George Washington vs Duquesne 3/2/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Duquesne Dukes and the George Washington Colonials meet in college basketball action from the Charles Smith Center on Wednesday night.

The Duquesne Dukes will look to snap a double-digit losing streak after a 70-54 loss to Rhode Island last time out. Amir Spears leads the Dukes in scoring and assists with 10.8 PPG and 2.8 APG while Leon Ayers III has 10 PPG with 4 RPG. Kevin Easley has 10.4 PPG with a team-high 6.4 RPG to lead the Dukes on the glass and Tre Williams has 10.8 PPG with 5.7 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for the Dukes up to this point in the year. As a team, Duquesne is averaging 63.3 PPG on 39.6% shooting from the field, 30.5% from three and 70.9% from the foul line while allowing 71.9 PPG on 47.1% shooting from the field and 38.4% from three this season.

The George Washington Colonials will try to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 69-62 loss to George Mason last time out. James Bishop leads GW in scoring with 16.9 PPG while Joe Bamisile has 15.6 PPG with 5.1 RPG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for GW so far this season. Brendan Adams has 8.2 PPG while Ricky Lindo Jr. has 7.6 PPG with a team-high 7.4 RPG and Brayon Freeman has 9.7 PPG and 3.4 APG as well to lead the Colonials so far this season. As a team, George Washington is averaging 66.6 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field, 32.4% from three and 69.5% from the foul line while allowing 71.2 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field and 30.7% from three this season.

Duquesne is 0-7 ATS in their last 7 Wednesday games and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall. George Washington is 7-0-1 ATS in their last 8 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 and 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 games against a team with a losing record.

I get the case to be made for Duquesne here as GW isn’t normally the first team you think about laying points with in most spots. However, Duquesne’s been getting beat up on the road and while a lot of those games came against tough opposition, there’s no denying that the Colonials have taken a step forward this year and I think that they can get the job done here and win by double-digits. Give me GW laying the points here.