Prairie View A&M vs Arkansas Pine Bluff Predictions and Odds (Jan. 9)

• The Prairie View A&M Panthers face the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions on Monday, January 9th
• Arkansas-Pine Bluff are a terrible 0-11 on the road this season, but a perfect 5-0 at home
• The Prairie View A&M vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff odds, plus our best bet can be found below

If you’re one of those college basketball fans that likes to see a ton of buckets and high-scoring games, then this matchup is not for you. However, we might have a great bet for you to lay money down on when Prairie View A&M (6-10, 5-9 ATS) takes on Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-11, 5-7 ATS) on Monday, January 9th.

Tipoff for this contest between the Southwestern Athletic Conference foes is scheduled for 6:30 pm ET from the H.O. Clemmons Arena. Prairie View A&M are 3.5-point road favorites in Monday’s college basketball odds, despite notching just two victories away from home this year.

Check out more of the Prairie View A&M vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff odds here in our preview. We’ll also offer up our best bet and prediction after analyzing this matchup.

Prairie View A&M vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff Odds

Odds as of January 8th from  FanDuel. Unlock the FanDuel Sportsbook promo code to  bet on this game.

Winners in two of their three games in the new year, the Panthers look to continue their roll against the Golden Lions Monday evening. As -162 moneyline favorites, Prairie View A&M have an implied win probability of 61.83% to ring up another W, while Arkansas-Pine Bluff have a probability of 42.74% to win with odds of +134 to take it straight up.

Prairie View A&M Panthers Betting Analysis

In their most recent win over Mississippi Valley State, guard Jeremiah Gambrell led the Panthers to victory with 22 points. He is one of just two players to average double digits in points for the Panthers.

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Every game that Prairie View A&M has played this year has been very low scoring, as their defense has mostly been the key to their recent success. Both the Panthers and their opponents have not scored more than 67 points in any of their three games since the calendar flipped to January.

According to KenPom, their adjusted defensive efficiency rating is 103.9 which ranks 211th in the nation. While that might not be anything to write home about, it’s much better than their adjusted offensive efficiency rating of 95.5 which puts them 317th in the country.

They have hit the under in each of their last three games while holding their opponents to under 40% shooting from the floor in the new year.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions Betting Outlook

Home court has been the only reason for any success the Golden Lions have attained this season. They may feel slighted after being made the underdogs in the Prairie View A&M vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff college basketball odds for this one, but the Panthers have owned them in recent meetings.

Prairie View A&M vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff Recent Results

Overall, the Golden Lions have lost nine in a row to Prairie View A&M. In addition, although they were the ‘dogs in each of the last four head-to-head matchups, Arkansas-Pine Bluff failed to cover the spread in any of those games.

What they do share in common with Prairie View A&M is a terrible offense. Apologies, but there is no other way to put it. Scoring just 64.2 points per game, they rank 329th in Division I in scoring. They’ve only scored 70 or more points three times in their last 14 games and only once in that span against a Division I opponent.

If you take a look at their adjusted offensive efficiency rating according to KenPom, they rank 353rd in the nation in that category out of 363 teams. That means they’re in the bottom three percentile in offense of all teams in the country.

Prairie View A&M vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff Pick and Prediction

None of these teams are going to be competing in the odds to win March Madness, but a win on the road for the Panthers will get them closer to the top of the SWAC standings.

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Both these team have hit the under many more times than the over this season in the college basketball betting lines. These squads are 17-for-26 if you pick them to go under the total, meaning they’ve combined to hit the under in the college basketball odds 65.4% of the time.

With the over/under total for this one set at 139.5 points, we like this game to go under the total again. They both shoot under 30% from beyond the arc, so the long ball shouldn’t be much help either. Our prediction is that low scoring rules the day in this SWAC matchup between the Panthers and Golden Lions.

Pick: Under 139.5 (-110)