Samford vs Wofford 1/11/23 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Wofford Terriers and the Samford Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Pete Hanna Center on Wednesday night.

The Wofford Terriers will look to build on their 77-52 win over the Citadel last time out. B.J. Mack leads the Terriers in scoring with 15.8 PPG along with 5.3 RPG while Jackson Paveletzke has 14.6 PPG with a team-high 3.8 APG to lead Wofford in the assist department as the only other double-digit scorer for Wofford up to this point in the season. Corey Tripp has 9.3 PPG while Messiah Jones has 9.4 PPG and a team-high 5.7 RPG up to this point in the year. As a team, Wofford is averaging 74.1 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 31.7% from three and 74.8% from the foul line this season.

The Samford Bulldogs will try to build on their current four-game win streak after a 70-68 road win over UNC-Greensboro last time out. Logan Dye leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 12.9 PPG and 5.7 RPG while Jermaine Marshall has 11.3 PPG with a team-high 6.6 RPG to lead the Bulldogs in rebounding as the only other double-digit scorer for Samford this season. Jaron Rillie also has a team-high 2.9 APG to lead the Bulldogs in assists this season. As a team, Samford is averaging 78.7 PPG on 45% shooting from the field, 34.9% from three and 74.3% from the foul line this season.

Wofford is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 Wednesday games. Samford is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games and 11-5 ATS in their last 16 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games following an ATS win.

I get the case to be made either way in this game, but I’m leaning towards Samford here as the home team has had the dominant run of form between these two teams, winning the last four meetings and more often than not covering the number as well. I’ll side with the Bulldogs in this one.