Southern Illinois vs Missouri State 2/2/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Missouri State Bears (16-7) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (11-11)
February 2, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Southern Illinois Salukis +2 ; Over/Under: 130.5
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The Missouri State Bears and the Southern Illinois Salukis meet Wednesday in college basketball action from SIU Arena. Missouri State is 16-7 this year so far. The Bears beat Evansville in their last game. As for Southern Illinois, they’re 11-11 on the season and coming off a win over Valparaiso. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
Missouri State has remained pretty consistent overall this season. They’ve lost consecutive games just once so far. In the last six, the Bears are 5-1 with wins over Southern Illinois, Valparaiso, Illinois state, Loyola and Evansville.
Matched up against the Aces on Saturday, the Bears posted a 28-21 edge in the first half and a 44-37 run in the second for a 72-58 win. Gaige Prim was the top scorer with 23 points, and Donovan Clay doubled with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Over on the Southern Illinois side, they were sitting at 9-5 early last month but things haven’t gone so smoothly since then. The Salukis are just 2-6 in their last eight games. The only wins over that time have come to Indiana State and Valparaiso.
In the Valparaiso game on Sunday, the Salukis jumped out to a 43-28 lead in the first half. Southern Illinois scored 34 more points on the way to a 77-55 victory. Lance Jones was the high man on the team with 22 points and seven assists.
The Salukis are 5-0 ATS in their last five at home and 7-1-1 ATS in their last nine overall. Southern Illinois is 5-1 ATS in the last six after an ATS win.
Meanwhile, the Bears are 20-7-2 ATS in their last 29 road games and 11-4 ATS in their last five Wednesday games. Missouri State is 13-3-2 ATS in the last 18 as a road favorite.
PICK: I’m going to stay with Missouri State. The Bears offense is working well these days. They’ve hit 71 or more points in each of the last eight games, going 6-2 in that time. These teams met up back on January 12 in a Missouri State home game. The Bears weren’t especially dominant in that one but still came away with an 81-76 victory. This one’s probably going to finish as a similar total, and I like Missouri State to power out a cover to keep their run going.
