Southeast Missouri State vs Austin Peay 1/1/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Austin Peay Governors and the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks meet in college basketball action from the Show Me Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Austin Peay Governors will look to rebound from a 65-62 loss to UT-Martin in their last game. Caleb Stone-Carrawell leads the Governors in scoring with 12.7 PPG while Elijah Hutchins-Everett has 12.5 PPG with a team-high 7.5 RPG to lead Austin Peay on the glass. Tariq Silver has 12.3 PPG and Cameron Copeland has 10.9 PPG with 3.5 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Austin Peay so far this season. Carlos Paez has a team-high 3.6 APG as well for the Governors this year. As a team, Austin Peay is averaging 68.5 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the field, 33.9% from three and 72.8% from the foul line while allowing 71 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field and 23.8% from three this season.

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks will try to bounce back from a 106-81 loss at the hands of Murray State in their last game. Eric Reed Jr. leads Southeast Missouri Staet in scoring with 14.7 PPG while Phillip Russell is right behind with 14.6 PPG and 2.6 APG. Chris Harris has 11.6 PPG with a team-high 2.9 APG to lead the Redhawks in assists and to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for Southeast Missouri State so far this season. Nygal Russell also has a team-high 7 RPG to lead the Redhawks on the glass this season. As a team, Southeast Missouri State is averaging 72.9 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 32.4% from three and 74.4% from the foul line while allowing 79.9 PPG on 45.8% shooting from the field and 37.1% from three this season.

Austin Peay is 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 road games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record. Southeast Missouri State is 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games overall and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.

Both teams have been struggling as of late, making it hard to feel good about backing either side here. However, Southeast Missouri State’s success for the most part has come at home this season which is a bit of a big deal here considering that the home team’s had the recent success from  a cover perspective between the two sides. Austin Peay’s been struggling to cover numbers left and right and I think this is a spot where the Redhawks get a win and cover at home.