West Virginia Mountaineers (10-5) vs Baylor Bears (10-5)
Game Info: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 7:00 pm (WVU Coliseum)
Betting Odds: West Virginia Mountaineers -3 -- Over/Under: 146.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Baylor Bears and West Virginia Mountaineers face off on Wednesday in a college basketball showdown at WVU Coliseum. When these two teams faced off in January of 2022 it was Baylor that secured the 81-77 victory.
Baylor comes into this game with a 10-5 record overall and they gone 6-9 against the spread. In each of the last two games the offense has been strong, but the defense has let them down and they have lost each of the games. In the last game against Kansas State, they were defeated by two points in overtime. Baylor is averaging 80.9 points while their defense is giving up 69.8 points per game. Keyonte George is averaging 16.8 points while shooting 38.2 percent from the field.
On the other side of this matchup is West Virginia who sits with a 10-5 record and they have gone 7-8 against the spread. In the last game against Kansas State the offense only managed 62 points and that led to the 14 point defeat. The Mountaineers are averaging 78.3 points while their defense is giving up 68 points per game. The offense is ranked 57th in the league and they need to get the offense going here. Erik Stevenson is averaging 14 points while shooting 47.8 percent from the field. Stevenson has had some issues the last three games, and he needs to be a lot better here.
West Virginia is 6-1 against the spread in their last seven games on Wednesday. The over is 5-0 in the Mountaineers' last five games on Wednesday. The over is 4-0 in the Bears last 4 games after scoring more than 90 points in their previous game. The over is 4-0 in the Mountaineers last 4 home games vs. a team with a road winning percentage of less than .400.
There is going to be no shortage of scoring in this game. Baylor is averaging over 80 points per game and West Virginia is averaging over 78 points. There won’t be a whole lot of defense played here by either team and that is going to lead to this being a shootout. Back the over to cash.