5* Best Bet
(NCAAB) NJIT vs. Lipscomb,
Point Spread: -8.50 | -110.00 Lipscomb (Home)
Result: Win
Taking LIPSCOMB here. A little A-Sun tourney flavor tonight. Going against NJIT as I think they are ready to wrap up their disappointing season. Last year as a 2 seed they were upended in the first round. Might be easy to think they will rally around that with a couple starters back. But the fact is this team is 3-11 in conference play and 2-14 on the road. Those wins, over Stetson who is also 3-11 in conference play and sits behind NJIT, and a 4pt win over Idaho State, on a neutral court, as 7pt faves. They do come in with 2 straight wins. 1 over said Stetson who they swept. And their only other conference win, over SC Upstate. Now, Upstate was off a OT loss over top dogs Gulf Coast. They needed to rally for 52 points in the 2nd half to even force OT. So safe to say they were spent as clearly evident that NJIT scored 51 in the second half after being down 16 to win 88-87. Lipscomb comes in 11-3 in conference play with a loss to top seed Gulf Coast, and getting swept by North Florida. North Florida were regular season champs last season and were expected to be the team to beat. After an up and down year, they are 7-7 in conference. But they still have talent so I won't hold that against our Bison. Bison like to push it (85ppg) and I can't see NJIT 41% FG shooting holding up to make this a game. 5* Best Bet LIPSCOMB BISON