Published Feb 13, 10:22pm ET by
Gabriel Kozlow - Betting Preview Analyst and Sports Writer
Last updated Feb 13, 10:22pm ET
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The NC State Wolfpack hosts their ACC rivals Miami Hurricanes in the Lenovo Center on Saturday afternoon. Both teams are playing great basketball, and we expect to see a tight match via ESPN2.
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| NC STATE WOLFPACK | -298 |
| MIAMI HURRICANES | +240 |
The Miami Hurricanes are currently 19-5 overall and 8-3 in the ACC for 5th position in the conference. They are coming off a great win against the Tar Heels, proving they can battle it out with the best of them. The Hurricanes have won 4 of their last 5 games.
The Hurricanes are averaging 83.8 PPG and only allowing 69.8 PPG from their opponents. Most of their offense comes from Malik Reneau, who averages 19.8 PPG from 56.1% shooting. On the glass, we have Ernest Udeh Jr., grabbing 9.6 RBG (almost 3 of those are offensive rebounds).
NC State are coming off a humiliating loss against Louisville as they lost by +40 points. Their current record is 18-7 overall and 9-3 in the ACC and are looking to get a win to erase any panic from their fandom.
Evidently, they need to work on their defense more as their offense is averaging 85.3 PPG through 47.8% shooting. The top 3 guys for them are Darrion Williams, Ven-Allen Lubin and Quadir Copeland, so expect them to produce.
The Wolfpack, despite being blown out in their last outing, are favorites -6.5. The over/under is 155.5 and the Moneyline is -298 for NC State and +240 for Miami.
We feel the Miami Hurricane might not be able to get the win today, so we'll take NC State on the spread at -6.5. It's a close enough spread that we feel the Wolfpack will be able to win by more than that amount.
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NC State Wolfpack -5.5
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