The Navy Midshipmen and the Furman Paladins meet in college basketball action from the Timmons Arena on Sunday afternoon.
The Navy Midshipmen come into this game looking to build on a 47-33 win over Radford in their last game. John Carter Jr. leads the Middies in scoring with 12.7 PPG along with 5 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Navy so far this season while Daniel Deaver has 9.7 PPG with team-highs of 5.3 RPG and 2.7 APG. Sean Yoder also has 9 PPG with 3.3 RPG on the year for Navy. As a team, Navy is averaging 57.5 PPG on 41% shooting from the field, 24.1% from three and 62.7% from the foul line while allowing 61.3 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 31.1% from three this season.
The Furman Paladins also had a convincing win over Radford last time out, winning their meeting with the Highlanders 81-64. Mike Bothwell leads the Paladins in scoring with 22.5 PPG along with 4.8 RPG and 4 APG while Alex Hunter has 15.8 PPG with a team-high 4.5 APG and 4.3 RPG and Jalen Slawson has 13.5 PPG with a team-high 8.8 RPG to lead the Paladins on the glass. Garret Hiem has 12 PPG and Conley Garrison also has 1.5 PPG this season for Furman. As a team, Furman is averaging 92 PPG on 48.9% shooting from the field, 45.1% from three and 81.7% from the foul line while allowing 74.3 PPG on 41.3% shooting from the field and 30.3% from three this season.
Navy is 19-7 ATS in their last 26 games overall and 20-8 ATS in their last 28 road games while the over is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog. Furman is 5-11 ATS in their last 16 games as a favorite and 3-9-1 ATS in their last 13 games following a win while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall.
This is an interesting matchup, but I’m still looking at the under here. This just has a first to 65 game kind of feel to it in my opinion and for a total of 135, it still feels just a tad too high. Give me the under in this one.