The Little Rock Trojans and Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles meet Thursday in college basketball action at the Screaming Eagles Arena. The Little Rock Trojans look for their sixth win. The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles look to get back to a .500 record.
The Little Rock Trojans are averaging 72.4 points on 42.5 percent shooting and allowing 78.4 points on 47.1 percent shooting. Myron Gardner is averaging 13.8 points and 9.7 rebounds, while DJ Smith is averaging 10.9 points and 2.4 rebounds. DeAntoni Gordon is the third double-digit scorer and Jordan Jefferson is grabbing 1.6 rebounds. The Little Rock Trojans are shooting 32.1 percent from beyond the arc and 70.7 percent from the free throw line. The Little Rock Trojans are allowing 37 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33 rebounds per game.
The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles are averaging 76.3 points on 44.3 percent shooting and allowing 73.2 points on 44.2 percent shooting. Trevor Lakes is averaging 13.1 points and 5.5 rebounds, while Jelani Simmons is averaging 12.9 points and 3.5 rebounds. Isaiah Swope is the third double-digit scorer and Jacob Polakovich is grabbing 11.3 rebounds. The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles are shooting 39.2 percent from beyond the arc and 68.3 percent from the free throw line. The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles are allowing 32.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 34.1 rebounds per game.
The Trojans are 8-22 ATS in their last 30 road games and 18-37-2 ATS in their last 57 games overall. The Screaming Eagles are 0-5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The over is 4-1 in Trojans last 5 road games. The over is 5-2 in Screaming Eagles last 7 overall.
The Little Rock Trojans just aren’t a good team to say the least, and things get worse for them on the road where they lose by an average of 15.7 points. The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles have issues of their own and their current form isn’t great, but they are solid at home, where they win by an average of 17.7 points. It’s the home team or pass for me.