The Campbell Fighting Camels and Radford Highlanders meet Saturday in the college basketball Big South Tournament at the Bojangles Coliseum. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Campbell Fighting Camels are averaging 69.3 points on 46.3 percent shooting and allowing 68.3 points on 45.4 percent shooting. Ricky Clemons is averaging 14 points and 4.1 rebounds, while Anthony Dell’Orso is averaging 11.9 points and 1.3 assists. Jay Pal is the third double-digit scorer and Jesus Carralero is grabbing 5.2 rebounds. The Campbell Fighting Camels are shooting 33.2 percent from beyond the arc and 69.5 percent from the free throw line. The Campbell Fighting Camels are allowing 34 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 28.5 rebounds per game.
The Radford Highlanders are averaging 69.4 points on 45.9 percent shooting and allowing 64.5 points on 44.8 percent shooting. DaQuan Smith is averaging 13.5 points and 3.4 rebounds, while Bryan Antonie is averaging 11.2 points and 3 rebounds. Josiah Jeffers is grabbing 2.3 rebounds and Kenyon Giles is dishing 1.1 assists. The Radford Highlanders are shooting 35.2 percent from beyond the arc and 68.8 percent from the free throw line. The Radford Highlanders are allowing 33.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 30.9 rebounds per game.
The Fighting Camels are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The Highlanders are 16-37-2 ATS in their last 55 Saturday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The over is 5-0 in Fighting Camels last 5 overall. The over is 4-0 in Highlanders last 4 Saturday games.
The Radford Highlanders won both meetings against Campbell, which includes a victory last week. The Campbell Fighting Camels are a feisty bunch and hung around with Radford, and they don’t get blown out often. But Campbell also finds ways to lose more times than not. Only laying a bucket or two. Give me Radford.