Notre Dame vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12/22/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Texas A&M-CC Islanders and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish meet in college basketball action from Purcell Pavilion on Wednesday afternoon.

The Texas A&M-CC Islanders come into this game on the heels of a 57-53 win over the Lamar Cardinals last time out. Isaac Mushila leads the Islanders in scoring and rebounding with 14.8 PPG and 8.3 RPG while Trevian Tennyson has 11.3 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Texas A&M-CC so far this season. Simeon Fryer has 9.6 PPG with 3.7 RPG and Terrion Murdix has a team-high 3.9 APG as well this season. As a team, Texas A&M-CC is averaging 79.2 PPG on 46.6% shooting from the field, 33% from three and 73% from the foul line while allowing 68.2 PPG on 43.3% shooting from the field and 32.1% from three this season.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will try to tack onto their 85-52 beatdown win over Western Michigan last time out. Dane Goodwin leads the Irish in scoring with 14.7 PPG along with 5.5 RPG while Blake Wesley has 13.3 PPG and Paul Atkinson Jr. has 11.6 PPG with 6.4 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Notre Dame so far this season. Nate Laszewski leads the Irish on the glass with 7.6 RPG while Prentiss Hubb has a team-high 2.9 APG as well this season. As a team, Notre Dame is averaging 69 PPG on 43.9% shooting from the field, 32.4% from three and 74.5% from the foul line while allowing 64.9 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field and 36.6% from three this season.

Texas A&M-CC is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 road games. Notre Dame is 0-7 ATS in their last 7 games following a win and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games overall.

I am tempted by big numbers of points against Notre Dame, but the problem is that the Irish proved a point by beating up on Western Michigan last time out. The Islanders can only do so much but at some point you have to think that the conference disparity comes into play. I think the Irish make another statement over a subpar opponent and beats up on Texas A&M-CC here. Give me the Irish here.