The Wake Forest Demon Deacons host the LSU Tigers in a non-conference game that will be held at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-salem, North Carolina at 9 PM ET. LSU has won eight of their first 10 games of the season and they have an ATS record of 4-4-1 in the nine games that have had a posted line. Wake Forest has won eight of their first 11 games and they have covered in five of the nine games that have had a posted line.
LSU is coming off a 75-65 win over Charleston in their last game where they covered the 3-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 140, which was over the closing line of 134.5. The Tigers had failed to cover the spread in their previous two games, In their last two games the total has gone over while in the previous two games the total had gone under. LSU has won four straight games since suffering their 2nd loss of the season facing VCU.
Wake Forest is coming off a 69-65 loss to a ranked Xavier team in their last game where they covered the spread as a 9.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 134, which was under the closing line of 153. The Demon Deacons have covered the spread in three of their last four games and in their last five games they have an over/under record of 1-3-1. The loss to Xavier snapped Wake Forest’s three-game winning streak.
Offensively, LSU is putting up 75.1 points per game on a 47.3% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Tigers are allowing 70.3 points per game on a 41.7% FG average.
Wake Forest is putting up 80.5 points per game on a 47.2% FG average. On defense the Demon Deacons are allowing 72.3 points per game on a 44% FG average.
These teams met last season where Wake Forest beat LSU 77-71.
LSU vs. Wake Forest Betting Trends
- LSU is 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games.
- The Tigers are 1-6 against the spread in their last 7 road games.
- The game total has gone Under in 5 of LSU’s last 6 road games.
- Wake Forest is 5-9-1 against the spread in their last 15 home games.
- The Demon Deacon’s are 4-1 straight up in their last 6 home games.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between LSU and Wake Forest it appears the betting public is banking on the Demon Deacon’s to cover the 11 point spread with over 60% confidence. On the over/under the public money is leaning towards this game going under the posted total of 158.
