Charlotte at Florida Atlantic 1/7/23 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Charlotte 49ers continue a road trip through Florida Saturday afternoon with a game in Boca Raton against the Florida Atlantic Owls. Charlotte comes into Saturday with eleven wins on the year following a two point loss against FIU to end a 2 game win streak. Offensively Charlotte struggled immensely making only 38.2% of their shots and committed 11 turnovers to score just 60 points in the loss. Defensively Charlotte was outmatched as Florida International port in 62 points on 47.1% shooting and 23.5% from beyond the arc.

Brice Williams is the offensive leader for Charlotte this season averaging 11.9 points per game on 48.7% shooting from the floor. Igor Milicic Jr. is scoring 9.6 points and Lu’Cye Patterson chips in 8.8 points per game as well. Aly Khalifa averages 10.9 points to go along with a team high 6.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

Florida Atlantic remains at home Saturday afternoon as one of the hottest teams in the country at 13-1 overall riding a 12 game win streak following a narrow 2 point victory against UAB. Defensively Florida Atlantic did just enough allowing only 86 points after forcing 9 turnovers in the game. Offensively Florida Atlantic continued to shine pouring in 88 points including 47 in the second half on 49.2% shooting and 35.7% from beyond the arc. Johnell Davis erupted in the game making 11 of 17 shots to score a team high 36 points

Alijah Martin is the offensive leader for Florida Atlantic this season averaging 12.8 points per game on 44.9% shooting from the floor. Johnell Davis is second on the team scoring 11.5 points and big man Vladislav Goldin is averaging 10.5 points and leads the team averaging 5.9 rebounds per game. Bryan Greenlee scores 7.8 points and leads Florida Atlantic averaging 2.4 assists.