The UNC Greensboro Spartans (11-7, 4-1 SoCon) hit the road in SoCon action against the Western Carolina Catamounts (5-11, 1-4 SoCon) on Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM ET. The Spartans are favored by 7.5 points in the game. The point total is set at 138.5 in the matchup.
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UNC Greensboro and Western Carolina Betting Trends, Records Against the Spread
When it has played as at least 7.5-point favorites this season, UNC Greensboro is 1-1 against the spread.
Western Carolina has a 2-4-1 record against the spread when an underdog by 7.5 points or more this year.
These two teams average a combined 143.2 points per game, 4.7 more points than the over/under of 138.5 set for this game.
UNC Greensboro and Western Carolina have seen its opponents average a combined 3.7 more points per game than the point total of 138.5 set for this outing.
The average total for UNC Greensboro’s games this season is 0.3 more points than the over/under of 138.5 in this game.
The average point total for the Catamounts this season is 8.1 points higher than this game’s over/under.
The Spartans’ ATS record is 9-6-0 this season.
The Catamounts have gone 4-7-1 ATS this year.
UNC Greensboro Stats & Insights
UNC Greensboro is outscoring opponents by 9.6 points per game with a +174 scoring differential overall. It puts up 74.2 points per game (206th in college basketball) and gives up 64.6 per outing (31st in college basketball).
UNC Greensboro wins the rebound battle by 2.9 boards on average. It collects 32.9 rebounds per game, which ranks 158th in college basketball, while its opponents pull down 30 per contest.
The Spartans connect on 3.6 more threes per contest than the opposition, 9.9 (32nd in college basketball) compared to their opponents’ 6.3.
UNC Greensboro records 99.8 points per 100 possessions (94th in college basketball), while giving up 86.8 points per 100 possessions (67th in college basketball).
Offensively, the Spartans have performed better in home games this season, putting up 84.1 points per game, compared to 69.3 per game in road games.
Western Carolina Stats & Insights
Western Carolina’s -137 scoring differential (being outscored by 8.6 points per game) is a result of putting up 69 points per game (312th in college basketball) while allowing 77.6 per outing (314th in college basketball).
The 35.1 rebounds per game Western Carolina accumulates rank 65th in the nation, 2.6 more than the 32.5 its opponents grab.
Western Carolina knocks down 9.1 three-pointers per game (66th in college basketball), while its opponents have made 9.3 on average.
Western Carolina puts up 83.8 points per 100 possessions (353rd in college basketball), while allowing 94.2 points per 100 possessions (250th in college basketball).
At home the Catamounts are putting up 80.8 points per game, 23.5 more than they are averaging away (57.3).
UNC Greensboro Key Players to Watch
The Spartans scoring leader is Kenyon Giles, who averages 16.9 per contest to go with 2.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists.
Jalen Breath leads UNC Greensboro in rebounding, averaging 5.6 per game, while Ronald Polite leads the team in assists, distributing an average of 3.7 in each contest.
The Spartans get the most three-point shooting production out of Donovan Atwell, who makes 3.4 threes per game.
Giles and Malik Henry lead UNC Greensboro on the defensive end, with Giles leading the team in steals averaging 1.5 per game and Henry in blocks averaging 0.7 per contest.
Western Carolina Key Players to Watch
Bernard Pelote has the top spot on the Catamounts leaderboards for both scoring and rebounding with 13.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
Brandon Morgan notches more assists than any other Western Carolina player with 2.3 per game. Morgan also averages 6.5 points and grabs 2.7 rebounds per game.
Cord Stansberry hits 1.8 three-pointers per game, the most on the Catamounts.
Western Carolina’s leader in steals is Stansberry with 1.2 per game, and its leader in blocks is Vernon Collins with one per game.
UNC Greensboro vs. Western Carolina Prediction
UNC Greensboro 76, Western Carolina 65
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