Drake at Southern Utah 3/22/19 - NCAA Basketball Picks & Predictions

On Friday, the Drake Bulldogs visit America First Events Center in Cedar City, Utah to play the Southern Utah Thunderbirds in a CIT first round matchup. The Bulldogs fell to 24-9 overall following a 60-58 loss in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament to Northern Iowa last Saturday. The Bulldogs were led in the loss by Anthony Murphy with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Southern Utah lost to Eastern Washington in the Big Sky semifinals 77-61 in its last outing. The Thunderbirds fell behind by as many as 21 points in the first half, then cut the lead to just four with over 11 minutes remaining, but ran out of gas as Eastern Washington quickly built another double-digit lead. Cameron Oluyitan led the Thunderbirds in the loss with 19 points. Nick McGlynn leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with averages of 15.2 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. D.J Wilkens leads the Bulldogs in assists with an average of 2.8 per game. Drake is shooting 47.1% from the field and 36.4% from 3-point territory.

Cameron Oluyitan leads Southern Utah in scoring with an average of 13.0 points per game. Four other Thunderbirds are scoring in double figures. Harrison Butler leads Southern Utah in rebounds with an average of 6.4 per game. The Thunderbirds are shooting 44.4% from the field and 34.6% from 3-point territory.