Charleston Southern vs UNC Asheville 2/16/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
UNC Asheville Bulldogs (14-11) vs. Charleston Southern Buccaneers (5-20)
February 16, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Charleston Southern Buccaneers +7.5 / UNC Asheville Bulldogs -7.5; Over/Under: -138.5
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The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs and the Charleston Southern Buccaneers meet in college basketball action from the Buccaneer Field House on Wednesday night.
The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs will look to build on back-to-back wins after an 83-56 win over South Carolina Upstate last time out. Drew Pember leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with 15 PPG and 6.6 RPG while Taijon Jones has 12.7 PPG with 5.3 RPG. LJ Thorpe has 12.5 PPG with 3.4 RPG and 3.3 APG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for UNC-Asheville this season. Trent Stephney leads the Bulldogs in assists as well with 3.4 APG this season. As a team, UNC-Asheville is averaging 73.9 PPG on 45.3% shooting from the field , 35.6% from three and 72.5% from the foul line while allowing 66.4 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 26.8% from three this season.
The Charleston Southern Buccaneers will try to rebound from an 82-65 loss to Gardner-Webb last time out. Tahlik Chavez leads the Buccaneers in scoring and assists with 11.9 PPG and 2.3 APG as the lone scorer averaging double-digits for CSU. Claudell Harris Jr. has 9.5 PPG with 4.1 RPG and Cheikh Faye has a team-high 5.3 RPG to lead the Buccaneers on the glass this season. As a team, Charleston Southern is averaging 68.3 points per game on 40.1% shooting from the field, 29.3% from three and 68.3% from the foul line while allowing 75.3 points on 46.1% shooting from the field and 34.5% from three this season.
UNC-Asheville is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 and 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games following a win by 20 or more points while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. Charleston Southern is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record.
I get the case to be made for a team catching points at home, but the problem is the Buccaneers have been terrible against D-I opposition no matter what the venue’s been as of late. UNC-Asheville hasn’t been a who lot better, but their losses have been close and the wins have been convincing against lesser teams. Give me UNC-Asheville laying the points here.
