North Carolina Central (7-12) vs MD Eastern Shore (4-13)
Game Info: Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 4:00 pm (McDougald-McLendon Arena)
Betting Odds: North Carolina Central -10.5 -- Over/Under: 144.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
Where to Watch: ESPN+
The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks and the NC Central Eagles meet Monday in college basketball action from the Hill Field House. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks vs. NC Central prediction.
Maryland Eastern Shore Recap
The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks come into this game looking to bounce back from an 81-59 loss to Norfolk State last time out to drop to 4-13 on the year. After this game, Maryland Eastern Shore will head on the road again to take on South Carolina State.
Hawks Lose Back-To-Back Outings
Ketron Shaw leads the Hawks in scoring, rebounding, and assists with 18.9 PPG, 6.2 RPG, and 3.1 APG while Christopher Flippin has 11.1 PPG with 5.6 RPG and Evan Johnson has 13 PPG and 2.8 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for UMES so far this season. Cardell Bailey also has 8.5 PPG with 3.1 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Maryland Eastern Shore is averaging 68.9 PPG on 43.6% shooting from the field, 32.5% from three, and 64.8% from the foul line this season.
Why the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks will win
- North Carolina Central has lost four of its last five games.
NC Central Recap
The NC Central Eagles come into this game looking to bounce back from a 102-98 loss to Morgan State last time out to fall to 7-12 on the year. After this game, NC Central will head home for a game against Delaware State.
Eagles Lose Back-To-Back Games and 4 Of the Last 5
Po’Boigh King leads the Eagles in scoring with 16 PPG with 2.9 RPG while Keishon Porter has 10.7 PPG with 3.3 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for NC Central so far this season. Perry Smith Jr. has 9.5 PPG with 4.6 RPG to lead the Eagles in rebounding and Isaac Parson has 7.6 PPG with a team-high 4.2 APG to lead the Eagles in assists up to this point in the year. As a team, NC Central is averaging 80.4 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 33.8% from three, and 68.7% from the foul line this season.
Why the North Carolina Central Eagles will win
- North Carolina Central has won each of its last nine day games against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference at McDougald-McLendon Arena.
- Maryland-Eastern Shore has lost each of its last 10 Saturday road games.
Total Points Facts
- Fourteen of Maryland-Eastern Shore's last 15 games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 143 or fewer points.
- Eight of North Carolina Central's last nine day games have produced a total of 147+ points.
Maryland Eastern Shore vs. NC Central Prediction
I’m on NC Central here. These teams have just started conference play, so there’s not much to go off of and both normally schedule up so a lot of blowouts don’t really tell the story of how they’ll do against similar opposition. That being said, NC Central has traditionally owned this matchup SU/ATS, and while not a ton of those games were double-digit blowouts, there is a clear level separating UMES and NC Central early on this season. I think that the Eagles could win this one by 15+. Give me NC Central in this one.
Chris’s Pick North Carolina Central -10.5
AUTHOR: Chris Ruffolo
