The Vermont Catamounts and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies meet in college basketball action from the Hertz Arena on Monday.
The Vermont Catamounts will be looking to build on a 61-53 win over Yale last time out. Ryan Davis leads the Catamounts in scoring with 18 PPG along with 7 RPG while Ben Shungu has 14.8 PPG with 5.3 RPG. Isaiah Powell has 12 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG and 2.8 APG as well this season. As a team, Vermont is averaging 67.5 PPG on 31.7% shooting fro the field, 27.6% from three and 73.2% from the foul line while allowing 56.5 PPG on 36.2% shooting from the field and 25% from three this season.
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies will be out to bounce back from an 86-59 loss to Alabama last time out. Jamal Cain leads the Golden Grizzlies in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 22.3 PPG and 11.5 RPG while Trey Townsend has 10.3 PPG with 6.5 RPG and Jalen Moore has 10 PPG with a team-high 5.8 APG as well to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for the Golden grizzlies up to this point in the season. As a team, Oakland is averaging 62 points per game, 38.3% shooting from the field, 20.6% from three-point range and 72.4% from the foul line while allowing 65 PPG on 40% shooting from the field and 24% from three this season.
Vermont is 4-10 ATS in their last 14 Monday games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. Oakland is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games following a loss while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.
I get the case that could be made for the Grizzlies if the game was at home for the Grizz, but the bottom line is that we’re on a neutral floor and these are two teams that side-by-side, don’t match up evenly. I think Vermont is just the better team so I’ll lay the points with the Catamounts here.