AR-Pine Bluff vs Tulsa Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/9/24

The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane meet Saturday in college basketball action from Reynolds Center. Here’s an AR-Pine Bluff vs Tulsa prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best AR-Pine Bluff vs Tulsa pick. We will examine:

The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions’ recent form and player performance

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane’s recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Recent betting trends in games played between AR-Pine Bluff and Tulsa

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the AR-Pine Bluff vs Tulsa game

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions Betting Preview

The Lions’ year kicked off with a matchup versus Cincinnati that didn’t go very well. AR-Pine Bluff posted a 55-32 deficit in the first half and a 54-22 deficit in the second for a 109-54 blowout loss. Dante Sawyer was the only team player in double-figures with 11 points and three boards.

Game two versus Champion Baptist was a much easier matchup for the Golden Lions. ARPB posted 52 points by halftime and cruised to the win 99-57. Klemen Vuga was tops on 24 points and 11 rebounds. Robert Lewis also doubled up with 13 points and 11 boards of his own.

Tulsa Golden Hurricane Betting Preview

Over on the Tulsa side, they posted a 16-15 overall run a season ago with a 7-11 record in AAC games. The Hurricane finished ahead of just five teams in the standings with that effort. Their final game was a loss to East Carolina in the opener of the conference tournament.

In their first outing of the new season versus Northeastern State, Tulsa was up by 10 points heading into the second half. The Hurricane kept the RiverHawks at bay in an eventual 82-68 victory. Keaston Willis led the team with 17 points with five boards. Tulsa will take on Oral Roberts, Missouri State, and Little Rock after this one.

Why the Tulsa Golden Hurricane will win

• Tulsa has won each of its last 12 games against non-conference opponents at Donald W. Reynolds Center.
• Arkansas-Pine Bluff has lost 30 of its last 31 road games against non-conference opponents.
• The home team has won the first half in six of Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s last seven games.

AR-Pine Bluff vs Tulsa Prediction

I’ll probably lean toward AR-Pine Bluff. The Lions had a tough matchup versus a great Cincinnati team in their opener and lost accordingly. ARPB shot just 33.9 percent from the field in that one and got out-rebounded 48-25. The good news is that they’re coming off a blowout win versus an overmatched team, which should help the Lions’ confidence.

As for Tulsa, their first game of the season was pretty routine. The Hurricane shot pretty well from the field (44.4 percent) with 38 rebounds, but hit just 15 of their 26 free throws (57.7 percent). AR-Pine Bluff has a couple of games under their collective belt and should be able to stand tall cover-wise in a road matchup here if all goes well.