Coastal Carolina vs Appalachian State Prediction 1/8/25 College Basketball Picks

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and the Appalachian State Mountaineers meet Tuesday in college basketball action from the Holmes Convocation Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Coastal Carolina vs. Appalachian State prediction.

Coastal Carolina Recap

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers come into this game looking to build on their 70-51 win over Louisiana-Monroe last time out to improve to 8-7 on the year. After this game, Coastal Carolina will head on the road again for a matchup with the Georgia State Panthers.

Chanticleers Looking For Consistency

RaSheed Jones leads the Chanticleers in scoring and assists with 13.7 PPG and 2.3 APG along with 4.9 RPG while Noah Amenhauser has 10.9 PPG with 5.5 RPG up to this point in the year. Jordan Battle has 10.4 PPG to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for Coastal so far this season. Denzel Hines also has 8.7 PPG and 6.5 RPG to lead the Chanticleers on the glass as well on the year. Joshua Meo’s also chipped in 6.9 PPG and 2.3 APG of his own this season. As a team, Coastal Carolina is averaging 69.2 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field, 33.4% from three, and 71.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will win

• Appalachian State has lost four of its last five games.

Appalachian State Recap

The Appalachian State Mountaineers come into this game looking to add to their 72-61 win over Texas State last time out to get back to .500 at 7-7 on the year. After this game, the Mountaineers will welcome the James Madison Dukes to town.

Mountaineers Snap Four-Game Skid

Myles Tate leads the Mountaineers in scoring and assists with 15 PPG and 5 APG along with 4.6 RPG and 2.6 SPG to lead in steals as well while CJ Huntley has 13.9 PPG with a team-high 5.4 RPG to lead the Mountaineers on the glass as the only other double-digit scorer for App State so far this season. Dior Conners has 7.9 PPG and Jalil Beaubrun has 7.9 PPG with 5.2 RPG to lead the Mountaineers on the glass. As a team, App State is averaging 69.5 PPG on 45.3% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three, and 63.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Appalachian State Mountaineers will win

• Appalachian State has won each of its last 10 games at George M. Holmes Convocation Center following a home win.
• Coastal Carolina has lost each of its last six road night games against the Sun Belt Conference.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Coastal Carolina’s last 12 road night games against the Sun Belt Conference have produced a total of 133+ points.
• Each of Appalachian State’s last 10 games against Conference opponents at George M. Holmes Convocation Center has produced a total of 130+ points.

Coastal Carolina vs. Appalachian State Prediction

I’m on the under here. I just envision this being a defensive battle between two teams that are fantastic at limiting what the opposing team does well offensively. It’s not much for App State but they hit a fair number of threes and Coastal is 6th in the country in 3-point percentage allowed. Coastal’s offense isn’t great, but App State is 32nd in field goal percentage defense and 25th in 3-point defense. I think this could honestly be a first-to-60-win kind of game. Give me the under here.