UNC Asheville vs Charleston Southern Prediction 3/7/25 College Basketball Picks Today
Charleston Southern (10-21) vs. UNC Asheville (20-10)
March 7, 2025 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: UNC Asheville -5.5; Over/Under: 151.5
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The Charleston Southern Buccaneers and the UNC-Asheville Bulldogs meet Friday in college basketball action from the Freedom Hill Civic Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a UNC Asheville vs Charleston Southern Prediction.
Matchup History
The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs won both meetings between these two teams in the regular season, picking up a 69-61 win on the road back on January 25th, 2025 before winning at home by a final score of 75-72 on February 15th, 2025. The win gave UNC-Asheville eight straight wins in this head-to-head matchup.
Charleston Southern Recap
The Charleston Southern Buccaneers come into this game looking to make some noise as the 7-seed, finishing the year with an overall record of 10-21 with a 6-10 mark in Big South conference play.
Buccaneers Looking To Spring Upset
Taje’ Kelly leads the Buccaneers in scoring and rebounding with 20.8 PPG and 8.9 RPG while Daylen Berry has added 13.9 PPG with 5.4 RPG and 2.8 APG this season. RJ Johnson has 13.9 PPG with a team-high 4.5 APG to lead Charleston Southern in the assist department up to this point in the year. Lamar Oden Jr. has 8.2 PPG with 4.3 RPG as well up to this point in the year. As a team, Charleston Southern is averaging 72.5 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field, 30.6% from three and 66.2% from the foul line this season.
Why the Charleston Southern Buccaneers will win
- North Carolina-Asheville has lost three of its last four games.
UNC-Asheville Recap
The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs come into this game as the 2-seed, finishing the year with a 20-10 overall record and an 11-5 mark in Big South conference play.
Bulldogs Looking For Second Big South Title In Last Three Seasons
Jordan Marsh leads UNC-Asheville in scoring and assists with 19.2 PPG and 3.6 APG along with 4.3 RPG while Toyaz Solomon has 15.5 PPG with a team-high 7.2 RPG to lead the Bulldogs on the glass so far this season. Josh Banks has 15.3 PPG with 3.7 RPG and Fletcher Abee has 10 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for UNC-Asheville so far this season. Kameron Taylor has also chipped in 8.8 PPG with 4.2 RPG as well on the year for UNC-Asheville. As a team, UNC-Asheville is averaging 82.8 PPG on 47.3% shooting from the field, 35% from three and 71.8% from the foul line this season.
Why the North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs will win
- North Carolina-Asheville has won each of its last eight games against Charleston Southern.
- Charleston Southern has lost each of its last 13 Friday games.
Total Points Facts
- Each of Charleston Southern’s last eight Conference Tournament night games have produced a total of 145 or fewer points.
- Each of the last eight games between Charleston Southern and North Carolina-Asheville have produced a total of 147 or fewer points.
UNC Asheville vs Charleston Southern Prediction
I’m rolling with UNC-Asheville here. I will be fully transparent, I expected little from UNC-Asheville this season after they lost Drew Pember, who was Mr. UNC-Asheville and a repeat Big South Player of the Year. But the Bulldogs kept rolling and while UNC-Asheville got off to a slow start, they were able to pick it up as the season progressed and looked really solid along the way. Charleston Southern has had their ups and downs and kept one of the meetings close earlier this season. But in the end, I just think that Charleston Southern is overmatched and I think UNC-Asheville is better suited for a tournament setting here. Give me UNC-Asheville laying the points.
