Austin Peay at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville: 2/24/22 College Basketball Picks and Prediction

The Cougars are averaging 67.5 points per game on 41.9% shooting from the field. They are allowing opponents to score 69.8 points per game. They are shooting 69% from the free throw line. 

The Austin Peay Governors are coming off of a 4 point loss to Tennessee Tech in their last time out. Tariq Silver had 15 points for the Governors. Caleb Stone-Carrawell added 12 points. Cameron Copeland had 10 points and seven rebounds in the loss.

The Austin Peay Governors are led in scoring by Elijah Hutchins-Everett who averages 12.6 points and 6.6 rebounds for this team. Caleb Stone-Carrawell averages 11 points and 3.1 rebounds a game for this team. Tariq Silver is the third leading scorer for the Governors as he averages 10.1 points a game for this team.

The Governors are averaging 65.1 points per game on 41.2% shooting from the field. They are allowing opponents to score 69.6 points per game. They are shooting 71.8% from the free throw line.

The home team is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings and the favorite is 7-0 ATS in the last 7 meetings. The Cougars are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games vs. a team with a losing road record. The Governors are 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 road games vs. a team with a winning home record and are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall. I’ll back the home team in this one as SIU is playing better at the moment.