Western Carolina Catamounts vs Charlotte 49ers 3/18/2023 Picks

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Discount Tire CBI – 1st Round

The Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern) will compete against the Charlotte 49ers (C-USA) in the Discount Tire College Basketball Invitational (CBI)- First Round tournament at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Saturday, March 18.

Western Carolina enters this CBI tournament with an 18-15 overall and 10-8 in Southern Conference action following an upset loss to the Furman Paladins at 80-83 in the Ingles SoCon Championship semifinal round on March 5.

Though the Catamounts lost the tournament semifinals, Western Carolina had a great season after winning four of the last six matches.

The Western Carolina Catamounts ended the season strong overall after taking 4th place in the Southern Conference with a conference record of 10-8 and a win percentage of .556.

The Catamounts have a very competitive lineup this season led by Guard Tre Jackson who led Western Carolina in every category as he averages 16.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, and played an average of 34.9 minutes per game.

Jackson shoots 43.5% from the field, 88.9% from the charity line, and 43.9% from the long-range.

The totals went OVER in 7 of the Catamounts’ last 10 games while Western Carolina is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 outings.

The Western Carolina Catamounts are 6-3 SU in their last 9 matches and 0-6 SU in their last 6 contests versus a rival in the Conference USA.

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Western Carolina Catamounts vs Charlotte 49ers Predictions 3/18/2023

The Charlotte 49ers come into this CBI tournament riding on a three-game skid including a disappointing one-point loss to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at 65-66 in the C-USA tournament on March 9.

Charlotte took a one-point lead after the first half at 27-26 but did not improve from there scoring just 31 but allowing 36 points in the final half on the way to a 58-62 loss.

Senior Guard Montre Gipson scored 17 points in taking 5 of his 9 shot attempts and 5 of 5 in the free throw line for the 49ers.

Sophomore Forward Aly Khalifa grabbed 8 rebounds with 6 defensive boards and dispensed 4 assists for Charlotte in the losing effort.

The Charlotte 49ers came short of their expectation of moving on but failed to realize and should be putting more focus on this match.

The 49ers will be depending on their best player of the season Brice Williams who was the nucleus of his team the whole season.

He finished the regular season with an average of 13.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in an average of 26.1 minutes per game.

Williams needs to be a workhorse for Charlotte with full support from the rest of their lineup to beat the Catamounts on Saturday.

The totals went OVER in 5 of the 49ers’ last 7 games played while Charlotte is 5-2 against the spread in their last 7 matches.

The 49ers are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 outings versus a rival in the Southern Conference while the totals went OVER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 5 contests in March.

Western Carolina Catamounts vs. Charlotte 49ers. The NCAAB Pick for this contest is Charlotte -6.

Though the 49ers are just -6.0 favorites in this one, Charlotte is very hot to bounce back from their heartbreaking loss to Middle Tennessee and Western Carolina will be the punching bag to pour out all their anger on Saturday.

Look for the 49ers to dominate this game and cover the spread without difficulty. The prediction: Charlotte 49ers will win 73-61.

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