Wofford Terriers at Charleston Cougars Betting Preview
Opening Line: Terriers +1.5 / Cougars -1.5 O/U 139
Time: 7 PM EST Friday January 22, 2010 on ESPN2
Tonight in a Southern Conference match up the Charleston Cougars host the Wofford Terriers. Every game is important for both of these teams, as it is very likely that only one team from the Southern Conference will get an invite to the Big Dance come March. Charleston has won 6 straight games and has yet to lose in conference play and Wofford has also won 6 in a row and is in 3rd place in the conference.
This season Charleston is 7-0 at home and 7-2-1 ATS and Wofford is 6-5 on the road and 10-4 ATS.
In their last games Wofford beat Citadel 44-42 last night and Charleston beat Furman 92-80 also last night.
Charleston is led by their backcourt with guards Andrew Goudelock (19.1 ppg) and Donavan Monroe (13.1 ppg). The also have a legit frontcourt player in F Jeremy Simmons (12.5 ppg), who has to score some buckets on the inside tonight, as it will open up the perimeter for the guards.
If Charleston gets good games from guards Goudelock and Monroe they will be tough to beat.
Wofford only has one player that is averaging in double figures in F Noah Dahlman (17.7 ppg). However, the Terriers to have a good backcourt with 4 guards averaging 5.9 ppg - 8.5 ppg.
Charleston's Jeremy Simmons (8.1 rpg) has to have a good game on the boards tonight, as he is the only player on the team that is averaging over 4.3 rpg.
For Wofford to pull off the upset in this game they will have to play solid defense and they have to win the battle of the boards. Their perimeter D will have top keep the Charleston guards from having big scoring games and Noah Dahlman (6.5 rpg) and Tim Johnson (6.1 rpg) have to hit the glass and give Wofford some 2nd chance opportunities.
This season Charleston is averaging 72.7 ppg and giving up an average of 70.9 ppg and Wofford is averaging 68.8 ppg and is giving up 62.6 ppg.
Wofford is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games against teams with a winning S.U. record and the total has gone Under in their last 4 games. Charleston is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games at home, 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 games against teams in the Southern Conference, and the total has gone Over in 4 of their last 5 games.
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