UNC Greensboro vs Chattanooga 1/20/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Chattanooga Mocs and the UNC Greensboro Spartans meet in college basketball action from the Greensboro Coliseum Complex.

The Chattanooga Mocs will look to build on their 71-69 win over Furman last time out. Malachi Smith leads the Mocs in scoring and assists with 21.5 PPG and 3.3 APG while David Jean-Baptiste has 14.6 PPG and Silvio De Sousa has 12.2 PPG with a team-high 7.5 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Chattanooga so far this season. As a team, Chattanooga is averaging 76.8 PPG on 47.6% shooting from the field, 35.9% from three and 72.8% from the foul line while allowing 63.4 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field and 30.3% from three this season.

The UNC Greensboro Spartans will look to bounce back from a 58-49 loss to Mercer last time out. De’Monte Buckingham leads UNCG in scoring and rebounding with 13.4 PPG and 7.5 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for the Spartans up to this point in the season. Bas Leyte has 9.1 PPG with 5.9 RPG while Kobe Langley has a team-high 3.4 APG as well this season. As a team, UNC-Greensboro is averaging 63.2 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field, 33.8% from three and 72.8% from the foul line while allowing 62.9 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field and 31.9% from three this season.

Chattanooga is 36-16 ATS in their last 52 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games against a team with a winning home record while the over is 8-3 in their last 11 games overall. UNC-Greensboro is 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 Thursday games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall.

I get the case to be made for a home dog, but these are two even defensive units, and side-by-side, Chattanooga’s a far better offensive team than UNCG. The Spartans could keep this one close, but I lean towards Chattanooga to pull away late and get the cover here.