Maryland-Eastern Shore vs Murray State Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/20/24

The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks and the Murray State Racers meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the CFSB Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Maryland Eastern Shore vs. Murray State prediction.

Maryland Eastern Shore Recap

The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks come into this game looking to build on a 113-58 win over subdivision Gallaudet to improve to 2-4 on the year. After this game, Maryland Eastern Shore will square off against Illinois.

Hawks Looking For First D-I Win

Ketron Shaw leads the Hawks in scoring and assists with 23.3 PPG and 4.8 APG along with 5.7 RPG while Christopher Flippin has 13.5 PPG with 6 RPG and Cardell Bailey has 11.3 PPG. Kyrell Shaw has 10.7 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for UMES so far this season while Jalen Ware’s pulled down a team-high 7.4 RPG to lead the Hawks on the glass so far this season. As a team, Maryland Eastern Shore is averaging 82.8 PPG on 49.6% shooting from the field, 38.5% from three, and 63% from the foul line this season.

Why the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks will win

• Murray State has lost five of its last six night games against non-conference opponents.

Murray State Recap

The Murray State Racers come into this one looking to build on an 88-67 win over Middle Tennessee last time out. After this game, Murray State will take on Utah Valley, UT Arlington, Evansville, SE Missouri State, and Western Kentucky.

Racers Looking To Build on Win

JaCobi Wood, Terence Harcum, and KyeRon Lindsay each have a team-high 14 PPG with Wood logging 2.7 RPG and a team-high 3.3 APG while Harcum has 3 APG and Lindsay has 5.3 RPG as well on the year. Kylen Milton has 13 PPG with 3.3 RPG and AJ Ferguson has 11.7 PPG with 5.3 RPG and 2.7 APG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Murray State so far this season. Aiden Applewhite also has 8.7 PPG with 5.7 RPG to lead the Racers on the glass so far this season. As a team, Murray State is averaging 89.7 PPG on 55.8% shooting from the field, 46.2% from three, and 73.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Murray State Racers will win

• Maryland-Eastern Shore has lost each of its last 12 road games against non-conference opponents.
• Murray State has won 21 of its last 22 night games against non-conference opponents at CFSB Center.

Maryland Eastern Shore vs. Murray State Prediction

I’m on Murray State here. Seems like a big number to be laying, but I trust Murray State in this spot as this Racers team is deep, and it’s really, really good from an offensive perspective. UMES just doesn’t have the horses to hang for a full 40 minutes and we’ve already seen the Racers put the boots to a decent Middle Tennessee team last time out. I’ll lay the points with Murray State here.