George Washington vs Dayton 1/8/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Dayton Flyers (8-6) vs. George Washington Colonials (4-8)
January 8, 2022 12:00 pm EDT
The Line: George Washington Colonials +8 / Dayton Flyers -8; Over/Under: +130
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The Dayton Flyers and the George Washington Colonials meet in A-10 conference college hoops action from the Smith Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Dayton Flyers will look to bounce back from a 53-52 loss to VCU last time out. Toumani Camara leads the Flyers in scoring and rebounding with 10.8 PPG and 6.7 RPG while Daron Holmes II has 10.5 PPG and 5.4 RPG. Malachi Smith has 10.1 PPG with a team-high 4.5 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Dayton up to this point in the year. As a team, Dayton is averaging 69.1 PPG on 47.4% shooting from the field, 31.3% from three and 70.4% from the foul line while allowing 63.6 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 33% from three this season.
The George Washington Colonials will be out to build on a 67-58 win over Radford last time out. James Bishop leads GW in scoring with 15.8 PPG while Joe Bamisile has 13.1 PPG with 6.4 RPG. Brendan Adams has 11.1 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for GW so far this season. Ricky Lindo Jr. has 9.5 PPG with a team-high 8.2 RPG while Brayon Freeman has 2.8 APG as well to lead the Colonials so far this season. As a team, George Washington is averaging 65.1 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field, 29.3% from three and 66.5% from the foul line while allowing 69.4 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field and 29.1% from three this season.
Dayton is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. George Washington is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 4-10-1 ATS in their last 15 games overall while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 Saturday games.
I don’t know which Dayton team is going to show up and while I’m not a huge GW fan, I think the points with the Colonials is the way to look in this one. We’ve seen George Washington step it up in spots and Dayton has had issues in true road scenarios this season, so I’ll take the Colonials and the points here.
