Arguably the best game in college basketball on Thursday isn’t from a power conference but from the CAA as second-place and red-hot UNW Wilmington hosts third-place Charleston. MyBookie’s Charleston at UNC Wilmington NCAAB pick can be found at the end of the article, but the moment, the Seahawks are short favorites on the college basketball odds.
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NCAA basketball lines: UNCW -4 (total 153.5)
When: Thursday, 7 PM ET
Where: Track Coliseum
TV: Paramount+
Stream: Paramount+
Charleston vs UNC Wilmington Last Meeting
The teams played a great game on Jan. 23 in South Carolina with UNC Wilmington winning 85-83.
Bo Montgomery led the Seahawks with 18 points and made two free throws with 26 seconds left for a four-point lead to clinch it. Derrin Boyd had a guarded look at the basket for a chance to win the game as time expired but fell just short of the comeback victory. Boyd had a game-high 24 points going 4-7 from three-point range. AJ Smith (18), Ante Brzovic (16), and CJ Fulton (13) joined Boyd in double-figures for Charleston.
Eight of the previous nine meetings have been decided by single digits and the team that has won the first meeting has gone on to sweep the series (including CAA Tournament games) every year the rivalry has been played since 2018.
Why Bet on Charleston?
Charleston (19-6, 9-3 CAA) comes off its second win a row, 88-83 in OT over visiting Elon on Saturday. The Cougars led 44-36 at the half with star Ante Brzovic leading them with 11 points in the frame followed by Derrin Boyd with 10. After going more than three minutes without a field goal in the second half, Charleston maintained a 52-50 edge with thirteen minutes to play. The Phoenix again cut it to one at 57-56 before a Justas Stonkus three erupted TD Arena.
Elon took its first lead since 7-5 in the first half with two minutes to play and led 71-70 with 6.9 seconds to play. The Phoenix fouled Brzovic as time expired to send the senior to the free throw line and tie the contest at the end of regulation. Charleston went on a 6-0 overtime run to seal the victory, sinking 11-13 free throws in the extra frame. The Cougars caused a season-high 19 turnovers in their second OT win of the season.
Brzovic recorded his 16th career double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds. He was named the CAA Player of the Week for the third time this season, the first player in the league to accomplish that. Brzovic averaged 23.7 points and 9.0 rebounds in a 2-1 week for the Cougars, shooting 51 percent from the floor (25-49 FG) in three 20+ point performances. Brzovic has reached double figures in scoring in seven straight contests and is the only player in the CAA to rank in the top 10 in 19.0 points per game (3rd), 8.5 rebounds per game (2nd) and 3.1 assists per game (8th).
Boyd finished with 24 points, his sixth time this season crossing the 20+ threshold. top ten in 19.0 points per game (3rd), 8.5 rebounds per game (2nd) and 3.1 assists per game (8th). CJ Fulton recorded 14 points and five assists while Lazar Djokovic grabbed 10 rebounds. Fulton leads the country in assist/turnover ratio, a stat he has led the nation in since January 11.
Rookie Justas Stonkus has started the last three contests for Charleston for his first career starts. The Lithuanian averaged 11.3 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 48% from the floor in the three-game stretch. Four different Cougars are averaging double-figures: Brzovic (19.0), Boyd (14.3), Deywilk Tavarez (14.1), and AJ Smith (11.4). Tavarez, however, has been out since Jan. 18 due to injury and not likely back for this one.
“We’re thinner and we have to account to that in the way we play, but whoever plays, they still have to give effort and make good decisions on offense and we’re not doing that. The one thing you can control is the amount of effort you play with and that’s what is frustrating me right now,” Coach Chris Mack said.
Charleston is in its first season under Mack after former coach Pat Kelsey left after last season for Louisville. Mack, whose teams have participated in the NCAA Tournament in nine of his 12 seasons as a head coach, returned to coaching collegiate basketball after a two-year hiatus. He also coached at Louisville and Xavier.
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Why Bet on UNC Wilmington?
UNCW (20-5, 10-2 CAA) won its eighth straight game Saturday, 81-79 in double overtime at Drexel as Seahawks junior Greedy Williams went coast-to-coast to bank in a game-winning layup at the buzzer to give UNCW 20 wins for the fourth straight year. The exciting finish was set up by a pair of three-pointers by Drexel’s Kobe Magee late in double OT as Drexel erased a 79-73 deficit to tie the game at 79-all with 4.7 seconds left.
Williams took the in-bound pass from Bo Montgomery after the tying shot and turned on the speed with the left-hander banking a right-handed layup off the glass. Drexel also overcame a nine-point deficit to tie the game in the final minute of regulation to send it to the first overtime period.
Sean Moore matched his career-high with 23 points to go with 15 rebounds for this third double-double of the season for UNC Wilmington. Forward Khamari McGriff delivered 16 points and six rebounds while Harlan Obioha and Williams each contributed 14 points. UNCW is now 18-0 when leading at halftime.
There have been seven different scoring leaders this season for the Seahawks, who have been led in points nine times by standout guard Donovan Newby, already surpassing the number of single-game scoring leaders from last season. The Seahawks are undefeated (14-0) in games when at least four players reach double figures. Seven of UNCW’s 12 league games this season have been decided by single digits with UNCW’s record 5-2.
UNC Wilmington has scored 80 or more points in seven of their last eight games with at least four double-digit scorers in every game on their current eight-game win streak. UNCW has attempted 16 or less three-point attempts in each of its last four games, including a season-low 11 attempts vs. Hampton on Jan. 25. The team is 14-1 when taking 22 or fewer attempts from beyond the arc.
The Seahawks became the first league team to achieve 20 wins and is the fastest UNCW team to 20 wins since the 2016-17 CAA Championship team started 20-2. This is the ninth season since 1997 that UNCW has had at least an eight-game win streak, including three of the last four years under Head Coach Takayo Siddle, who was also an assistant coach at UNCW for two other streaks.
Expert Prediction: UNC Wilmington 78, Charleston 75
NCAAB Pick: UNC Wilmington ML
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