, you could make a case for Yale as the Bulldogs have been the representative of the Ivy League for some time now. However, the Bulldogs can’t cover a spread right now and that likely won’t change against a Princeton team that’s flat out rolling right now. I think this is Princeton’s matchup to lose, so give me the Tigers laying the points at home here.
