Samford at Furman 2/17/21 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 02/16/2021 at 8:56 PM ET

The Samford Bulldogs visit Timmons Arena in Greenville, South Carolina on Wednesday to play the Furman Paladins. Samford dropped to 6-11 overall and 2-8 in the Southern Conference following its 85-56 loss on Saturday to the VMI Keydets. Samford has lost each of its last four and eight of the last nine. The Bulldogs are 6 ½ games behind first-place UNC-Greensboro in the Southern Conference standings.

AJ Staton-McCray is the leading scorer for Samford with an average of 10.3 points per game, while Jacob Tryon is the leading rebounder with an average of 4.6 per game and Richardson Maitre is the leader in assists with an average of 3.1 per game. Samford is scoring an average of 78.6 points per game, while shooting 45.3% overall and 31.4% from 3-point territory.

Furman is 13-7 overall and 7-4 in the Southern Conference following an 88-70 victory on Saturday over the Western Carolina Catamounts. Jalen Slauson and Noah Gurley were the leading scorers for Furman with 16 points each. Furman is in third place in the Southern Conference two games behind the first place UNC-Greensboro.

Mike Bothwell is leading Furman in scoring with an average of 15.8 points per game, while Clay Mounce is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.4 per game and Alex Hunter is the leader in assists with an average of 3.8 per game. Furman has four players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 80.4 points per game while shooting 48.2% overall and 34.0% from 3-point territory.

Furman has a very high scoring average at 80.4 points per game, but the Paladins defense is solid allowing an average of just 68.6 points per game. The play here however is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in six of Samford's last eight and in six of Furman’s last seven. Samford is scoring an average of 78.6 points per game while allowing an average of 79.1 points per game therefore this will be a high-scoring outcome, but cash UNDER. Final Score Prediction, Furman Paladins win but our best play is UNDER 75-70.

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