UTEP vs Charlotte College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/27/21
UTEP vs Charlotte College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/27/21
2021-02-27 18:00:00 EDT
The Charlotte 49ers and the UTEP Miners meet in college basketball action from The Don Haskins centre on Saturday night.
The Charlotte 49ers will be out to rebound from a 64-45 loss to Old Dominion in their last matchup. Jahmir Young leads the 49ers in scoring with 19.1 PPG along with 5.2 RPG while Jordan Shepherd has 11.5 PPG with 2.8 APG and Brice Williams has 10.1 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Charlotte this season while Milos Supica has a team-high 5.5 RPG this season. As a team, Charlotte is averaging 64.2 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field, 33% from 3-point range and 74.6% from the foul line while allowing 65 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field and 32.4% from three this season.
The UTEP Miners will try to get back above .500 after a 77-68 win over FIU brought them to 10-10 on the year. Souley Boum leads UTEP in scoring with 18.7 PPG while Bryson Williams has 14.7 PPG and a team-high 7 RPG to make up UTEP’s duo of double-digit scorers this season. Jamal Bieniemy also has 9.3 PPG and 4.1 APG to lead the Miners in assists and Keonte Kennedy has 8.6 PPG and 6 RPG this season. As a team, UTAP is averaging 71 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field and 33% from 3-point range while allowing 69.6 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field and 34.7% from three this season.
Charlotte is 21-58 ATS in their last 69 road games and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 Saturday games. UTEP is 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games while the under is 26-11 in their last 37 Saturday games. The hoem team is 4-1-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings between these two teams.
I get the case that could be made for Charlotte here but the fact is that UTEP is the far better team and far more reliable team in terms over covering the number, especially in the venue we’re in where UTEP calls home. I just don’t know if Charlotte can score enough to keep pace here so I’ll lay the points with UTEP at home here.
