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Wichita State Shockers @ DePaul Blue Demons<\/p>\n
Current Records: Wichita State 8-1, DePaul 7-2<\/p>\n
The DePaul Blue Demons will face off against the Wichita State Shockers at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Wintrust Arena. The Blue Demons are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 82.3 points per game this season.<\/p>\n
DePaul fought the good fight in their overtime match against Providence on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 70-63 to the Friars. The Blue Demons haven’t had much luck with the Friars recently, as the team’s come up short the last six times they’ve met.<\/p>\n
David Skogman put forth a good effort for the losing side as he went 6 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 22 points plus six rebounds. Troy D’Amico, on the other hand, was considerably less helpful: he went 0-5 from long range.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wichita State). They came out on top against ETSU by a score of 96-87 on Saturday. The Shockers’ season wasn’t pretty last year but it’s starting to look like struggles are in the rearview.<\/p>\n
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Wichita State to victory, but perhaps none more so than Corey Washington, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 13 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Hill, who posted 20 points.<\/p>\n
DePaul’s defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2. As for Wichita State, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.<\/p>\n
Keep an eye on the arc in Saturday’s contest: DePaul has been dynamite from deep this season, having nailed 39.1% of their threes per game. It’s a different story for Wichita State, though, as they’ve only made 30.3% of their threes this season. Given DePaul’s sizable advantage in that area, Wichita State will need to find a way to close that gap.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, DePaul is the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by 3.5 points.<\/p>\n
DePaul is a 3.5-point favorite against Wichita State, according to the latest college basketball odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n The line on this game has moved quite a bit since it opened, as it started out with the Shockers as a 1.5-point favorite.<\/p>\n The over\/under is 151.5 points.<\/p>\n See college basketball picks<\/a> for every single game, including this one, from SportsLine’s advanced computer model. Get picks now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n