Army vs Wagner 12/3/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Wagner Seahawks (4-2) vs. Army Black Knights (3-5)
December 3, 2022 1:00 pm EDT
The Line: Army Black Knights -2.5 / Wagner Seahawks +2.5; Over/Under: +140
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The Wagner Seahawks and the Army Black Knights meet in college basketball action from Christi Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The Wagner Seahawks will look to build on a 62-57 win over NJIT last time out. Zaire Williams has 14.3 PPG with 3.7 RPG while DeLonnie Hunt has 11.2 PPG with a team-high 3 APG to lead the Seahawks in assists this season. Rahmir Moore has 10 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Wagner so far this season while Brandon Brown has a team-high 8.5 RPG as well this season. As a team, Wagner is averaging 66.8 PPG on 39.8% shooting from the field, 33.8% from behind the arc and 62.6% from the foul line this season.
The Army Black Knights will hope to build on their 88-57 win over subdivision Merchant last time out. Chris Mann leads the Black Knights in scoring with 16.3 PPG along with 5.6 RPG while Jalen Rucker has 14.6 PPG with 4.4 RPG and a team-high 2.6 APG to lead the Black Knights in the assist department and Coleton Benson has 13.3 PPG this season. Ethan Roberts has 11.1 PPG with 4.8 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Army up to this point in the year. Charlie Peterson also has 5.6 RPG of his own for Army this season. As a team, Army is averaging 81.3 PPG on 49.8% shooting from the field, 35.6% from three and 71% from the foul line this season.
Army is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following an ATS win and 8-20 ATS in their last 20 Saturday games while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games overall. Army is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games and 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games overall.
This is your typical battle of offense vs. defense and which one will win out and in this specific game, I think it’s the latter. Wagner has done a good job of bringing the lesser teams they’ve faced down to their level and Army has had serious issues with keeping points off of the board on the defensive end. I just think that this is one of those games where we’ll be glad to have the points in our back pocket so give me Wagner here.
