The Missouri State Bears (4-4) and Xavier Musketeers (7-3) meet Friday with tip-off from the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (truTV / HBO Max). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NCAA basketball odds around the Missouri State vs. Xavier odds and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions for the best bets.

This is just the second all-time meeting. Xavier won 59-56 in the only other meeting on Nov. 15, 2019 in Cincinnati.

Xavier topped the crosstown rival Cincinnati Bearcats 79-74 last time out as a 1-point underdog last Friday as the Over (148.5) cashed. The team's leading scorer, former FAU Owls F Tre Carroll , scored a career-high 30 points on 14-of-23 shooting, while adding 7 rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal. He is fourth i

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