Morgan State vs North Carolina Central Prediction 1-6-25 College Basketball Picks

The NC Central Eagles and the Morgan State Bears meet Monday in college basketball action from the Hill Field House. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Morgan State vs North Carolina Central Prediction.

NC Central Recap

The NC Central Eagles come into this game looking to bounce back from a 63-61 loss to the Coppin State Eagles last time out to fall to 7-11 on the year. After this game, NC Central will head home for a matchup against Maryland Eastern Shore.

Eagles Looking For Rebound Win

Po’Boigh King leads the Eagles in scoring with 16.1 PPG with 2.9 RPG while Keishon Porter has 11.2 PPG with 3.4 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for NC Central so far this season. Perry Smith Jr. has 8.9 PPG with 4.2 RPG while Timmy Adedire has a team-high 4.3 RPG to lead the Eagles in rebounding and Dionte Johnson’s averaged 4.4 APG to lead the Eagles in assists up to this point in the year. As a team, NC Central is averaging 79.4 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three, and 69.7% from the foul line this season.

Why the North Carolina Central Eagles will win

• Morgan State has lost five of its last six games.
• North Carolina Central has won 12 of its last 15 games against Morgan State.

Morgan State Recap

The Morgan State Bears will be out to bounce back thanks to an 86-72 loss to South Carolina State last time out to drop to 6-11 this season. After this game, Morgan State will take on Howard and Norfolk State.

Bears Lose Third In A Row

Wynston Tabbs leads the Bears in scoring with 15.1 PPG along with 3.2 RPG and 2.3 APG while Will Thomas has 12.1 PPG with 2.9 RPG. Amahrie Simpkins has 12.7 PPG with 4.7 RPG and Kameron Hobbs has 12.2 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Morgan State up to this point in the year. Rob Lawson has a team-high 2.5 APG to lead the Bears in assists and Daniel Akitoby has 7.8 PPG with 6 RPG to lead the Bears on the glass up to this point in the year. As a team, Morgan State is averaging 80.5 PPG on 50% shooting from the field, 35% from three, and 69.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Morgan State Bears will win

• The home team has won eight of Morgan State’s last nine games.
• North Carolina Central has lost four of its last five road games against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Morgan State’s last nine games has produced a total of 158+ points.
• Thirty-three of North Carolina Central’s last 36 night games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 154 or fewer points.

Morgan State vs North Carolina Central Prediction

I’m on NC Central here. There’s not a lot separating these two but to find the difference, you really have to dig and the difference for me is that I anticipate NC Central’s defense is going to give Morgan State all sorts of trouble. NC Central is 14^th in the country in turnover percentage against D-I teams and Morgan State’s not all that great at taking care of the basketball. The Eagles should be able to get enough fast break opportunities off of those turnovers and second chances from their misses as they’re also the far better-rebounding team here and in the end, I think that NC Central snags the win and cover in this one. Give me NC Central laying the points.