UCF vs Bethune-Cookman 12/5/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats and the UCF Knights meet in college basketball action from Addition Financial Arena on Sunday afternoon.

The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats will look to rebound from an 84-70 loss at the hands of Seton Hall last time out. Joe French leads the Wildcats in scoring with 15.4 PPG along with 3.3 RPG while Damani McEntire has 10.7 PPG with 4.3 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Bethune-Cookman so far this season. Dylan Robertson has 9.3 PPG with a team-high 5.1 RPG and Mikey West has a team-high 2.4 APG as well on the year. As a team, Bethune-Cookman is averaging 61.6 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 69.9% from the foul line while allowing 74.7 PPG on 47.6% shooting from the field and 33.7% from three this season.

The UCF Knights will try to bounce back from an 85-68 loss to Auburn last time out. Darin Green Jr. leads the Knights in scoring with 15 PPG while Darius Perry has 14.2 PPG and a team-high 5 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for UCF up to this point in the season. C.J. Walker also has 9.8 PPG and a team-high 5.5 RPG as well for UCF this season. As a team, UCF is averaging 72 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three and 80.2% from the foul line while allowing 68.5 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field and 30.4% from three this season.

Bethune-Cookman is 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 3-0-1 in their last 4 games following a loss while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. UCF is 9-2 ATS in their last 11 Sunday games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games against a team with a losing road record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 home games.

I get the case that could be made for both sides, but my lean is going to go to Bethune-Cookman here. UCF is the better team and will likely win this game, but this is a BC team that’s stepped up their play as of late and all of a sudden are coving numbers left and right. UCF has been a double-digit favorite twice this season and have failed to cover both games by almost double-digits in each. I think this is a comfortable win by UCF, but Bethune-Cookman does enough to get the cover here.