Lipscomb vs Jacksonville State 2/16/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks and the Lipscomb Bisons meet in college basketball action from the Allen Arena on Wednesday night.

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks will look to rebound from a 72-62 loss to Central Arkansas in their last game. Darian Adams leads the Gamecocks in scoring with 15.2 PPG and 3.9 APG while Demaree King has 11.1 PPG and Jalen Gibbs has 10.7 PPG with 4 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Jacksonville State up to this point in the year. Brandon Huffman leads the Gamecocks on the glass with 6 RPG to go along with 9.8 PPG as well this season. As a team, Jacksonville State is averaging 74.1 PPG on 46.3% shooting from the field, 39.5% from three and 66.5% from the foul line while allowing 67.8 PPG on 41.2% shooting from the field and 33.4% from three this season.

The Lipscomb Bisons will try to build on their 83-73 win over Eastern Kentucky last time out. Ahsan Asadullah has 14.9 PPG and 9.1 RPG in 19 games for Lipscomb so far this season while Jacob Ognacevic has 13.3 PPG with 4.7 RPG in 26 games to make up the scoring in double figures for Lipscomb so far this season. Greg Jones has 9.9 PPG while Parker Hazen has 8.3 PPG with 5.4 RPG and KJ Johnson has 7.1 PPG with a team-high 3.3 APG on the year. Will Pruitt has 9.4 PPG with 5.4 RPG and 2.7 APG as well for Lipscomb this year. As a team, Lipscomb is averaging 75 PPG on 46.4% shooting from the field, 35.5% from three and 73% from the foul line while allowing 78.8 PPG on 43.6% shooting from the field and 37.6% from three this season.

Jacksonville State is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 12-2 ATS in their last 14 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games following a double-digit loss at home. Lipscomb is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following a win and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS win while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 Wednesday games.

I get why you’d give a look to a home underdog like Lipscomb in this one as these teams are trying to build confidence with the conference tournaments right around the corner. However, these two teams are near equal in terms of scoring, but the Gamecocks have a top-150 defense in scoring defense while Lipscomb is one of the worst in the country at stopping opponents from putting points up. I’ll side with the Gamecocks laying points on the road here.