Georgia vs Western Carolina 12/20/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Western Carolina Catamounts (6-5) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (4-6)
December 20, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Georgia Bulldogs -10 / Western Carolina Catamounts +10; Over/Under: -144.5
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The Western Carolina Catamounts and the Georgia Bulldogs meet in college hoops action from Stegeman Coliseum on Monday night.
The Western Carolina Catamounts will look to rebound from a 73-72 loss to UNC-Asheville last time out. Nicholas Robinson leads the Catamounts in scoring and rebounding with 14.7 PPG and 8 RPG while Travion McCray has 10.4 PPG and 5 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Western Carolina so far this season. Joe Petrakis has 8.4 PPG and Vontarius Woolbright has 8.2 PPG with 5.9 RPG and a team-high 4.5 APG to lead Western Carolina in assists this season. As a team, Western Carolina is averaging 76.1 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field, 36.1% from three and 64.4% from the foul line while allowing 75 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field and 32% from three this season.
The Georgia Bulldogs will try to bounce back from an 80-67 loss to George Mason in their last game. Braelen Bridges leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 12.7 PPG along with 5.6 RPG while Jailyn Ingram has 10.7 PPG with 6 RPG to lead Georgia on the glass but is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Aaron Cook and Kario Oquendo each have 10.2 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Georgia this season with Cook logging a team-high 6.6 APG to lead Georgia in assists this season. As a team, Georgia is averaging 68 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the field, 30.2% from three and 69.8% from the foul line while allowing 70 PPG on 43% shooting from the field and 32.4% from three this season.
Western Carolina is 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 3-11-1 ATS in their last 15 games following a loss while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 Monday games. Georgia is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games against a team with a losing road record and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 Monday games.
I get the case to be made for Georgia laying points at home, but I’m a bit sheepish to go back to Georgia after how they looked against George Mason in their first game without Jailyn Ingram. Western Carolina’s faced some tough opposition on the road and has come out on top in a lot of those games and I think they give Georgia a run here. Give me the Catamounts and the points.
