Free College Basketball Picks Today: Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs Boston College Eagles 1/11/23

Free College Basketball Picks Today: Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs Boston College Eagles 1/11/23
Wed 11th January 2023

The Boston College Eagles (8-8, 2-3 ACC) will try to slow down one of the top scoring teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference when they are on the road to face the No. 16 Miami (FL) Hurricanes (13-2, 4-1 ACC) on Wednesday.

Boston College was narrowly beaten by the Duke Blue Devils 65-64 at Silvio O. Conte Forum on Saturday. Quinten Post led the way in defeat with 16 points. The Eagles slipped to 11th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Miami (FL) dropped their last game on Wednesday at McCamish Pavilion, falling to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 76-70. Norchad Omier had 17 points and eight rebounds in the loss, carrying the team. The Hurricanes are third in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

This marks the only meeting of the season between the teams. They last met in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tourney quarterfinals when the Hurricanes knocked out the Eagles with a 71-69 victory at Barclays Center in March 2022, their third straight head-to-head win.

Miami (FL) took the only regular season matchup between the teams last season 71-69 at Barclays Center in March 2022. Kameron McGusty led the Hurricanes with 16 points, while Isaiah Wong was a key contributor with 14 points, six rebounds, and six assists. Post had 14 points in the losing effort.

The Eagles have been led this season by Jaeden Zackery and Makai Ashton-Langford, who are averaging 10.8 and 10.3 points per game, respectively. Zackery also has dished 2.3 assists per game.

Meanwhile, T.J. Bickerstaff is grabbing 6.5 rebounds per game.Wong (16.3 ppg), Jordan Miller (14.7), and Omier (14.0) have supplied much of the Hurricanes’ offense.

Omier also has pulled down 9.4 rebounds per game, while Wong has recorded 4.3 assists per game.The Hurricanes rank as one of the top scoring offenses in the conference, third-best with 77.3 points per game.

Boston College is 4-6 in the last 10 games with an average margin of -5.3 (63.8-69.1). Miami (FL) has a 9-1 record over the last 10, scoring 78.3 points per game on average while allowing 69.3 (+9.0 margin).

EAGLES HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Prince Aligbe: 13.2 | 7.4 | +5.8
CJ Penha Jr.: 6.4 | 12.2 | -5.8
Points per game:
Makai Ashton-Langford: 13.2 | 10.3 | +2.9
CJ Penha Jr.: 4.8 | 8.3 | -3.4
Rebounds per game:
T.J. Bickerstaff: 4.8 | 6.5 | -1.7
Assists per game:
Jaeden Zackery: 3.0 | 2.3 | +0.8

HURRICANES HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Assists per game:
Isaiah Wong: 5.8 | 4.3 | +1.5

SportsTips’ College Basketball Pick:

Miami -10.5 (-110)

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