Citadel vs VMI Picks and Prediction – 1/20/2024

The Citadel Bulldogs travel to Lexington, Virginia on Saturday afternoon to play the VMI Keydets. For other college basketball plays see our College Basketball Picks.

The Citadel Bulldogs come into this game with a 8-10 record. Last game on the court for Citadel was a loss against UNC Greensboro. The loss came by a final score of 73-67.

On the year the Bulldogs have been below average with a total of 72 points per game scored. The defense, has been good giving up only 69 points, but most of that was against very good schools. The rebounding for Citadel is sitting at 37.2 boards per game. AJ Smith has been the leading scorer for the Bulldogs with 15.9 points per game.

VMI for their part heads to the game here with a 3-15 record. The last game on the court for the Keydets was against Furman and the game ended up being a convincing loss by a score of 100-60.

Offensively the Keydets have been bad not better than Citadel with 71 points per game, but the VMI defense has been worse giving up 79 points per game. The rebounding for the Keydets is sitting at 39.4 boards per game. Brennan Watkins is the leading scorer for VMI this season with 15.1 points per game.