Southern Illinois vs Southeast Missouri State 12/15/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks and the Southern Illinois Salukis meet in college hoops action from the Banterra Center on Wednesday night.

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks come into this game looking to bounce back from a 78-65 loss at the hands of IPFW in their last matchup. Eric Reed Jr. leads the Redhawks in scoring with 16 PPG while Phillip Russell has 13.8 PPG and 2.6 APG and Chris Harris has 11.2 PPG and a team-high 2.9 APG to lead the Redhawks in assists and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Southeast Missouri State so far this season. Nygal Russell also has a team-high 7.1 RPG to lead the Redhawks on the glass this season. As a team, Southeast Missouri State is averaging 74 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 75.1% from the foul line while allowing 76.6 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field and 34.3% from three this season.

The Southern Illinois Salukis will be out to bounce back from a 69-65 loss at the hands of Tulsa last time out. Lance Jones leads the Salukis in scoring with 16.5 PPG along with 4 RPG while Marcus Domask has 15.7 PPG with a team-high 3.9 APG to lead SIU in assists and Ben Coupet Jr. has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 4.4 RPG to lead the Salukis on the glass and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Southern Illinois so far this season. As a team, Southern Illinois is averaging 62.7 PPG on 45.2% shooting from the field, 33.2% from three and 65% from the foul line while allowing 59.2 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field and 32.1% from three this season.

Southeast Missouri State is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning home record. Southern Illinois is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 Wednesday games while the under is 39-15 in their last 54 games following a straight up loss.

This game is a clash of styles as Southeast Missouri State likes to score and Southern Illinois is defense first and I think it speaks volumes here that the Salukis are favored by double-digits. This just feels like a spot where the Salukis clamp down and win a game like 74-59 or something along those lines, so give me Southern Illinois here and lay the points.