Fargo’s Murray State vs Indiana State Picks
November 26, 2008
If you are looking for a handicapper to get your basketball picks from, you can’t go wrong with Matt Fargo. Just to give you an idea of the kind of great research Matt puts into every game we are taking a look at one of his plays on the Murray State/Indiana State game. The college basketball odds list Indiana State as a 1.5 point home favorite, but let’s take a look at the side that Mr. Fargo recommends.
**5** NCAA Hoops Added Game of the Night The Racers are coming off a very average season last year where they went 18-13 including 13-7 in the Ohio Valley Conference. That is good for some teams but average for Murray St. Things should be back to normal this year as the Racers return four starters from last season as well as getting a recruit in the lineup after sitting out last season. Murray St. is 2-1 to start the season with the loss skewing the record as explained later. The Racers want this one on the road.
Returning starters Danero Thomas and Tyler Holloway posted double-digit scoring averages last season for the Racers, while they also bring back starting point guard Kevin Thomas and starting forward Tony Easley. Even better, Isacc Miles is now eligible after sitting out a year after transferring from Creighton where he was named to the All-MVC Freshman Team two seasons ago. There is some great chemistry with this team on both sides of the floor as they are outshooting opponents by 9.2 percent.
Murray St. is shooting a solid 93.3 percent from the free throw line through three games. Eight players have been to the free throw line for the Racers this season and all of them are shooting at least 72.7 percent with six of those shooting at least 83.8 percent. The lone loss this season came at Arkansas St. but it was one of those home team biased games where the Racers went to the line only eight times compared to 26 times for the Red Wolves. We will not see that disparity again.
Indiana St. is coming off one of its better seasons in recent memory but it is unlikely that the Sycamores are going to duplicate that. Leading scorer Gabe Moore (12.2 ppg) and forward Todd McCoy are out of eligibility and three other players left the program. The Sycamores will count on nine freshmen and sophomores on the roster and that youth is already showing. It is also revenge time for the Racers who were blown out at home by the Sycamores last season on Bracket Buster Saturday. They get it back. 5* Murray St. Racers
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