Pepperdine vs Bellarmine 3/23/21 - College Basketball Invitational Picks & Predictions

The Pepperdine Waves play the Bellarmine Knights on Tuesday in the semifinals of the CBI Tournament at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. Pepperdine reached the semifinals with an 80-66 victory over the Longwood Lancers on Monday. Pepperdine was led by Kessler Edwards with 22 points and the Waves shot 49.2% overall and 31.3% from 3-point territory. Pepperdine outrebounded Longwood 40-25.

Colbey Ross is leading Pepperdine in scoring and assists with averages of 18.0 points and 7.7 assists per game, while Kessler Edwards is the second leading scorer and leading rebounder with averages of 17.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Pepperdine has two players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 76.3 points per game while shooting 45.6% overall and 32.2% from 3-point territory.

Bellarmine reached the semifinals of the CBI Tournament with a 77-67 victory on Monday over the Army Black Knights. Bellarmine was led in the victory by Pedro Bradshaw with 31 points. The Knights shot 47.4% overall and 35.3% from 3-point territory while holding Army to 39.3% shooting overall. Bellarmine rallied from a 40-31 halftime deficit by outscoring Army in the second half by 19 points.

Pedro Bradshaw is leading Bellarmine in scoring and rebounding with averages of 16.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, while Dylan Penn is the second leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 13.0 points and 3.6 assists per game. Bellarmine has four players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team is scoring 74.3 points per game while shooting 51.5% overall and 37.4% from 3-point territory.