UMBC vs Lafayette 11/18/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Lafayette Leopards (0-3) vs. UMBC Retrievers (1-2)
November 18, 2022 2:00 pm EDT
The Line: UMBC Retrievers -2.5 / Lafayette Leopards +2.5 ; Over/Under: +140.5
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The Lafayette Leopards and the UMBC Retrievers meet in college basketball action from the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena on Friday afternoon.
The Lafayette Leopards will look to rebound from a 63-59 loss to Saint Joseph’s in their last game. C.J. Fulton leads the Leopards in scoring and assists with 13.3 PPG and 4.3 APG with 4.3 RPG as well while Kyle Jenkins has 12.3 PPG with 5 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Lafayette at this point in the season. Leo O’Boyle has 9 PPG while T.J. Berger has 8.7 PPG and a team-high 6 RPG this season. As a team, Lafayette is averaging 60.3 PPG on 40.6% shooting form the field, 27% from three and 43.8% from the foul line this season.
The UMBC Retrievers will try to bounce back after a 94-64 loss to Princeton last time out. Colton Lawrence leads UMBC in scoring and assists with 14.7 PPG and 2.7 APG while Jacob Boonyasith has 10.7 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for UMBC so far this season. Tre’Von Fagan has 9.7 PPG with a team-high 7 RPG to lead UMBC on the glass while Yaw Obeng-Mensah has 9.3 PPG and 6.7 RPG this season. As a team, UMBC is averaging 74.3 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field, 28.9% from three and 85.4% from the foul line this season.
Lafayette is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 Friday games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games while the under is 13-4 in their last 17 road games. UMBC is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a double-digit loss at home while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games following a loss.
I’ll give UMBC credit as the only team in this matchup with a win, but the problem is that win came against a subdivision opponent and outside of that, the Retrievers haven’t been good albeit against better opposition. Lafayette’s played some tough games as well, but the Leopards have found a way to go 3-0 ATS. They’re not getting as many points here, but still getting a 3-0 aTS team with points beats the alternative when that alternative is UMBC. Give me Lafayette and the points.
