Saint Louis at Duquesne

Rick Majerus continues to employ the slowdown tactics designed to keep his team in the game as he rebuilds the talent at St. Louis. That means that this is a hard team to stretch out the lead against. They have faced some very good teams, but show the largest deficit in any loss at just 12 points. Last year they had success vs. this Duquesne team beating them at home then falling by just 2 on the road. Damien Saunders has been a beast for the Dukes averaging 14.4 points per game and 12.8 rebounds per game, but he could get bottled up in the zone employed by Majerus here. With none of the top three scorers producing better than 24% from deep, that zone could have him surrounded and tough for the Dukes to find consistent offense. I'll go with St. Louis in this one.