Samford Bulldogs (17-5, 7-2 SoCon) at Citadel Bulldogs (5-15, 0-9 SoCon)
Charleston, South Carolina; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -16.5; over/under is 143.5
BOTTOM LINE: Samford visits Citadel in SoCon action Saturday.
The Citadel Bulldogs have gone 5-7 in home games. Citadel ranks eighth in the SoCon with 22.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Sola Adebisi averaging 4.1.
The Samford Bulldogs have gone 7-2 against SoCon opponents. Samford is 30th in college basketball averaging 10.8 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 37.5% from downtown. Trey Fort leads the team averaging 2.6 makes while shooting 40.3% from 3-point range.
Citadel’s average of 8.1 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.3 more made shots on average than the 7.8 per game Samford gives up. Samford has shot at a 47.3% rate from the field this season, 3.0 percentage points higher than the 44.3% shooting opponents of Citadel have averaged.
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