Halftime Report
N. Carolina is on the street however wanting no worse for put on. They’ve a little bit of a cushion as they at the moment lead Wagner 40-28.
If N. Carolina retains taking part in like this, they will bump their document as much as 28-7 very quickly. However, Wagner should make due with a 17-16 document until they flip issues round (and quick).
Who’s Taking part in
Wagner Seahawks @ N. Carolina Tar Heels
Present Data: Wagner 13-15, N. Carolina 25-6
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What to Know
Wagner has fairly the problem forward of them as they’re anticipated to be blown off the court docket. They and the N. Carolina Tar Heels are set to conflict at 2:45 p.m. ET on Thursday at Spectrum Heart in a Northeast postseason contest. Wagner is coming into the match sizzling, having received their final 4 video games.
Wagner posted their closest win since February fifteenth on Tuesday. They skirted previous the Bison 71-68.
Wagner can attribute a lot of their success to Melvin Council Jr., who scored 21 factors together with seven assists and 5 rebounds. Council Jr. did not assist Wagner’s trigger all that a lot towards Merrimack final Tuesday however the identical cannot be mentioned for this matchup. Julian Brown was one other key contributor, scoring 15 factors.
In the meantime, after a string of eight wins, N. Carolina’s luck lastly ran out on Saturday. They fell 84-76 to the Wolfpack. N. Carolina came upon successful is not straightforward when your taking pictures is an entire 17.6% worse than the opposition.
N. Carolina’s loss should not obscure the performances of RJ Davis, who scored 30 factors together with six rebounds and 5 assists, and Armando Bacot who dropped a double-double on 18 factors and 12 rebounds. Davis is trending in the correct path, as he is improved his level manufacturing for 3 video games straight.
The Seahawks’ win bumped their document as much as 17-15. As for the Tar Heels, their defeat dropped their document right down to 27-7.
Odds
N. Carolina is a giant 25-point favourite towards Wagner, in accordance with the most recent school basketball odds.
The road has drifted a bit in direction of the Tar Heels, as the sport opened with the Tar Heels as a 23.5-point favourite.
The over/beneath is 133.5 factors.
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