The 11th-seeded La Salle Explorers (14-18) and No. 6 Duquesne Dukes (20-11) tangle Wednesday in a 2nd-round game of the Atlantic-10 Tournament. Tip-off at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn is 7:30 p.m. ET (USA Network). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the La Salle vs. Duquesne odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
La Salle defeated No. 14 Rhode Island 73-56 in a 1st first-round game on Tuesday as 1.5-point underdogs. An Explorers squad that had been struggling mightily on defense snapped a 5-game losing streak with the triumph. The points allowed Tuesday marked La Salle’s fewest all season.
Duquesne went 10-8 in league play to finish 6th and get a bye into this slot in the A-10 bracket. Their play of late has been uneven, but they did shoot a robust 55.6% from the field in beating the Explorers 91-74 on Feb. 22 as a 2.5-point road underdog while the 144.5 Under hit.
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La Salle vs. Duquesne odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 6:33 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: La Salle +255 (bet $100 to win $255) | Duquense -350 (bet $350 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): La Salle +7.5 (-110) | Duquesne -7.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 147.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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La Salle vs. Duquesne picks and predictions
Prediction
Duquesne 73, La Salle 68
Moneyline
PASS.
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Against the spread
In this series, La Salle has won 3 out of the last 4 games ATS.
Hot shooting and 40 free-throw attempts helped the Dukes drub La Salle in the Feb. 22 meeting. Duquesne does have edges all around in this meeting, but some shooting regression could well mask many of them. The Dukes had 5 games over 55% (effective field goal) in February.
The neutral hall in Brooklyn is a good spot for that shooting to fall back to normal levels (around 51%).
BACK LA SALLE +7.5 (-110).
Over/Under
Pull back on expectations for the Duquense offense, and don’t expect a lot of trips to the charity stripe in this game.
TAKE THE UNDER 147.5 (-110).
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