The La Salle Explorers (8-12 overall, 5-8 A-10) take on the Saint Louis Billikens (10-3, 3-2) Tuesday in St. Louis. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the La Salle-Saint Louis college basketball odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
La Salle at Saint Louis: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 4:51 a.m. ET.
- Money line: La Salle +1000 (bet $100 to win $1,000) | Saint Louis -2000 (bet $2,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: La Salle +15.5 (-110) | Saint Louis -15.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 143.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
La Salle at Saint Louis: Three things to know
- La Salle limps into this one on a 1-4 SU/2-2-1 ATS slide across the past five. The good news for the Explorers is that their only win during the span was an 82-75 win as 12.5-point underdogs against the Billikens in Philadelphia Feb. 3.
- Since that setback to La Salle, SLU has registered three straight victories, including two by 11 or more points. After allowing 82 points to the Explorers, uncharacteristic for the Billikens, they have yielded just 53.0 points per game across the past three.
- La Salle has posted a 7-0-1 ATS mark in its past eight games against teams with a winning percentage above .600. Saint Louis has covered just two of its past seven overall, and it’s 5-12 ATS in the past 17 against teams with a losing overall mark.
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La Salle at Saint Louis: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Saint Louis 73, La Salle 63
Money line (ML)
Saint Louis (-2000) will cost you way too much as opposed to your potential return. While La Salle (+1000) did pull the upset against the Billikens a couple of weeks ago, that served as a wake-up call and SLU has been playing much batter lately. PASS.
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Against the spread (ATS)
LA SALLE +15.5 (-110) is the play. As mentioned, it won the first meeting outright as a 12.5-point underdog. Saint Louis will return the favor Tuesday night, but La Salle will grab the cover. The Explorers enter 5-0-1 ATS in their six games overall this season as double-digit underdogs. Along with the win vs. Saint Louis, La Salle claimed upsets at Richmond and at Dayton.
Over/Under (O/U)
UNDER 143.5 (-110) is the lean, even though the teams combined for 157 points Feb. 3 with an O/U line of just 140. In St. Louis, we should get a much better defensive effort. Since that loss to La Salle, SLU has ripped off three straight Under results, including allowing just 40 points last time out at Fordham. The Billikens rank 44th in the nation with just 64.1 PPG, so the Under is usually the rule in their games.
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