Charlotte vs Marshall 2/5/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Marshall Thundering Herd (8-14) vs. Charlotte 49ers (11-9)
February 5, 2022 4:00 pm EDT
The Line: Charlotte 49ers -2.5 / Marshall Thundering Herd +2.5; Over/Under: -150.5
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The Marshall Thundering Herd and the Charlotte 49ers meet in college basketball action from the Halton Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The Marshall Thundering Herd come into this game on the heels of a 79-64 loss to Old Dominion in their last game. Taevion Kinsey leads the Herd in scoring with 20.2 PPG along with 5.4 RPG and 4.1 APG while Obinna Anochili-Killen has 13 PPG and a team-high 6.8 RPG to lead Marshall on the glass. Andrew Taylor has 12.8 PPG with 5.7 RPG and a team-high 4.4 APG to lead the Herd in assists and round out the group of double-digit scorers for Marshall so far this season. Darius George also has 7.8 PPG and 4.6 RPG as well this season. As a team, Marshall is averaging 74.9 PPG on 43.6% shooting from the field, 27.7% from three and 71.3% from the foul line while allowing 76.6 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field and 34.2% from three this season.
The Charlotte 49ers will attempt to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 78-59 loss to Western Kentucky last time out. Jahmir Young leads the 49ers in scoring and assists with 18.7 PPG and 3.8 APG as well as logging 5.3 RPG on the year while Austin Butler has 12 PPG with 6.1 RPG to cap off the pair of double-digit scorers for Charlotte up to this point in the season as the 49ers’ top rebounder. Clyde Trapp has 9.1 PPG with 5.7 RPG while Robert Braswell has 8.9 PPG this season. As a team, Charlotte is averaging 68.6 PPG on 45.6% shooting from the field, 35.1% from three and 76.6% from the foul line while allowing 71.5 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field and 37.2% from three this season.
Marshall is 1-12-3 ATS in their last 16 games following an ATS loss and 4-19-3 ATS in their last 26 games overall while the under is 5-0-1 in their last 6 games as a road underdog. Charlotte is
I get the case to be made for an underdog in certain spots, but Marshall’s just been absolutely horrendous for much of the year, especially on the road. Charlotte just got their doors blown off by Western Kentucky, but I think given Marshall’s form and the state of the team as a whole, this could end up being a nice bounce back spot for the 49ers. Give me Charlotte in this one.
