The Murray State Racers and the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles meet in college basketball action from the Hooper Eblen Center on Thursday night.
The Murray State Racers will look to add to their eight-game winning streak after a 79-53 win over the Golden Eagles in their last matchup. Tevin Brown leads the Racers in scoring with 17.8 PPG along with 5.6 RPG and 3.6 APG while KJ Williams is right behind with 16.7 PPG and 8.6 RPG. Justice Hill has 13.1 PPG with a team-high 4.6 APG to lead the Racers in assists to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Murray State so far this season. Trae Hannibal has 9.1 PPG with 4.9 RPG and 3 APG while DJ Burns also has 7 RPG this season. As a team, Murray State is averaging 82.5 PPG on 48.8% shooting from the field, 36.5% from three and 67.3% from the foul line while allowing 62.9 PPG on 40% shooting from the field and 29.8% from three this season.
The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles will look to find some consistency after alternating wins and losses in each of their last five games after their loss to the Racers last time out. Jr. Clay leads the Golden Eagles in scoring and assists with 11.4 PPG and 3.8 APG while Keishawn Davidson has 10.4 PPG with 3.3 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Tennessee Tech this season. Mamoudou Diarra also has a team-high 4.7 RPG to lead the Golden Eagles on the glass this season. As a team, Tennessee Tech is averaging 73.1 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 33.1% from three and 68.8% from the foul line while allowing 74.4 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field and 32.8% from three this season.
Murray State is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a win. Tennessee Tech is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record.
I get the allure of points with a hoem dog like Tennessee Tech, but the Racers are simply the better team here and have had no issue with beating up on lesser teams so far this season. I think this is another spot like that and I think at this number, you’re getting Murray State at a bit of a discount. Give me the Racers laying the points here.