Maine Black Bears (6-11) vs. Vermont Catamounts (8-10)
January 19, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Vermont Catamounts -11 / Maine Black Bears +11; Over/Under: +136.5
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The Maine Black Bears and Vermont Catamounts meet Thursday in college basketball action at the Patrick Gymnasium. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Maine Black Bears Preview
The Maine Black Bears are averaging 70.9 points on 46.1 percent shooting and allowing 71.1 points on 46.8 percent shooting. Gedi Juozapaitis is averaging 15.7 points and 2 assists, while Kellen Tynes is averaging 14.8 points and 4.8 rebounds. Peter Filipovity is grabbing 6.3 rebounds and Kristians Feierbergs is dishing 0.9 assists. The Maine Black Bears are shooting 34.9 percent from beyond the arc and 73.4 percent from the free throw line. The Maine Black Bears are allowing 35.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 27.8 rebounds per game.
The Vermont Catamounts Preview
The Vermont Catamounts are averaging 68 points on 44.3 percent shooting and allowing 69.2 points on 45.5 percent shooting. Aaron Deloney is averaging 12.2 points and 2.6 rebounds, while Dylan Penn is averaging 11.5 points and 1.6 assists. Finn Sullivan is dishing 2.3 assists and Robin Duncan is grabbing 6.6 rebounds. The Vermont Catamounts are shooting 33.6 percent from beyond the arc and 68.4 percent from the free throw line. The Vermont Catamounts are allowing 35.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29.1 rebounds per game.
Trends
The Black Bears are 15-5-1 ATS in their last 21 road games. The Catamounts are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games and 8-1 ATS in their last 9 Thursday games. The over is 6-1 in Black Bears last 7 overall. The over is 13-5 in Catamounts last 18 home games. The home team is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings.
Randy’s Free Pick
The Vermont Catamounts are the better team and should be favored at home, but this is a lot of points for a team that’s being outscored the season. This isn’t the same Vermont team from a couple of years ago. Yes, Maine is worse off and has issues competing at times, but I’m not laying double-digit chalk with Vermont. It’s Maine and the points or pass for me.
