Austin Peay vs Alabama A&M Prediction Basketball Picks 3-20-24

The Alabama A&M Bulldogs and the Austin Peay Governors meet Wednesday in CIT college basketball action from F&M Bank Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. Here’s an Alabama A&M vs Austin Peay prediction. We will examine:

• The Alabama A&M recent form and player performance
• The Austin Peay recent form and player performance
• Recent betting trends and streaks involving Alabama A&M
• Recent betting trends and streaks involving Austin Peay
• Recent betting trends in games played between Alabama A&M and Austin Peay
• A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Alabama A&M vs Austin Peay game

Alabama A&M Bulldogs Betting Preview

Alabama A&M started out on a pretty miserable run this year, going just 3-17 in their fist 20 games. To their credit, the Bulldogs finished strong on an 8-5 stretch. In their last five Alabama A&M is 3-2 with wins over Alabama State, Southern and Alcorn State alongside losses to Grambling and Texas Southern.

In the conference tournament matchup versus Texas Southern back on Friday, the Bulldogs went into the locker room with a 33-31 deficit. Alabama A&M was outscored 39-34 the rest of the way and eventually lost 72-65. Lorenzo Downey led the way on his 17 points with six boards.

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Austin Peay Governors

Over on the Governors’ side, they also started out on a pretty sketchy run with a 10-13 record through 23 games. Austin Peay caught fire the rest of the way with a 9-2 stretch. After wins versus Eastern Kentucky, Bellarmine, North Florida and North Alabama, the Governors fell to Stetson.

In their Sunday matchup versus the Hatters, Austin Peay took a tough loss. The Governors were up 39-36 by halftime but were outscored 58-52 the rest of the way in a 94-91 result. Sai Witt was the leader on 28 points with 10 rebounds and a pair of steals in the losing effort.

Austin Peay Governors Team Facts

• Austin Peay has won each of its last nine night games at F&M Bank Arena.
• Each of Austin Peay’s last 10 home games have produced a total of 148+ points.
• Austin Peay has won the first half in nine of its last 10 home night games against non-Conference opponents.

Alabama A&M Bulldogs Team Facts

• Alabama A&M has lost 15 of its last 16 games against non-Conference opponents.
• Each of Alabama A&M’s last seven night games against non-Conference opponents have produced a total of 145+ points.
• Alabama A&M has lost the first half in 15 of its last 16 games against non-Conference opponents.

Matchup/League Facts

• Austin Peay ranks 2nd among Division 1 teams for opponent steals per game this season (4.3).
• Austin Peay ranks 4th among Division 1 teams for turnover percentage this season (11.4%).
• Alabama A&M ranks 362nd among Division 1 teams for opponent steals per game this season (9.6).
• Alabama A&M ranks 362nd among Division 1 teams for opponent free throws made per game this season (19.9).

Alabama A&M vs Austin Peay Prediction

I’ll go with Austin Peay here. The Governors nearly toppled a hot Stetson team in their last outing, despite giving up 52 percent from the field and 52.6 percent (10-of-19) from 3-point range. Austin Peay’s rebounding was good (34) and they shot 46.3 percent themselves. That makes 77 or more points in 11 straight games for the Governors.

As for Alabama A&M, they’ve been below 67 points in five of the last seven outings. The Bulldogs are capable of putting up some solid points totals when the matchup is right however, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see them score well here. In the end I think Austin Peay powers out the cover, though.