The Stony Brook Seawolves and the Maine Black Bears meet in college basketball action from the Cross Insurance Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Stony Brook Seawolves will try to build on an 87-85 win over UMass last time out. Anthony Roberts leads the Seawolves in scoring with 14.7 PPG with 4.1 RPG while Jahlil Jenkins has 13.5 PPG with a team-high 2.9 APG to lead Stony Brook in the assist department. Tykei Greene also has 11.8 PPG with a team-high 7.5 RPG to lead the Seawolves on the boards and to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Stony Brook so far this season. As a team, Stony Brook is averaging 72.1 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 75.7% from the foul line while allowing 73.2 PPG on 46.4% shooting from the field and 32.5% from three this season.
The Maine Black Bears will try to add to their 73-63 win over Albany in their last game. Vukasin Masic leads the Black Bears across the board with 9.7 PPG, 3.9 RPG and 3.2 APG while Maks Klanjscek has 9 PPG as well this season. As a team, Maine is averaging 61 PPG on 40.9% shooting from the field, 30.8% from three and 70.8% from the foul line while allowing 69.7 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field and 36.2% from three this season.
Stony Brook is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 13-4-2 ATS in their last 19 Sunday games while the over is 8-1 in their last 9 road games. Maine is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 10-3 in their last 13 games overall.
I get the case to be made either way here, but I think the stronger play here is the under. These are two teams that have struggled to break through the mid-60s more often than not as of late, and I think that this could end up being a first to 60 wins type of game. Give me the under in this one.