Creighton clobbered Truman State 101-69 in an unlined game on Saturday with Maurice Watson, Jr. scoring 21 points, but the Blue Jays had gone UNDER its four previous games, including a huge, 75-64 win over Butler on Wednesday that went UNDER by 13.5 points even though Creighton shot 55.4 percent. Khyri Thomas addced 14 points and 12 rebounds, and the Bulldogs were held to a .413 shooting percentage. Xavier has lost two straight at Villanova and Butler, and the Musketeers shot a paltry 29.3 percent from the field against the Wildcats. Creighton is allowing 71.5 points per game compared to 68.2 for Xavier. The Blue Jays have a 42.7 opponent field goal percentage, while Xavier's is 43.0 percent. Play the UNDER in this one.
This pick was released to clients on January 16, 2017 at 10:53AM ET.
CBB
Creighton at Xavier
January 16, 2017
2:00 PM Eastern
1 unit on Game Total UNDER 157 -110 (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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