The Saint Louis Billikens (14-6 SU, 9-10 ATS) are 1-7 SU in their last eight games against the Davidson Wildcats (10-10, 10-9) and 1-5 ATS in the last six meetings. The Billikens will try to buck this trend with a road win Friday night at Davidson.
Davidson is 3-0 SU and ATS in its last three games against the Billikens, winning those games by an average of 16 points. The UNDER is 4-1 in the last five games between these two Atlantic 10 rivals, though their last meeting went OVER the posted total of 137 points in an 84-69 Davidson win last March.
Latest Betting Notes: Saint Louis
The Billikens just narrowly failed to cover the spread as 14-point home favorites in an 84-71 win over the La Salle Explorers on Saturday. Sincere Parker led the team in scoring with 20 points while both Yuri Collins (17 points, 11 assists) and Francis Okoro (12 points, 20 rebounds) recorded double-doubles. Saint Louis is now 5-0 SU and 3-2 ATS over its last five games.
Despite having no players averaging over 12.7 points per game, the Billikens rank 72nd in the nation in scoring at 76.9 points per game. Saint Louis’ balanced scoring has been a key to the team’s success this season.
Latest Betting Notes: Davidson
The Wildcats outscored La Salle 32-24 in the second half en route to a 64-57 win as 6.5-point road favorites on Tuesday night. Sam Mennenga led the way on offense with a career-high 27 points to go along with a team-leading 11 rebounds. Mennenga is averaging 16.1 points and 7.7 rebounds this season.
Davidson’s 2022-23 campaign got off to a promising start with a 6-1 SU and 4-2 ATS record, but since then the Wildcats are just 4-9 SU and 6-7 ATS over their last 13 games. The Wildcats were 0-4 SU in their previous four games prior to Tuesday night’s win, though they are now 3-0 ATS over their last three.
The Keys to Victory: Saint Louis
The Billikens have been dialed in on offense in recent weeks, averaging 78 points per game over their current 6-1 SU and 3-4 ATS run. The defense has also done its part over the team’s current 5-0 SU winning streak, allowing just 64.2 points per game.
Saint Louis will need to keep its offense rolling to have success against Davidson as the team is 1-5 SU and ATS in six games when it has failed to score 70 points compared to 13-1 SU and 8-5 ATS when scoring 70 points or more.
The Keys to Victory: Davidson
Davidson’s defense has allowed only 63.3 points per game over the team’s last four outings. That solid stretch has only resulted in one outright win, however, as the Wildcats averaged a dismal 61.8 points in those four contests.
This Wildcats offense relies heavily on Sam Mennenga and Foster Loyer. Those two players average over 15 points per game while no one else on the team is averaging over 10. Davidson’s defense should play well enough at home to keep this game close, but it will be up to Mennenga and Loyer to produce on offense to get the win.
