Drake Bulldogs vs St. Louis Billikens Betting Picks & Predictions

Game outlook

Drake is on the road playing St. Louis at the Chaifetz Arena stadium on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. St. Louis -5 was the opening favorite and current line is St. Louis -5.5.

Drake Team Statistics

The Drake Bulldogs come into this one 8-2 on the season. As a team, they turnover the ball 11.8 times per game and commit 16.7 personal fouls per game. As a team, Drake grabs 34.3 rebounds per game and they have dished out 119 assists, which is 300th in D-1. The Bulldogs are connecting on 78.0% of their free throws and 32.1% of their three-point shots. The team averages 72.8 points per game while shooting 45.8% from the field (173rd in college hoops).

They force their opponents into 14.1 turnovers per game while drawing 18.7 personal fouls. As a team, they are allowing 30.5% on 3-pointers, while they are allowing 66.2 points per game. As a team, the Bulldogs surrender a field goal percentage of 41.6% (237 of 570) and 33.9 rebounds per game. For the season, they have surrendered 90 assists to their opponents, ranked 15th in college basketball.

With a power ranking of 173, Drake is ranked #134 in offense (scoring an average of 75.11 per game), #82 in defense (allowing an average of 64.44 points to be scored against them per game) and are 8-2 (3-6-1 ATS) this season.

St. Louis Team Statistics

On the year, Saint Louis is 7-4. They average 16.6 fouls per game and shoot 76.6% from the charity stripe. They assist teammates 16.1 times per game (44th in college basketball) and turn the ball over 12.1 times per contest. Saint Louis has scored 842 points so far this season (76.5 per game), and they have collected 41.7 rebounds per game. The Billikens are connecting on 44.4% of their shots from the field, which is 189th in college basketball.