North Carolina A&T vs New Mexico State 12/22/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The New Mexico State Aggies and North Carolina A&T Aggies meet Thursday in college basketball action at the Don Haskins Center. The New Mexico State Aggies look for their seventh win. The North Carolina A&T Aggies look for their sixth win.

The New Mexico State Aggies are averaging 78.1 points on 45.3 percent shooting and allowing 65.4 points on 38.7 percent shooting. Deshawndre Washington is averaging 13.5 points and 7.8 rebounds, while Xavier Pinson is averaging 12.2 points and 3.5 rebounds. Issa Muhammed is the third double-digit scorer and Anthony Roy is grabbing 3.2 rebounds. The New Mexico State Aggies are shooting 35 percent from beyond the arc and 69 percent from the free throw line. The New Mexico State Aggies are allowing 27.9 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 36.8 rebounds per game.

The North Carolina A&T Aggies are averaging 70.3 points on 41.6 percent shooting and allowing 70.5 points on 44.2 percent shooting. Kam Woods is averaging 17.8 points and 2.8 assists, while Marcus Watson is averaging 13.9 points and 5 rebounds. Demetric Horton is the third double-digit scorer and Austin Johnson is grabbing 6.7 rebounds. The North Carolina A&T Aggies are shooting 35.3 percent from beyond the arc and 69.5 percent from the free throw line. The North Carolina A&T Aggies are allowing 30 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32 rebounds per game.

Conditioning will be key in this game because both teams played their starters a ton of minutes yesterday. With that said, it’s fair to say the New Mexico State Aggies have been the better team up to this point, and they’ve been more impressive on both sides of the floor. New Mexico State is still feisty defensively, and that can be an issue even more with tired legs. I’ll side with New Mexico State and whatever the line is.