College of Charleston vs Delaware 1/7/23 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Delaware Blue Hens and the Charleston Cougars meet in college basketball action from the TD Arena on Saturday.

The Delaware Blue Hens will look to build on their 57-52 win over Elon last time out. Jameer Nelson Jr. leads the Blue Hens in scoring and assists with 19.8 PPG and 3.1 APG with 5 RPG as well while Jyare Davis has 16.6 PPG with 4.9 RPG and 3.5 APG this season. L.J. Owens also has 10.5 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Delaware up to this point in the season while Christian Ray also has a team-high 9.6 RPG to lead Delaware in rebounding up to this point in the season. As a team, Delaware is averaging 71.5 PPG on 44.8% shooting from the field, 31.8% from three and 70% from the foul line this season.

The Charleston Cougars will look to build on their double-digit win streak after a 92-79 win over North Carolina A&T last time out. Dalton Bolon leads the Cougars in scoring with 12.9 PPG and Ryan Larson has 11 PPG also posting a team-high 3.9 APG to lead the Cougars in the assist department while Reyne Smith has 10.8 PPG. Pat Robinson III has 10.8 PPG and Ante Brzovic has 10.2 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for the Cougars this year while Babacar Faye also leads Charleston on the glass with 5.9 RPG so far this season. As a team, Charleston is averaging 81.2 PPG on 44.8% shooting from the field, 33.4% from three and 74.6% from the foul line this season.

Delaware is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 road games against a team with a winning home record and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600 while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games overall. Charleston is 16-6 ATS in their last 22 games overall and 12-5 ATS in their last 17 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 Saturday games.

I get the case to be made for either side here, as Charleston is the better team but this feels like a ton of points. Instead, I’m going to back the over. Both teams can score, and for Charleston it’s just a matter of how many points they give up coming back the other way as the Cougars tend to play a fast=paced and free style that doesn’t lend itself to tight defense necessarily. I think we have a track meet here. Give me the over.