Wofford vs Duke Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/16/24

In this article, we will formulate a Wofford vs Duke Prediction for this college basketball game on Saturday, November 16th, at the Cameron Indoor Stadium.  To formulate this prediction, we will examine:

-The Terriers’ recent form and recent player performance 

-The Blue Devils’ recent form and recent player performance

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Wofford

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Duke

-Recent betting trends in games played between Wofford and Duke

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Terriers and Blue Devils. 

Slow Start for Wofford

It has been a slow start for Wofford and their only win came against a non-D1 team. Two games ago against Lipscomb, Wofford was deleted 78-69 and in the last game against Presbyterian, Wofford was competitive but they ended up losing 71–68. Guard Corey Tripp had a strong game for Wofford putting up 15 points, six rebounds, and three assists. There were four different players that put up at least 10 points. Jackson Sivillis had a strong game putting up 13 points, two rebounds, and one assist. In the second half Wofford, only scored 28 points and they are going to need to have a more complete game. One bad half of the offense is going to make this game ugly. 

How Does Duke Bounce Back?

Duke won the first two games in dominant fashion, but in the last game, they really struggled. Duke scored 72 points against Kentucky in the last game but the defense gave up 77 points and that led to the five-point defeat. At halftime, they were up 46-37 but in the second half they scored only 26 points and that led to the defeat. Cooper Flagg had a strong game putting up 26 points, 11 rebounds, and two assists. There were four players that scored at least 10 points but the rest of the team combined for only 10 points and that led to the defeat. Duke shot 39.4 percent from the field and 16.7 percent from behind the three-point line. 

Why Duke Will Beat Wofford

• Duke has won each of its last 10-day games at Cameron Indoor Stadium against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• Wofford has lost each of its last five games against Top 10 AP-ranked opponents.
• Wofford has lost the first half in seven of its last eight games against AP-ranked opponents.

Wofford vs Duke Prediction

Duke is going to put on a show here. Yes, Duke came off a loss in the last game and they are going to really struggle here. In the first two games, Duke’s offense was elite and they are going to have no issue running up the score here. Wofford’s defense gave up 78 points against Lipscomb and it’s going to be even worse here. Duke is going to win this game in blowout fashion. Back Duke against the spread here.