New Hampshire vs Albany 1/8/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Albany Great Danes will travel to Lundholm Gymnasium to take on the New Hampshire Wildcats this Saturday afternoon in College Basketball action.

The Albany Great Danes dropped to 4-9 on the season after being defeated by the Binghamton Bearcats, 88-79, this past Thursday. Albany struggled on the defensive end against Binghamton and could not fight back after the Bearcats took a 71-59 lead with 10:52 left in the 2^nd half. Albany shot 48.3% from the field & 37.5% from beyond the arc while allowing Binghamton to shoot 58.5% from the field & 48.0% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Great Danes was De’Vondre Perry who had 26 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, & 2 steals.

On the season, Albany is averaging 60.2 ppg on 40.4% shooting from the field. The Great Danes are averaging 5.5 three-pointers per game on 30.4% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Albany has been led by De’Vondre Perry (14.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.5 spg), Matt Cerruti (9.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.3 spg), Jamel Horton (8.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.9 apg, 1.0 spg), & Justin Neely (6.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg).

Defensively, Albany is allowing their opponents to average 60.2 ppg on 40.4% shooting from the field. The Great Danes have a rebound margin of -5.8 and a turnover margin of 0.2.

The New Hampshire Wildcats dropped to 5-5 on the season after being defeated by the Vermont Catamounts, 82-68, this past Thursday. New Hampshire gave Vermont all they could handle for the first 30 minutes of the game, however, the Wildcats just didn’t have any answers defensively for Vermont and could not fight back after Vermont took a 69-59 lead with 7:05 left in regulation. New Hampshire shot 42.6% from the field & 57.1% from beyond the arc while allowing Vermont to shoot 63.3% from the field & 53.3% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Wildcats was Nick Guadarrama who had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, & 1 steal.

On the season, New Hampshire is averaging 72.8 ppg on 44.2% shooting from the field. The Wildcats are averaging 9.6 three-pointers per game on 37.8% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, New Hampshire has been led by Jayden Martinez (16.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg), Blondeau Tchoukuiegno (11.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.2 spg), Nick Guadarrama (10.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 3.3 apg), & Nick Johnson (7.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.0 apg).

Defensively, New Hampshire is holding their opponents to an average of 64.2 ppg on 42.4% shooting from the field. The Wildcats have a rebound margin of 4.7 and a turnover margin of 2.3.

The Great Danes are just 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games, however, are 3-3 ATS in their last 6 away games. The Wildcats are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games and 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a ATS loss.

Albany has struggled on both ends of the court this season as the Great Danes come into this game ranked just 339^th in scoring offense, 312^th in FG%, &* 255^th in defensive FG%. New Hampshire has been led by their defense which ranks 80^th in scoring defense & 89^th in turnover margin and have been average offensively, ranking 166^th in scoring offense & 177^th in FG%.

New Hampshire couldn’t pull off the upset at Vermont, however, this is still one of the better American East teams this season and were competitive on the road earlier this season against both Marquette & Providence. Albany has been awful offensively this season and as New Hampshire is 4-0 at home and have a defense that is going to give the Great Danes trouble, I’m taking New Hampshire to cover this large home spread. Good Luck!