UNC Asheville vs Winthrop Prediction 3/1/25 College Basketball Picks

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs and the Winthrop Eagles meet Saturday in college basketball action from Winthrop Coliseum. Here’s a UNC Asheville vs Winthrop prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best UNC Asheville vs Winthrop pick. We will examine: 

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs recent form and player performance

The Winthrop Eagles recent form and player performance 

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the UNC Asheville Bulldogs

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Winthrop Eagles

Recent betting trends in games played between UNC Asheville and Winthrop

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the UNC Asheville vs Winthrop game

UNC Asheville Bulldogs Betting Preview

The Bulldogs have had a spotty run or two this year but overall they’re doing pretty well. UNC Asheville opened on an 8-4 record across their first 12 games, then lost to UNC Wilmington and Longwood around wins versus Columbia International and High Point. Wins came over Presbyterian, USC Upstate, Winthrop, Gardner-Webb, Charleston Southern, Radford and Gardner-Webb in the next seven games, but since then it’s been a 3-3 stretch. The wins in that time were over USC Upstate, Charleston Southern and Longwood; otherwise it’s been losses to High Point, Radford and Presbyterian in that time. In total that gives UNC Asheville a 20-9 overall run through 29 games this year. 

In the Presbyterian matchup on Wednesday, the Bulldogs came out of the locker room with a 28-27 deficit. UNC Asheville was outscored 36-32 the rest of the way and didn’t get any closer in a 64-59 loss. Leading the team in scoring during the losing effort were Toyaz Solomon (eight rebounds; two assists; two blocks) and Jordan Marsh (five rebounds; five steals; two assists), each with 21 points. 

Winthrop Eagles Betting Preview

Over on the Winthrop side, they posted a spotty run of games back in January but aside from that it’s been a pretty good year record-wise. The Eagles went 9-3 over their first dozen outings, then hit a rough 4-6 stretch over the next 10 games. Those wins were over Mercer, USC Upstate, Longwood and Charleston Southern. Otherwise it was losses to Florida State, Indiana, Radford, Gardner-Webb, UNC Asheville and High Point. Since then Winthrop has just one loss (versus High Point) in eight games. Otherwise it’s been wins over Presbyterian, Gardner-Webb, Charleston Southern, USC Upstate, Radford, Presbyterian and Longwood in that time. That gives the Eagles a 20-10 record through 30 games so far this year. 

Matched up against Longwood on the road Thursday, Winthrop held a commanding 45-24 lead at the break. The Eagles cruised from there on another 40 points and took the blowout win 85-59 in the end. Bryce Baker led the team with 23 points, two steals, two rebounds and one assist in 23 minutes of work off the bench. Tops among the starters were Kasen Harrison (four rebounds) and Nick Johnson (seven rebounds; three assists), each with 10 points. 

Why the Winthrop Eagles will win

• Winthrop has won 12 of its last 13 games at Winthrop Coliseum.
• North Carolina-Asheville has lost each of its last six day games against the Big South Conference at Winthrop Coliseum.
• North Carolina-Asheville has lost the first half in each of its last three games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Why the North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs will win

• North Carolina-Asheville has won each of its last seven road day games against Conference opponents.

UNC Asheville vs Winthrop Prediction 

I’m going to try Winthrop here, but you could call it either way. We should have a fun matchup in store. The Eagles are coming off a big win over a decent Longwood team, hitting 48.4 percent from the floor with 34 rebounds and 20 team assists. Winthrop scored 28 points off a whopping 23 Lancers turnovers, but did have 14 turnovers themselves. 

The last time these teams met up was back on January 18 in a 93-84 home win for UNC Asheville. Both teams shot well from the field (over 51 percent) but Winthrop missed eight of 22 free throws (63.6 percent) and had 17 turnovers for 19 Bulldogs points. I like the Eagles to clean up their act in the home rematch and get some revenge. Should be a fun one to watch though, regardless of what happens.