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College of Charleston vs UNC Wilmington 1/17/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

UNC Wilmington Seahawks (8-5) vs. College of Charleston Cougars (9-5)
January 17, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: College of Charleston Cougars -9 / UNC Wilmington Seahawks +9; Over/Under: -146.5
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The UNC-Wilmington Seahawks and the Charleston Cougars meet in college basketball action from the TD Arena on Monday night.

The UNC-Wilmington Seahawks will try to build on a five-game win streak after a 73-68 win over Elon last time out. Jaylen Sims leads the Seahawks in scoring and rebounding with 13 PPG and 6.2 RPG while Mike Okauru has 11.8 PPG and a team-high 3 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for UNC-Wilmington this season. Shykeim Phillips also has 9.8 PPG and 3.5 RPG as well this season. As a team, UNC Wilmington is averaging 66.9 PPG on 39.2% shooting from the field, 31.6% from three and 68.7% from the foul line while allowing 66 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field and 35.1% from three this season.

The Charleston Cougars will look to build on a 65-61 win over Elon last time out. John Meeks leads the Cougars in scoring with 14.8 PPG along with 5.2 RPG while Reyne Smith has 12.2 PPG and Brenden Tucker has 11.4 PPG this season. Dimitrius Underwood has 10 PPG with a team-high 6.6 RPG and 3.2 APG to lead the Cougars in rebounding as well as capping off the group of double-digit scorers for Charleston so far this season. Fah’Mir Ali also has a team-high 3.4 APG as well for the Cougars this season. As a team, Charleston is averaging 78.1 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field, 33% from three and 73.6% from the foul line while allowing 76.4 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field and 33.3% from three this season.

UNC-Wilmington is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 3-13-1 ATS in their last 17 road games following three or more consecutive home games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 road games. Charleston is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 while the over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 Monday games.

I get why this may feel like one of those maybe somebody knows something spots, as Wilmington’s won 4 straight and covered 4 straight as well and Charleston’s won 6 of their last 9 and are much better at home than Wilmington is on the road. However, the Cougars are also 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games and were laying points in each of those spots while the Seahawks were getting points in most of their games during this win streak and won outright. The Seahawks did pay a lot of those games at home, but I think this is a case of too many points being given up with Charleston here. Give me UNC-Wilmington and the points.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: UNC-Wilmington +9

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