The South Dakota State Jackrabbits and the North Dakota State Bison will be a huge contest, with tipoff scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. This is one of the more interesting NCAA basketball games today, and it will be played at the Scheels Center in Fargo, North Dakota.
Overall on the season, the Jackrabbits have a 7-8 overall record in the college basketball standings, but they are 2-0 in conference play to start the year.
As for the Bison, they are just 4-11 overall record-wise so far this season, and they have just a 1-2 record in conference play.
Most likely, only one team from this conference will reach the NCAA Tournament in 2023, and both of these college basketball teams are underachieving.
South Dakota State’s record against the spread this season is 5-8-1. North Dakota State’s record against the spread this season is 4-9.
South Dakota State Jackrabbits vs. North Dakota State Game Info and Analysis
Matchup Information
South Dakota State is ranked ninth in the Summit League so far this season in points per game at just 67.1. They have the fifth-ranked defense in this league so far this season at 72.2 points per game. South Dakota State vs North Dakota State betting for this one could be a low-scoring affair.
As for North Dakota State, they have the fifth-ranked offense in the conference at 70.7 points per game. On defense, they have the ninth-ranked defense in the Summit Conference, giving up 74.9 points per game.
When teams see the North Dakota State schedule, they always look forward to facing their bad defense.
South Dakota Jackrabbits Performance Recap and Analysis
In their last basketball game, they defeated the St. Thomas Tommies on 12/31/2022 by a final score of 71-64. The South Dakota State odds for them to win their next basketball game will be pretty good.
Key Injuries
On the college basketball injury report for this basketball team, they have two injuries to players for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. Junior guard Charlie Easley is out until February with an undisclosed injury, and senior forward Luke Appel is questionable on Thursday with an undisclosed injury.
Betting Trends To Know
Sophomore guard Zeke Mayo has scored 12 or more points in four of his last five games for the Jackrabbits. He has also exactly grabbed four rebounds in three of those five contests. Mayo is a very good South Dakota State vs North Dakota State betting prediction to score at least 15 points and grab four or more rebounds in this college basketball game.
Freshman William Kyle III has scored in the single digits in his last four of five games for the Jackrabbits. One of our NCAAB picks is for him to score in the single digits again.
Senior Matt Dentlinger has scored ten or more points in his last three of five games played. He has also grabbed six or more rebounds in those contests for South Dakota State.
North Dakota State Bison Performance Recap and Analysis
Their last game was on 12/30/2022 against the North Dakota Flying Hawks, and they won that basketball game by a final score of 71-49. North Dakota is one of the worst NCAAB basketball teams this year.
Key Injuries
There is nothing on their injury report here.
Betting Trends to Know
Junior forward Grant Nelson has scored over double digits in his last five games played for the North Dakota State Bison. He has also grabbed eight or more rebounds in his last four of five games. Nelson could be one of the best college basketball players in the Summit Conference.
Junior guard Boden Skunberg has also scored over double-digit points totals in his last five games played and has recorded five rebounds or less in three of his last five games this year.
Sophomore forward Andrew Morgan has scored 11 or more points in only two of the last five games he has appeared in. Morgan has grabbed eight or more rebounds only once in those five games played.
South Dakota State Jackrabbits vs. North Dakota State Bison Betting Picks
Moneyline
Take the Jackrabbits on the moneyline at -143 odds.
Over/Under
South Dakota State vs North Dakota State betting picks is to take the under 141.5 total points because they both struggle to score the basketball.
Spread
For the spread, take the South Dakota State Jackrabbits (-2.5) (-110) odds over the North Dakota State Bison in this college basketball game.
South Dakota State Jackrabbits vs. North Dakota State Bison Score Prediction
This basketball game’s final score will be 55-52, South Dakota State over North Dakota State.
NCAAB Pick: South Dakota State Jackrabbits over North Dakota State Bison 55-52
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