Who’s Taking part in
Cent. Arkansas @ Bellarmine
Present Data: Cent. Arkansas 9-19; Bellarmine 12-16
What to Know
The Bellarmine Knights gained each of their matches in opposition to the Cent. Arkansas Bears final season (85-63 and 79-69) and are aiming for a similar outcome Sunday. The Knights and Cent. Arkansas will face off in an Atlantic Solar battle at 4 p.m. ET at Freedom Corridor. Neither of these groups managed to place collectively many factors of their earlier contests, so their assembly may very well be a low-scoring affair.
The matchup between Bellarmine and the North Alabama Lions this previous Thursday was not a complete blowout, however with Bellarmine falling 70-57 at residence, it was darn near turning into one.
In the meantime, Cent. Arkansas misplaced to the Jap Kentucky Colonels on the highway by a decisive 74-58 margin.
Bellarmine is the favourite on this one, with an anticipated 8-point margin of victory. However bettors beware: they’re solely 2-5 in opposition to the unfold when favored.
The Knights are actually 12-16 whereas the Bears sit at 9-19. A pair of stats to maintain behind your head whereas watching: Bellarmine is stumbling into the sport with the thirty fourth fewest factors per recreation in school basketball, having accrued solely 66.3 on common. Cent. Arkansas has skilled some struggles of their very own as they’re 359th worst in school basketball in factors allowed per recreation, with 81.6 on common. It is doable one in every of these Achilles’ heels will wind up tripping the dropping crew up.
How To Watch
- When: Sunday at 4 p.m. ET
- The place: Freedom Corridor — Louisville, Kentucky
- Comply with: CBS Sports App
Odds
The Knights are an enormous 8-point favourite in opposition to the Bears, in keeping with the most recent college basketball odds.
The oddsmakers have been proper in keeping with the betting neighborhood on this one, as the sport opened as an 8-point unfold, and stayed proper there.
Over/Beneath: -110
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Sequence Historical past
Bellarmine have gained each of the video games they’ve performed in opposition to Cent. Arkansas within the final 4 years.
- Feb 16, 2022 – Bellarmine 79 vs. Cent. Arkansas 69
- Jan 11, 2022 – Bellarmine 85 vs. Cent. Arkansas 63