Troy vs Southeastern Louisiana 12/5/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Southeastern Louisiana Lions and the Troy Trojans meet in college basketball action from Trojan Arena on Sunday afternoon.

The Southeastern Louisiana Lions will look to bounce back from an 81-77 overtime loss at the hands of the Western Michigan Broncos in their last game. Gus Okafor leads the Lions in scoring with 15.8 PPG with 6.1 RPG while Jalyn Hinton has 12.1 PPg with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead the Lions on the glass. Keon Clergeot has 10.6 PPG with a team-high 3.5 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorer for Southeastern Louisiana so far this season. Antonio Gordon also has 9.1 PPG with 5.1 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Southeastern Louisiana is averaging 83.5 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field, 36.1% from three and 73.9% from the foul line while allowing 73.6 PPG on 44% shooting from the field and 34.8% from three this season.

The Troy Trojans will look to build on their 81-49 win over subdivision Rust College last time out. Duke Deen leads the Trojans is scoring and assists with 12.5 PPG and 4.4 APG with 4.4 RPG while Duke Miles has 11.5 PPG and Efe Odigie has 11.3 PPG with 5.5 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Troy so far this season. Zay Williams also has 7.8 PPG and a team-high 6 RPG as well this season. As a team, Troy is averaging 74.1 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field and 32.4% from three to go along with a 66.7% from the foul line while allowing 66 PPG on 39.1% shooting from the floor and 33% from three this season.

Southeastern Louisiana is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. Troy is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a win of 20 or more points and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games after allowing 50 points or less in the previous game while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.

I get the case that could be made either way here, as both teams have had their ups and downs this season, but realistically, I’m siding with the over here. Both teams have had no issues putting points up, but the issue has been keeping points off of the board on both sides. I think this could easily be a game where both teams finish in the high-70s or low-80s. so give me the over here.