The Old Dominion Monarchs and the Appalachian State Mountaineers meet in college basketball action from the Thomas Convocation Center on Saturday afternoon. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Appalachian State is listed as a 2.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -150. The total for this game is set at 128.5 points.
Injuries
For Old Dominion, Ben Stanley is the lone name on the injury report, listed as questionable with a knee injury while Appalachian State comes into this game with a clean injury report.
Matchup History
App State won the lone meeting between these two teams back on January 21st, 2023, by a final score of 72-58.
Trends
Old Dominion is 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 road games and 10-1 ATS in their last 11 games following a loss while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a loss. Appalachian State is 11-4 ATS in their last 15 Saturday games and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games following an ATS win while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 Saturday games.
Pick
I’m on the Monarchs here. I like this App State defense, especially at home, but the Monarchs are capable of exacting revenge here after App State beat them in their own building earlier this season. App State has a tendency to rely on their defense too much to try to win games and Old Dominion can counter that with the better offense. Old Dominion has also been a solid team to back ATS on the road this season, so I’ll take the free bucket with the Monarchs here.