New Mexico State vs Cal Baptist 2/3/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Cal Baptist Lancers and the New Mexico State Aggies meet in college basketball action from the Pan American Center on Thursday night.

The Cal Baptist Lancers will be out to snap a three-game losing streak after an 81-77 loss to Stephen F. Austin last time out. Daniel Akin leads the Lancers in scoring and rebounding with 13 PPG and 8.3 RPG while Tre Armstrong has 12.5 PPG. Reed Nottage has 11 PPG with 4.4 RPG and Ty Rowell has 10.7 PPG with 3.5 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Cal Baptist so far this season. Taran Armstrong also has 9.9 PPG for Cal Baptist this season. As a team, Cal Baptist is averaging 74.7 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 32.8% from three and 69.3% from the foul line while allowing 68.7 PPG on 41.2% shooting from the field and 33.5% from three this season.

The New Mexico State Aggies will try to build on back-to-back wins after a 71-61 win over Grand Canyon last time out. Teddy Allen leads the Aggies in scoring and rebounding with 18.8 PPG and 7.1 RPG along with 2.4 APG while Sir’Jabari Rice has 13.1 PPG with 5.6 RPG and a team-high 3 APG to lead the Aggies in the assist department and to round out the pair of double-digit scorers for New Mexico State so far this season. As a team, New Mexico State is averaging 71.2 PPG on 46.6% shooting from the field, 33.7% from three and 70.4% from the foul line while allowing 63.4 PPG on 39.2% shooting from the field and 30.1% from three this season.

Cal Baptist is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 7-0 in their last 7 games overall. New Mexico State is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games following a win.

This is a contrast of styles as Cal Baptist has played in a ton of overs as of late while New Mexico State’s been an under machine in recent games. I’m leaning towards the over here, as New Mexico State can score into the 70s and Cal Baptist is not good at all on the defensive end but I do think the Lancers get their fair share too. Over it is for me here.