Western Carolina vs Furman 2/16/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Furman Paladins and the Western Carolina Catamounts meet in college basketball action from the Ramsey Center on Wednesday night.

The Furman Paladins will be looking to snap a three-game losing skid after a 64-58 loss to Chattanooga last time out. Mike Bothwell leads the Paladins in scoring with 15.3 PPG along with 4.1 RPG and 3 APG while Jalen Slawson also has 15.3 PPG has team-highs of 7.6 RPG and 3.9 APG. Alex Hunter has 13.3 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Furman up to this point in the season. Conley Garrison has 9.4 PPG with 4.4 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Furman is averaging 77.2 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 38.3% from three and 73.8% from the foul line while allowing 68.2 PPG on 44.5% from the field and 32.7% from three this season.

The Western Carolina Catamounts will look to snap a four-game skid after a 69-57 loss to Wofford in their last game. Nicholas Robinson leads the Catamounts in scoring and rebounding with 15.4 PPG and 7.4 RPG while Travion McCray has 11.3 PPG and 5.3 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Western Carolina so far this season. Joe Petrakis has 8.3 PPG and Vontarius Woolbright has 9.9 PPG with 6.1 RPG and a team-high 4 APG to lead Western Carolina in assists this season. As a team, Western Carolina is averaging 70.7 PPG on 39.4% shooting from the field, 31.7% from three and 68.1% from the foul line while allowing 76.9 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field and 35.1% from three this season.

Furman is 1-8-2 ATS in their last 11 games following an ATS loss and 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 Wednesday games while the under is 7-1 in their last 8 road games. Western Carolina is 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 games following an ATS win while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.

I get why this total is where it is as Western Carolina has a history of being poor defensively and Furman is solid in their own right but they can lapse as well. Instead, I’m going to side with the under here. Both teams have stalled offensively as of late and while this could be a good bounce back point for both, I have to go with what I’ve seen from both and am loving the under here.