Gardner-Webb vs Charleston Southern Prediction College Basketball Picks 1/2/25

In this article, we will formulate a Gardner-Webb vs Charleston Southern Prediction for this college basketball game on Thursday, January 2nd, at the Buccaneer Fieldhouse.. To formulate this prediction, we will examine:

-The Runnin Bulldogs’ recent form and recent player performance 

-The Buccaneers’ recent form and recent player performance

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Gardner-Webb

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Charleston Southern

-Recent betting trends in games played between Gardner-Webb vs Charleston Southern

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Runnin Bulldogs and Buccaneers. 

The visiting team has won each of the last three games played between the two teams.

Down Season for Charleston Southern

This is a down season for Charleston Southern, even though they are coming off a victory in the last game, and even in that game against a non-D1 opponent they still didn’t play all that well. Three games ago against North Alabama they lost 86-69 and two games ago against Georgia they ended up losing 81-65. In the last game against Columbia International, the offense scored 95 points, but the defense gave up 89 points. Daylen Berry had a strong game putting up 27 points, 10 rebounds, and one assist. There were five different players that put up at least 10 points. Overall this season the team is 4-11 and they have gone 6-7 against the spread. 

The Buccaneers on the season are averaging 72.9 points while their defense is giving up 79.3 points per game. The offense is ranked 253rd in the league while their defense is ranked 336th. They are shooting 48.7 percent from the field which is 48th in the league. Forward Taje Kelly has been the top player averaging 18.9 points while shooting 52 percent from the field and 39.1 percent from behind the three-point line. 

Why Charleston Southern Will Gardner Webb

• The home team has won seven of Charleston Southern’s last eight games.
• Gardner-Webb has lost five of its last six games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Can Gardner Webb Win their Second Straight Win?

Gardner-Webb has also been very disappointing to start the season, but they are coming off a victory in the last game. Gardner Webb faced off against East Carolina in the last game and they scored 84 points on the way to the five-point victory. Darryl Simmons II had quite the game putting up 29 points, five rebounds, and four assists. Anthony Selden had a strong game also putting up 18 points, three assists, and two rebounds. The Bulldogs shot 51.7 percent from the field and even better 55.6 percent from behind the three-point line. They also held East Carolina to only 28 percent from deep. 

Gardner Webb is averaging 74.2 points while their defense is giving up 78.2 points per game. The offense is ranked 219th in the league while the defense is ranked 314th in college basketball. Simmons II has been the top player for this team averaging 16.3 points while shooting 49.7 percent from the field and 43.5 percent from behind the three-point line. Gardner-Webb will meet Presbyterian after this game.

Why Gardner-Webb Beat Charleston Southern

• Charleston Southern has lost each of its last seven Thursday games against Conference opponents.
• Gardner-Webb has won each of its last four games at Buccaneer Fieldhouse.
• Charleston Southern has lost the first half in five of its last six games against Conference opponents.

Gardner-Webb vs Charleston Southern Prediction

These are both teams who have had seasons that haven’t lived up to expectations but one team has to come out on top. That being said one thing we know about both of these teams is neither one has any interest in playing a lick of defense. Gardner-Webb is giving up 78.2 points per game while Charleston Southern is giving up 79.3 points per game. Both of these offenses are going to have no issue running up the score, and this game is going to end up over the total. This is a very strong play.