Longwood vs USC Upstate 3/5/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The USC Upstate Spartans and the Longwood Lancers meet in college basketball action from the Bojangles Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.

The USC Upstate Spartans will look to build on their 72-62 win over Charleston Southern last time out. Bryson Mozone leads the Spartans in scoring with 15.2 PPG along with 5.5 RPG while Jordan Gainey has 13.4 PPG and 3.9 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for USC Upstate up to this point in the year. Dalvin White has 9 PPG and a team-high 3.8 APG this season. As a team, USC Upstate is averaging 70.9 PPG on 44.8% shooting from the field, 36.5% from three and 74.1% from the foul line while allowing 73 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the field and 31.7% from three this season.

The Longwood Lancers will try to build on their 79-65 win over North Carolina A&T last time out. Justin Hill leads the Lancers in scoring with 13.9 PPG as well as in assists with 3.9 APG. Isaiah Wilkins has 12.5 PPG with a team-high 6 RPG to lead the Lancers on the glass and DeShaun Wade has 11.7 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Longwood up to this point in the season. Leslie Nkereuwem has 9.2 PPG with 4.2 RPG as well for Longwood this season. As a team, Longwood is averaging 76.1 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field, 37.3% from three and 71.8% from the foul line while allowing 65.1 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field and 31.4% from behind the arc this season.

I get the case to be made both ways here and we likely won’t have much time before a line is released so once it does, I’m all in on Longwood here. The Lancers are looking more and more like the team to beat in the Big South this year and they logged a double-digit win over the Spartans in the lone meeting this season while hanging 85 points in that game. I look for a similar performance here so give me Longwood.