UNC Wilmington vs East Carolina Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/3/24

The UNC-Wilmington Seahawks and the East Carolina Pirates meet Tuesday in college basketball action from the Minges Coliseum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a UNC-Wilmington vs. East Carolina prediction.

UNC-Wilmington Recap

The UNC-Wilmington Seahawks will be out to build on a 76-61 win over Appalachian State last time out. After this game, the Seahawks will take on Marshall at home.

Seahawks Win Back-To-Back Games

Donovan Newby leads the Seahawks in scoring and assists with 17.6 PPG and 3.1 APG while Khamari McGriff has 11.4 PPG with 5 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for UNC-Wilmington so far this season. Noah Ross also has 9.8 PPG with a team-high 7.5 RPG to lead the Seahawks on the glass up to this point in the year. As a team, UNC-Wilmington is averaging 84.9 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three, and 74.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks will win

• North Carolina-Wilmington has won five of its last six games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

East Carolina Recap

The East Carolina Pirates come into this game looking to add on to a 93-69 win over North Carolina A&T to improve to 7-1 on the year. After this game, the Pirates will head on the road for a matchup with South Carolina.

Pirates Win Third Straight

RJ Felton leads the Pirates in scoring with 21.2 PPG along with 7.3 RPG and 2.8 APG while C.J. Walker has 17.5 PPG with a team-high 7.5 RPG to lead the Pirates on the glass. Jordan Riley has 13.1 PPG and 6.1 RPG while Cam Hayes has 10.6 PPG with a team-high 3.9 APG to lead the Pirates in the assist department, rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for ECU so far this season. As a team, East Carolina is averaging 82.8 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 30.8% from three, and 71.6% from the foul line this season.

Why the East Carolina Pirates will win

• The home team has won each of the last eight games between North Carolina-Wilmington and East Carolina.
• North Carolina-Wilmington has lost each of its last four games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

UNC-Wilmington vs. East Carolina Prediction

I’m on UNC-Wilmington and the points. I think East Carolina will have the two best players on the floor in RJ Felton and C.J. Walker, but outside of that, when you compare these two teams side-by-side, they’re almost mirror images of one another. I think getting a handful of points is worth the look here, especially with ECU having a look-ahead game against South Carolina on deck. Give me the Seahawks and the points.