UNC Asheville vs UNC Wilmington Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/21/24

The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs and the UNC-Wilmington Seahawks meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Trask Coliseum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a UNC-Asheville vs. UNC-Wilmington prediction.

UNC-Asheville Recap

The UNC-Asheville Bulldogs come into this game looking to add on to a 114-60 win over subdivision Virginia Lynchburg last time out. After this game, UNC-Asheville will take on subdivision Columbia International.

Bulldogs Win 5th Straight

Josh Banks leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 15.6 PPG along with 4.1 RPG while Toyaz Solomon has 15.3 PPG with 7.8 RPG to lead the Bulldogs on the glass up to this point in the year. Jordan Marsh has 13.5 PPG with 4.3 RPG and a team-high 3.8 APG to lead the Bulldogs in the assist department up to this point in the year. Fletcher Abee has 11.9 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for UNC-Asheville so far this season. As a team, UNC-Asheville is averaging 84.8 PPG on 47.1% shooting from the field, 35.7% from three and 68.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs will win

• North Carolina-Asheville has won each of its last five games.
• North Carolina-Wilmington has lost three of its last four games when playing with a rest advantage.

UNC-Wilmington Recap

The UNC-Wilmington Seahawks come into this game looking to build on a 79-66 win over Florida Gulf Coast last time out. After this game, UNC-Wilmington will take on subdivision Spartanburg Methodist at home.

Seahawks Looking To Build Momentum

Donovan Newby leads the Seahawks in scoring and assists with 16.5 PPG and 3 APG while Khamari McGriff has 12.4 PPG with 4.7 RPG and Noah Ross has 10.1 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead the Seahawks on the glass and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for UNCW up to this point in the year. As a team, UNC-Wilmington is averaging 81.9 PPG on 45.8% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three and 74.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks will win

• North Carolina-Wilmington has won each of its last nine games against the Big South Conference.
• North Carolina-Asheville has lost four of its last five away games when playing with a rest disadvantage.

UNC-Asheville vs. UNC-Wilmington Prediction

I’m on UNC-Wilmington here. These are two similar teams, and UNC-Asheville’s playing really well right now, but I want to see what the Bulldogs do in conference play without Drew Pember to lean on as he was their rock for the better part of the last few years. UNC-Wilmington thrives by getting to the line and hitting free throws and UNC-Asheville’s had a tendency to be undisciplined and give up a ton of chances at the charity stripe. I think those free throws prove to be the difference here as UNCW gets the win and cover here.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: UNC-Wilmington -6.5