The Davidson Wildcats and New Mexico State Aggies meet Thursday in college basketball action at The HTC Center. The Davidson Wildcats look to get a game above a .500 record. The New Mexico State Aggies look to get off to a 3-0 start.
The Davidson Wildcats are averaging 76.5 points on 51 percent shooting and allowing 68 points on 42.9 percent shooting. Foster Loyer is averaging 17 points and 2 rebounds, while Sam Mennenga is averaging 13.5 points and 2.5 assists. Hyunjung Lee is the third double-digit scorer and Luka Brajkovic is grabbing 3.5 rebounds. The Davidson Wildcats are shooting 51.4 percent from beyond the arc and 68.3 percent from the free throw line. The Davidson Wildcats are allowing 30.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 28.5 rebounds per game.
The New Mexico State Aggies are averaging 69.5 points on 44.7 percent shooting and allowing 61 points on 36.6 percent shooting. Teddy Allen is averaging 15 points and 5 rebounds, while Sir’Jabari Rice is averaging 13.5 points and 1 assist. Donnie Tillman is the third double-digit scorer and Mario McKinney Jr. is grabbing 2 rebounds. The New Mexico State Aggies are shooting 32.6 percent from beyond the arc and 69.6 percent from the free throw line. The New Mexico State Aggies are allowing 22.5 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 37.5 rebounds per game.
The Wildcats are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 neutral site games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Thursday games. The Aggies are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 neutral site games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following a ATS loss. The under is 7-2 in Wildcats last 9 overall. The over is 4-1 in Aggies last 5 overall.
The New Mexico State Aggies are a feisty team defensively, and that’s not what you want to see in these early starts. However, the Davidson Wildcats are head and shoulders the deeper and more trustworthy team on the offensive side. Davidson should be able to give New Mexico State headaches on that end of the floor. I’ll lay the bucket with Davidson here.