The Appalachian State Mountaineers and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers meet in college basketball action from the HTC Center on Thursday night, Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Appalchian State is listed as a 1.5-point road favorite for this game with a ML price of -120. The over/under is set at 137.5 points.
Injuries
Neither side has any players listed on their respective injury reports, so barring any last minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.
Matchup history
Appalachian State’s won the last 5 meetings between these two teams after a 63-62 win at home over Coastal back on January 5th, 2023.
Trends
Appalachian State is 13-3 ATS in their last 16 road games and 11-2 ATS in their last 13 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS win. Coastal Carolina is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games against a team with a winning record and 22-7 ATS in their last 29 games following an ATS loss while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 home games following three or more consecutive road games.
Pick
I’m sticking with App State here. The old adage of defense travels is personified with this App State team and the Mountaineers keep finding ways to get the job done on the road. Coastal Carolina’s lucky to be 5-3 at home in my opinion and the Mountaineers have simply dominated the head-to-head with Coastal. I’ll side with App State and the low line here.