Charleston vs. William & Mary Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/16/23

The William & Mary Tribe and the Charleston Cougars meet in college basketball action from the TD Arena on Monday night.

The William & Mary Tribe will try to build on a 69-67 win over UNC-Wilmington in their last matchup. Anders Nelson leads the Tribe in scoring and assists with 11.4 PPG and 4.7 APG while Gabe Dorsey has 10.6 PPG. Ben Wight has 10.4 PPG with 4.7 RPG while Noah Collier has 9.2 PPG as well as a team-high 8.5 RPG to lead the Tribe in rebounding up to this point in the season. As a team, William & Mary is averaging 69.1 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 36.2% from three and 67.1% from the foul line this season.

The Charleston Cougars will look to build on their 78-60 win over Elon last time out. Dalton Bolon leads the Cougars in scoring with 13.5 PPG and Ryan Larson has 11.2 PPG while also posting a team-high 4.1 APG to lead the Cougars in the assist department while Reyne Smith has 10.7 PPG. Ante Brzovic has 10.7 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for the Cougars this year while Jaylon Scott also leads Charleston on the glass with 5.2 RPG so far this season. As a team, Charleston is averaging 80.2 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 32.9% from three and 74.3% from the foul line this season.

William & Mary is 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 road games and 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games following an ATS win while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record. Charleston is 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS loss while the under is 9-0 in their last 9 home games.

I get the case to be made for William & Mary here as this is still a big number for conference play, but I have to roll with Charleston here. The Cougars have simply been the better team overall and have been one of the elite teams in the CAA for some time now. I just see no reason to step in front of Charleston up to this point so give me the Cougars big here.