La Salle vs St. Louis Prediction 1/22/25 College Basketball Picks

The La Salle Explorers and the Saint Louis Billikens meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the Chaifetz Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a La Salle vs. Saint Louis prediction.

La Salle Recap

The La Salle Explorers come into this game looking to bounce back from an 82-60 loss at the hands of UMass last time out to fall to 10-8 on the year. After this game, La Salle will meet Rhode Island and Fordham.

Explorers Looking To Rebound

Corey McKeithan leads the Explorers in scoring and rebounding with 15.9 PPG and 3 APG along with 3.1 RPG while Daeshon Sheppard has 11.7 PPG with 4.2 RPG. Deuce Jones has 10.7 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 2.4 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for La Salle up to this point in the year while Jahlil White has 9.5 PPG with 5.8 RPG. Demetrius Lilley also has 8.5 PPG with a team-high 7.1 RPG to lead the Explorers on the glass so far this season. As a team, La Salle is averaging 76.8 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 33.8% from behind the arc, and 71.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the La Salle Explorers will win

• Saint Louis has lost 11 of its last 14 night games against the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Saint Louis Recap

The Saint Louis Billikens come into this game looking to build on a 63-59 win over Richmond last time out to improve to 11-7 on the year. After this game, Saint Louis will head on the road to take on George Washington.

Billikens Win 5 Of Last 6

Robbie Avila leads the Billikens in scoring with 18.3 PPG along with 6.6 RPG and 4.3 APG while Isaiah Swope has 17.7 PPG with a team-high 5 APG to lead the Billikens in assists. Gibson Jimerson has 17.8 PPG with 4.2 RPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Saint Louis up to this point in the year. Kellen Thames has 7 PPG with 3.8 RPG and Kalu Anya has 7.8 PPG with a team-high 9.4 RPG to lead Saint Louis on the glass so far this season. As a team, Saint Louis is averaging 75.8 PPG on 48.1% shooting from the field, 35.4% from three, and 66.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Saint Louis Billikens will win

• Saint Louis has won each of its last six games against La Salle.
• La Salle has lost 10 of its last 13 night games against the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Saint Louis’ last eight games has produced a total of 151 or fewer points.
• Thirteen of La Salle’s last 15 night games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 151 or fewer points.

La Salle vs. Saint Louis Prediction

I’m with Saint Louis here. I just haven’t liked what I’ve seen from La Salle in a lot of their recent outings, and Saint Louis, more often than not as of late, has looked like the team I expected to see when Josh Schertz brought half of his 32-win Indiana State team with him when he took over the Indiana State job. La Salle just doesn’t have the scoring depth in my opinion to compete with Saint Louis for a full 40 minutes so I’ll roll with La Salle in this one.