Arkansas State vs. Louisiana-Monroe 3/3/22 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

On Thursday, the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks play the Arkansas State Red Wolves in the opening round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida. Louisiana-Monroe finished the regular season 13-17 overall and 5-13 in Sun Belt play. The Warhawks were defeated by Georgia Southern 81-75 in the final game of the season and lost each of their last five.

Andre Jones is the leading scorer for Louisiana-Monroe with an average of 15.3 points per game, while Russell Harrison is the second leading scorer and the leading rebounder with averages of 13.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Elijah Gonzales is the leader in assists with an average of 4.2 assists per game. Louisiana-Monroe has five players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 72.3 points per game.

Arkansas State finished the regular season 17-10 overall and 8-7 in Sun Belt play. The Red Wolves defeated the Appalachian State Mountaineers 62-60 in the final game of the regular season last Friday. Desi Sills was the leading scorer for Arkansas State with 16 points. Arkansas State won two of its last three and finished the regular season sixth in the conference standings.

Norchad Omier is leading Arkansas State in scoring and rebounding with averages of 17.2 points and 12.0 rebounds per game while Caleb Fields is the leader in assists with an average of 4.6 assists per game. Arkansas State has three players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 70.8 points per game. The Red Wolves shoot 45.4% overall and 31.1% from three-point territory.