The Hofstra Pride and the Charleston Cougars meet in college basketball action from the TD Arena on Thursday night.
The Hofstra Pride will look to build on their 72-50 win over Northeastern last time out. Aaron Estrada leads the Pride in scoring and assists with 16.4 PPG and 4.9 APG with 5.5 RPG while Zach Cooks is right behind with 16.3 PPG with 3.8 APG. Jalen Ray has 14.7 PPG with 3.7 RPG and Darlinstone Dubar has 12.3 PPG with 5.2 RPG and Omar Silverio has 11.1 PPG as well to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Hofstra so far this season. Abayomi Iyola also has 8.3 PPG with a matching 8.5 RPG to lead the Pride on the glass up to this point in the season. As a team, Hofstra is averaging 77.9 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 33.8% from three and 80.1% from the foul line while allowing 71.3 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field and 36.6% from three this season.
The Charleston Cougars will look to build on their 74-73 win over William & Mary last time out. John Meeks leads the Cougars in scoring with 15.6 PPG along with 5.1 RPG while Reyne Smith has 13.2 PPG and Brenden Tucker has 11 PPG this season. Dimitrius Underwood has 10.4 PPG with a team-high 6.8 RPG and 3.2 APG to lead the Cougars in rebounding and assists as well as capping off the group of double-digit scorers for Charleston so far this season. As a team, Charleston is averaging 78.1 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field, 33.5% from three and 72.1% from the foul line while allowing 77.7 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field and 33.8% from three this season.
Hofstra is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a win by 20 or more points and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. Charleston is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 home games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall while the over is 7-3 in their last 10 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.
I get the allure of points with a home dog like Charleston, but the problem I’m having is that the Cougars haven’t been as good as we’re used to seeing Charleston be in their last three games and well, since the turn of the calendar. Hofstra’s been starting to turn it up and the line is low enough that I think that Hofstra’s more than capable of getting the job done.