The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars and the Youngstown State Penguins meet in college basketball action from the Beeghly Center on Saturday afternoon.
The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars come into this game looking to rebound from a 70-60 loss to Niagara in their last game. Ray’Sean Taylor leads the Cougars in scoring with 17.7 PPG while Shaun Doss Jr. has 13 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG. DeeJuan Pruitt has 10 PPG with 6 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for the Cougars so far this season. As a team, SIU-Edwardsville is averaging 67 PPG on 40.9% shooting from the field, 22.6% from three and 60.4% from the foul line while allowing 65.5 PPG on 40.4% shooting from the field and 31.7% from three this season.
The Youngstown State Penguins will try to add onto a 79-75 win over St. Thomas last time out. Michael Akuchie leads the Penguins in scoring and rebounding with 19 PPG and 8 RPG while Garrett Covington and Tevin Olison each have 14.5 PPG with Covington logging 7.5 RPG. Shemar Rathan-Mayes has 12.5 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Youngstown State while Luke Chicone has a team-high 3 APG this season. As a team, Youngstown State is averaging 78.3 PPG on 48% shooting from the field, 39.7% from three and 70.4% from the foul line while allowing 76.3 PPG on 44% shooting from the field and 39.7% from three this season.
SIU-Edwardsville is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Saturday games and 15-36-2 ATS in their last 53 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a loss. Youngstown State is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 home games while the under is 3-1-1 in their last 5 Saturday games.
Neither team has beaten anyone to write home about, but at least Youngstown State has wins over D-I opposition, which isn’t necessarily something we can say about SIUE. The Cougars haven’t been anything to write home about, and neither has Youngstown State in fairness, but I think the Penguins find a way to get it done here so I’ll side with YSU in this one.