UCF vs North Carolina A&T 12/11/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The North Carolina A&T Aggies and the UCF Knights meet in college hoops action from Addition Financial Arena on Saturday afternoon.

The North Carolina A&T Aggies come into this one looking to shake off an 82-71 loss at the hands of East Carolina in their last matchup. Marcus Watson leads the Aggies in scoring and rebounding with 12.4 PPG and 5.4 RPG while Demetric Horton has 10.6 PPG and 4.4 RPG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for North Carolina A&T so far this season. David Beatty also has 9.6 PPG while Kameron Langley is the Aggies’ leading assist man with 5.9 APG this season. As a team, North Carolina A&T is averaging 68.2 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field, 31% from three and 60% from the foul line while allowing 69.2 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field and 32.5% from three this season.

The UCF Knights will be looking to add to their 81-45 win over Bethune-Cookman from their last game. Darin Green Jr. leads the Knights in scoring with 15.4 PPG while Darius Perry has 13.3 PPG with 3.9 RPG and a team-high 5.1 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for UCF while leading the squad in assists. C.J. Walker has 9.9 PPG with 5.1 RPG and Cheikh Mbacke Diong also has a team-high 5.7 RPG this season. As a team, UCF is averaging 73.3 PPG on45.7% shooting from the field, 35.4% from three and 81.5% from the foul line hwile allowing 65.1 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field and 28.8% from three this season.

I get UCF being favoured at home but I still have a bit of an issue with UCF from the start of the season and I just don’t know if I can rely on the Knights laying such a huge number. I’m not a NC A&T fan by any means but I think the Aggies sneak in the back door and cover here.