The Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks and the Tennessee State Tigers meet Thursday in college basketball action from Gentry Complex. TN-Martin is 5-8 this year. The Skyhawks beat Austin Peay in their last game. As for Tennessee State, they’re 5-7 and fresh off a win versus CU Harrodsburg. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
TN-Martin hit a 3-7 run in the first 10 games this year. The wins in that stretch came versus Miami-Hamilton, North Dakota and Carver. Since then it’s been a 2-1 run with wins over UNC Asheville and Austin Peay.
In the Austin Peay game, the Skyhawks scored 33 points in the first half and 32 more from there in a tight 65-62 win. Leading scorer KJ Simon posted 26 points with three rebounds, and Bernie Andre added 14 points with nine boards.
Over on the Tennessee State side, their first 10 games featured a 4-6 stretch. The Tigers were able to beat Fisk, IUPUI, Lipscomb and Charleston Southern in that time. Tennessee State would then lose to SC State before a win over CU Harrodsburg.
In the CU Harrodsburg matchup back on December 21, the Tigers posted 49 points in the first half and finished on a 59-37 run in a 108-66 blowout win. Carlos Marshall led the way on 26 points, and Shakem Johnson added 16 points.
The Tigers are 1-6 ATS in their last seven Thursday games and 7-17 ATS in their last 24 overall. The over is 13-4 in Tennessee State’s last 17 overall.
Meanwhile, the Skyhawks are 8-20 ATS in the last 28 road games and 2-9 ATS in their last 11 Thursday games. The under is 4-0 in TN-Martin’s last four road games.
PICK: I’m going to take a shot on Tennessee State. Probably not going near this one, though. The Tigers have been all over the place scoring-wise this season, but they’ve had some good efforts lately. Tennessee State has hit 70 or more in each of their last five games. TN-Martin has 75 or more in two of their last four, so I could see this one being a higher-scoring game. Still, I think Tennessee State will keep the Skyhawks in check here.