Weber State vs UMass College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds 11/18/2021
UMass Minutemen (2-1) vs. Weber State Wildcats (2-0)
November 18, 2021 5:30 pm EDT
The Line: Weber State Wildcats +1 / UMass Minutemen -1; Over/Under: +146
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The UMass Minutemen and the Weber State Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the McArthur Center on Thursday.
The UMass Minutemen will look to build on an 81-56 win over Penn State in their last game. Trent Buttrick leads the Minutemen in scoring and rebounding with 15.3 PPG and 6.7 RPG while Noah Fernandes has 12.7 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 3 APG. C.J. Kelly has 12.5 PPG and Rich Kelly has 12 PPG to make up the scoring in double figures for the Minutemen this season with Rich logging a team-high 3.7 APG this year. As a team, UMass is averaging 76.3 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 36.5% from three and 64.9% from the foul line while allowing 69 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field and 28.1% from three this season.
The Weber State Wildcats will try to build on an 83-59 win over Duquesne in their last game. Koby McEwen leads the Wildcats in scoring with 18.5 PPG along with 4 RPG while Jamison Overton has 13 PPG and Seikou Sisoho-Jawara has 12.5 PPG with 3 APG. Dillon Hones has 11 PPG with a team-high 12 RPG, averaging a double-double per game while Cody Carlson has 10 PPG to make up the scoring in double figures for the Wildcats up to this point in the season. As a team, Weber State is averaging 81.5 PPG on 53.3% shooting from the field, 38.3% from three and 64.4% from the foul line while allowing 59.5 PPG on 36.2% from the field and 23.6% from three this season.
UMass is 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the under is 8-3 in their last 11 games overall. Weber State is 13-5 ATS in their last 18 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 neutral site games while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 Thursday games.
I get the case to be made for Weber State here, but the thing is that the Wildcats just don’t have the same bite offensively that they have in past seasons. UMass is starting the season well on the offensive end and I just think they’re the play here given their recent form.
