The South Florida Bulls and Boston College Eagles meet Monday in college basketball action at the Silvio O. Conte Forum. The South Florida Bulls look for a win after splitting their last six games. The Boston College Eagles also look for a win after splitting their last six games.
The South Florida Bulls are averaging 56.4 points on 37.2 percent shooting and allowing 54.2 points on 37.5 percent shooting. Caleb Murphy is averaging 12 points and 3.4 assists, while Javon Greene is averaging 9.2 points and 5.2 rebounds. Jamir Chaplin is dishing 1.4 assists and Russel Tchewa is grabbing 5 rebounds. The South Florida Bulls are shooting 26 percent from beyond the arc and 62.1 percent from the free throw line. The South Florida Bulls are allowing 26.3 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.2 rebounds per game.
The Boston College Eagles are averaging 68.3 points on 44.4 percent shooting and allowing 61.7 points on 43.6 percent shooting. DeMarr Langford Jr. is averaging 12.6 points and 5.4 rebounds, while Jaeden Zackery is averaging 12 points and 2.3 rebounds. Makai Ashton-Langford is the third double-digit scorer and TJ Bickerstaff is grabbing 7.9 rebounds. The Boston College Eagles are shooting 37.7 percent from beyond the arc and 68.4 percent from the free throw line. The Boston College Eagles are allowing 34 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.6 rebounds per game.
The Bulls are 9-4-1 ATS in their last 14 road games and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 Monday games. The Eagles are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 Monday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The under is 6-0 in Bulls last 6 overall. The over is 5-1 in Eagles last 6 Monday games.
The Boston College Eagles are probably the better team overall, and it helps to be at home, but they’re a bottom feeding ACC club that’s off to a sluggish start, and it’s hard to back them in the decent sized favorite role. The South Florida Bulls have their issues as well, but they’ve been decent defensively, and they did give a ranked Auburn team all it could handle. Boston College isn’t this good. Give me the road dog.