The Navy Midshipmen and the Radford Highlanders meet in college basketball action from the Dedmon Center on Saturday.
The Navy Midshipmen will look to bounce back from a 77-60 loss at the hands of Louisville in their last matchup. John Carter Jr. is the lone double-digit scorer for Navy up to this point in the year with 12.7 PPG along with 5 RPG while Daniel Deaver has 9.7 PPG and a team-high 5.3 RPG and 2.7 APG as well this season. Sean Youder has 9 PPG with 3.3 RPG for the Middies as well. As a team, Navy is averaging 61 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field, 25.4% from three and 71.4% from the foul line while allowing 70.7 PPG on 49% shooting from the field and 37.3% from three this season.
The Radford Highlanders will look to bounce back from an 81-64 loss to Furman last time out. Rashun Williams and Camron McNeil each have a team-high 8.7 PPG with McNeil logging 4 RPG while Bryan Hart has 8 PPG. Shaquan Jules has 7.7 PPG with a team-high 4.7 RPG and Josiah Jeffers has 7.3 PPG with 2.3 APG this season. As a team, Radford is averaging 59.8 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field, 29.3% from three and 69.4% from the foul line while allowing 72.8 PPG on 45.4% from the field and 40.9% from three this season.
I get the case that could be made for both sides but I think the stronger play here is the under. I think this ends up being a first to 60 kind of game if we even get to that point. Give me the under.