The North Carolina Tar Heels and the Purdue Boilermakers meet in college basketball action from Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The North Carolina Tar Heels come into this game looking to build on a 94-83 win over College of Charleston in their last game. Caleb Love leads the Tar Heels in scoring with 19 PPG along with 3.7 RPG and 4.3 APG while Armando Bacot has 18 PPG with a team-high 9.3 RPG. Brady Manek has 17 PPG with 7.3 RPG and R.J. Davis has 12.7 PPG with a team-high 5 APG to lead the Tar Heels in assists. Kerwin Walton also has 10 PPG to make up the scoring in double figures for UNC this season while Dawson Garcia also has 8.7 PPG and 7.7 RPG. As a team, North Carolina is averaging 90.3 PPG on 52.8% shooting from the field, 38.7% from three and 69.3% from the foul line while allowing 79 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field and 33.8% from three this season.
The Purdue Boilermakers will be out to add to their 96-52 win over Wright State last time out. Zach Edey leads the Boilers in scoring and rebounding with 18.7 PPG and 10.3 RPG, averaging a double-double per game while Jaden Ivey has 15.3 PPG with 6.3 RPG and a team-high 3.3 APG to lead Purdue in assists. Sasha Stefanovic has 13.7 PPG and Brandon Newman’s got 12.3 PPG while Trevion Williams has 11.7 PPG with 9.3 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Purdue up to this point in the season. Caleb Furst also has 9.3 PPG and 9.3 RPG as well this season for Purdue. As a team, Purdue is averaging 94.7 PPG on 51.9% shooting from the field, 41.7% from three and 74.4% from the foul line while allowing 62 PPG on 36.8% from three and 26.4% from three this season.
North Carolina is 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Purdue is 40101 ATS in their last 6 Saturday games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.
I get the case that could be made both ways here, but I’m looking at the over. These are two teams with a load of talent throughout their respective rosters and I think a game where both teams find themselves in the high-70s to low-80s is more than doable. Give me the over in this one.