High Point vs UNC Asheville 1/4/23 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
UNC Asheville Bulldogs (9-6) vs. High Point Panthers (8-6)
January 4, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: High Point Panthers -3 / UNC Asheville Bulldogs +3; Over/Under: +153
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The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs and the High Point Panthers meet in college basketball action from the Qubein Center on Wednesday.
The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs will be out to rebound from a 62-60 loss to Winthrop in their last game. Drew Pember leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with 18.1 PPG and 9 RPG while Taijon Jones has 14.3 PPG with 4.7 RPG to cap off the pair of double-digit scorers for UNC-Asheville this season. Caleb Burgess also has a team-high 3.1 APG to lead the Bulldogs in the assist department up to this point in the year. As a team, UNC-Asheville is averaging 77 PPG on 48.9% shooting from the field, 38.9% from behind the arc and 66.8% from the foul line this season.
The High Point Panthers will try to snap a five-game losing skid after an 80-73 loss to Gardner-Webb last time out. Jaden House leads High Point in scoring with 20.2 PPG along with 4.6 RPG while Abdoulaye Thiam has 14.9 PPG with 4.2 RPG and Zack Austin has 14.6 PPG with 6.1 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for High Point so far this season. Bryant Randleman has a team-high 3.2 APG to lead High Point in assists and Ahmard Harvey has a team-high 7.1 RPG to lead High Point in rebounding this season. As a team, High Point is averaging 80.9 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 33% from three point range and 64.6% from the foul line this season.
UNC-Asheville is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games and 19-7 ATS in their last 26 games following an ATS loss while the over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games against a team with a winning home record. High Point is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games following an ATS loss.
I get why one would look at High Point at home, but I’m not going to until they show signs of life and snap out of this losing streak they’re on. UNC-Asheville usually does a good job of bouncing back from their non-covers and I think they do it again here. Give me UNC-Asheville.
