Tennessee Tech vs Morehead State 1/12/23 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Morehead State Eagles and the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles meet in college basketball action from the Hooper-Eblen Center on Thursday night.

The Morehead State Eagles will be out to build on a 69-59 win over Eastern Illinois in their last matchup. Mark Freeman leads the Eagles in scoring and assists with 13.9 PPG and 3.6 APG while Alex Gross has 11.6 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead the Eagles on the glass, rounding out the pair of double-digit scorers for Morehead State up to this point in the season. As a team, Morehead State is averaging 71.6 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field, 32.6% from three and 74.7% from the foul line this season

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles will look to build on an 84-80 OT win over UT-Martin last time out. Jaylen Sebree leads the Golden Eagles in scoring and rebounding with 12.9 PPG along with 6.4 RPG while Jayvis Harvey has 12.4 PPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Tennessee Tech this season. Brett Thompson also has 9.9 PPG with 3.1 APG to lead the Golden Eagles in assists up to this point in the season. As a team, Tennessee Tech is averaging 71.2 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 33.5% from behind the arc and 69.7% from the foul line this season.

Morehead State is 13-3 ATS in their last 16 Thursday games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record. Tennessee Tech is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 Thursday games and 11-5-2 ATS in their last 18 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 while the over is 16-6 in their last 22 home games.

I get the case to be made for Tennessee Tech laying the points at home, but I feel that Morehead State has been in the slightly better form and head-to-head, Morehead State’s won the last 5 meetings between these two teams. In a near pick ‘em spot, I have to back Morehead State even on the road here.