Saint Louis vs Tennessee State 11/30/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Tennessee State Tigers and the Saint Louis Billikens meet in college basketball action from the Chaifetz Arena on Wednesday night.

The Tennessee State Tigers will look to rebound from a 77-72 loss to High Point last time out. Jr. Clay leads the Tigers in scoring with 16 PPG along with a team-high 4.2 APG to lead the Tigers in assists while Christian Brown has 13.8PPG and Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. has 12.7 PPG & 3.7 APG. capping off the trio of double-digit scorers for Tennessee State so far this season. Zion Griffin also has 8.3 PPG and a team-high 5.7 RPG to lead Tennessee State on the glass so far this season. As a team, Tennessee State is averaging 73.7 points per game on 43.9% shooting from the field, 34.2% from three point range and 64.7% from the foul line this season

The Saint Louis Billikens will try to bounce back from a 65-60 loss to Auburn in their last game. Gibson Jimerson leads the Billikens in scoring with 14.3 PPG while Yuri Collins has 12.4 PPG with a team-high 10.4 APG to lead the Billikens in assists, averaging a double-double per game this season. Javonte Perkins has 12.3 PPG and Javon Pickett has 10.9 PPG with 7.4 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Saint Louis up to this point in the year. Francis Okoro has 8.1 PPG and a team-high 9.1 RPG to lead the Billikens on the glass this season. As a team, Saint Louis is averaging 80.4 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 34.6% from three and 75.9% from the foul line this season.

Tennessee Tech is 7-18-1 ATS in their last 26 road games against a team with a winning home record and 10-2 ATS in their last 12 games following a loss while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 Wednesday games. Saint Louis is 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 home games against a team with a losing road record and 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games following a loss while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 Wednesday games.

I get why the points are worth a look with Tennessee Tech as there are a lot of them. However, Saint Louis is simply the better team here by a mile and there’s just so much depth for Saint Louis that can hurt you across the board. I just see this as one of those games where the Golden Eagles fall behind early and can’t recover as Saint Louis rolls to a win and cover.