Merrimack Warriors (4-5) vs Brown Bears (7-4)
Tuesday, December 07, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Merrimack enters the third year of its foray into Division I basketball and head coach Joe Gallo's roster rivals the one he had in 2019-20 when the Warriors won Northeast Conference's regular-season championship. Continuity and leadership are provided by senior Mikey Watkins and juniors Jordan Minor and Ziggy Reid, while the frontcourt is led by super senior Devin Jensen. All four players have been with the program from the outset and are proven commodities that Gallo can trust. Merrimack returns all five starters from last year's squad and its success is predicated on a suffocating defense that is allowing just 58.1 points per game on 40.4% FG% to teams that would combine to average 65.7 points per game against a mediocre defense. My math model favors Merrimack by 1.6 points in this game and the Warriors are 17-7 ATS in their last 24 home games and 6-1 ATS in their last seven home games versus opponents with a losing road record. Grab the points with Merrimack and invest with confidence.