South Alabama vs Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 12/21/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars (6-6) vs. South Alabama Jaguars (9-3)
December 21, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: South Alabama Jaguars -10.5 / Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars +10.5; Over/Under: +139
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The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars and the South Alabama Jaguars meet in college hoops action from the Mitchell Center on Tuesday night.
The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars will look to build on an 84-29 win over Warren Wilson last time out. Ray’Sean Taylor leads the Cougars in scoring with 18 PPG along with 5.4 RPG while Shaun Doss Jr. has 12 PPG with 5.7 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for SIUE so far this season. DeeJuan Pruitt has 8.6 PPG with a team-high 5.8 RPG to lead the Cougars on the glass while Shamar Wright has 8.4 PPG with 4.9 RPG and Courtney Carter has 7.5 PPG with 5 RPG and a team-high 2.9 APG as well to lead the Cougars in the assist department. As a team, SIU-Edwardsville is averaging 69.1 PPG on 43.3% shooting from the field, 26.1% from three and 65% from the foul line while allowing 64.4 PPG on 39.1% shooting from the field and 30% from three this season.
The South Alabama Jaguars will try to rebound from a 65-52 loss to Tarleton State last time out. Charles Manning Jr. leads South Alabama in scoring and assists with 17.1 PPG and 3.2 APG while Jay Jay Chandler has 15 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for South Alabama so far this season. Javon Franklin has 9.9 PPG with a team-high 6.2 RPG to lead the Jaguars on the glass while Alex Anderson has 9.1 PPG with 4.6 RPG. As a team, South Alabama is averaging 74.3 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field, 32% from three and 67.6% from the foul line while allowing 60.3 PPG on 40.1% shooting from the field and 30.2% from three this season.
SIU-Edwardsville is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games following a win while the under is 5-0-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. South Alabama is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Tuesday games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 home games.
I get the case that you could make for South Alabama laying points at home, but I was really disappointed with the showing against Tarleton State from the Jaguars and I just think this is a case of too many points against an SIUE team that has done fairly well against the number on the road this season. I think the Jaguars likely win but not by this many. Give me Edwardsville and the points here.
