UNC Wilmington vs Towson 2/17/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Towson Tigers (19-7) vs. UNC Wilmington Seahawks (18-7)
February 17, 2022 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: UNC Wilmington Seahawks +3 / Towson Tigers -3; Over/Under: -136.5
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The Towson Tigers and the UNC-Wilmington Seahawks meet in college basketball action from the Trask Coliseum on Thursday evening.
The Towson Tigers will look to build on an 86-50 win over Elon last time out. Cameron Holden leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounding with 13.9 PPG and 7.9 RPG in addition to 2.7 APG while Nicolas Timberlake has 13.7 PPG with 4.6 RPG and Terry Nolan Jr. has 10 PPG with a team-high 4.1 APG this season. Jason Gibson also has 10.1 PPG and Charles Thompson has 10.2 PPG with 6.2 RPG to make up the group of Tigers averaging double figures in scoring for Towson so far this season. As a team, Towson is averaging 72.4 PPG on 45.3% shooting from the field, 35.9% from three and 71.5% from the foul line while allowing 64.2 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field and 32.5% from three this season.
The UNC-Wilmington Seahawks will try to build on an 80-73 win over William & Mary last time out. Jaylen Sims leads the Seahawks in scoring and rebounding with 15.2 PPG and 5.5 RPG while Mike Okauru has 12.8 PPG and a team-high 2.5 APG and Shykeim Phillips also has 11.8 PPG and 3.6 RPG as well to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for UNC-Wilmington this season. As a team, UNC Wilmington is averaging 71.6 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field, 34% from three and 71.6% from the foul line while allowing 68.8 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field and 36.7% from three this season.
Towson is 11-2 ATS in their last 13 road games and 12-2 ATS in their last 14 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 9-4-1 in their last 14 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. UNC-Wilmington is 14-2 ATS in their last 16 games overall and 7-1 ATS in their last 8 home games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record.
I get the case to be made either way here as these have been arguably the two teams to best in the Colonial this season. However, I’m leaning towards UNCW at home here as they’ve been outstanding at home this season and the underdog’s covered in 21 of the last 26 meetings between these two teams. Towson’s been really good on the road, but I think I’ll feel good having the free bucket in my pocket with UNC-Wilmington here.
