Charlotte at Rice 1/26/23 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Charlotte 49ers continue a road trip Thursday night with a game in Houston, TX against the rice Owls. Charlotte comes into Thursday six games above .500 following a four point win against Western Kentucky that ended a 2 game skid. Defensively Charlotte was the better team allowing only 71 points on 41.4% shooting and the 49ers won the rebounding battle as well. Offensively Charlotte dominated pouring in 75 points on 55.8% shooting and 40% from beyond the arc.

Brice Williams is the offensive leader for Charlotte this season averaging 12.2 points per game on 50% shooting from the floor. Big man Aly Khalifa is second on the team scoring 11.2 points per game as the only other player in double figures to go along with a team leading 7.2 rebounds and Igor Milicic Jr. averages 8.9 points per game as well. Lu’Cye Patterson is scoring 8.6 points and leads the way averaging 3.4 assists per game.

Rice will go back home Thursday night with fourteen wins on the year riding a 3 game win streak after a 12 point victory against North Texas. Defensively Rice dominated the game allowing only 68 points on 37.5% shooting and forced 13 turnovers. Offensively Rice was by far the better team pouring in 53.2% of their shots and 42.9% from beyond the arc leading to 72 points in 40 minutes of action.

Quincy Olivari leads the Rice offense this season averaging 19.2 points per game on 43.3% shooting from the floor. Travis Evee is second on the team scoring 16.3 points and Mehki Mason is scoring 9.5 points per game as well. Max Fiedler averages a third best 11.3 points to go along with a team high 8.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.