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Steve Merril's Basketball Report (Sunday)

Below are two free basketball plays for Sunday night.

TENNESSEE CHAT -3 (vs. Wright State) – 8:20 pm ET #540

Both teams played last night and the advantage goes to the home team in this situation as Tennessee Chat qualifies in a 182-105 ATS situation which plays on home teams in the second of back-to-back games in these weekend tournaments.

UT-Chattanooga also qualifies in a solid 242-175 ATS home momentum situation after their easy 74-50 home win last night over Murray State as a 5-point favorite. The easy win allowed the Mocs to rest key players in the second half and this will benefit them tonight in a no-rest situation. In fact, every starter played 28 minutes or less last night, with four of the five starters playing 23 minutes or less.

Meanwhile, Wright State had a difficult 78-74 win versus Belmont yesterday and four of the Raiders’ five starters logged at least 35+ minutes last night.

Tennessee Chat has a strong home court where they stand 7-1 SU this season with an average win by +18.8 points per game. They are also outshooting their opponents 49.0% to 35.8% from the field.


UNDER 210 (Suns/Kings) – 9:05 pm ET #510

The Kings are extremely short-handed as Mike Bibby has been out all season and leading scorer Kevin Martin (24.5 ppg) remains on the injured list. Making matters worse is the current injury to second-leading scorer Ron Artest (19.1 ppg) who missed Friday’s game and is doubtful again tonight.

The Kings have scored just 69 and 80 points in their past two games and each easily went Under the total with just 158 and 172 total points. The Kings will have to force a half-court game tonight as they do not want to run with the more athletic Suns.

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