Free NCAA Hoops Pick: Pirates vs Golden Hurricane CBB Odds
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10-17 (1-9 A) East Carolina Pirates vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane 17-12 (13-3 H)
Date: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM ET
Venue: Reynolds Arena, Tulsa, Oklahoma
CBB Moneyline Odds: OFF
CBB Betting Odds: Tulsa -12
CBB Betting Total: 140½
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The Tulsa Golden hurricane enter this matchup Losers of two of their last three games, overall. Fortunately for Tulsa, they were able to pick up a huge victory over the Tulane Green Wave in their last outing at home, thus winning their third home game in four outings.
The East Carolina Panthers were not able to extend the momentum of getting a victory over the Tulane Green Wave in their prior outing as they fell to the top-seeded Houston Cougars in their last time out. And despite shooting 49% from the floor, the Pirates not only went down by over 10 points at the break, but were blitzed in the second half by the Cougars as they outscored the home team by 20 points en route to victory.
East Carolina Pirates
The defense for the Golden Hurricane was solid in their last outing versus the Tulane Green Wave as they allowed only 64 points on the night on just 41% shooting from the floor for the visitors. This was in stark contrast to their last two outings where they allowed 80 or more points to their opponents.
Nonetheless, the offense for Tulsa increased its production as well in shooting 47% on the night while also nailing 15 of 21 3-point attempts in the victory. Leading scorer in Martins Igbanu (13 ppg, 6 rebs) went 9-11 from the free throw line while ending the game with 19 points in addition to pulling down seven rebounds.
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Curran Scott (8 ppg) also went 4-7 from long-range while ending with 19 points as well for the Golden Hurricane in the victory, as he is now averaging 17 points in the last two games for Tulsa. And despite committing 14 turnovers of their own, Tulsa was able to create 12 turnovers on the night while also outrebounding the Green Wave for the much-needed victory.
Leading scorer on the season in Daquan Jeffries (14 ppg, 6 rebs) struggled versus Tulane as he went 2-6 from the floor while ending with just four points. However, Jefferies has been a pivotal part to their offensive charge throughout the year in averaging 51% shooting from the floor along with 38% shooting from long range.
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
East Carolina was certainly not met with much success as they took on the Houston Cougars in their last time out. In fact, the defense for the Pirates was simply awful as they allowed over 60% shooting from the floor for the visitors In a lopsided loss.
They simply could not withstand 26 points along with six of 11 shooting from three-point range from Houston’s Corey Davis Jr. And while Seth DeLay along with Jaylin Gardner attempted to keep the game close by posting 17 and 14 points, respectively, this was not to be as the Pirates also turned the ball over 17 times in the contest.
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Six foot seven forward in DeLay (12 ppg) has provided a huge lift off the bench for East Carolina in their last few outings while Gardner (18 ppg, 8 rebs) has struggled a bit as it relates to point production lately, but continues to shoot over 50% from the floor on a nightly basis.
In their last matchup versus the Golden Hurricane, the Pirates came two points shy of picking up the victory. In this contest, Tulsa all but relinquished an 11-point lead at the break after the Pirates went on a furious rally in the second half led by 26 points from Shawn Williams, who went 8-11 from long range in defeat.
CBB Betting Trends:
- Over is 8-2 in ECU last 10 Sun. games.
- ECU is 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games overall.
- ECU is 4-9 ATS in their last 13 road games.
- Over is 6-2-1 in TLSA last 9 home games.
Free East Carolina Pirates vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane NCAAB Prediction:
Both these teams have struggled coming down the stretch. Also, their offenses continues to be up and down as well. ECU, on the other hand, continues to allow entirely too many points to opponents recently and will give up their fair share in this matchup as the Golden Hurricane will edge them in the end at home by a 77-71 score to sweep the season series.
4* Free CBB Betting Pick: Tulsa ATS
Tulsa has won three of their last four games at home. On the other hand, the Pirates have dropped three of their last four road games, overall. Look for their troubles to continue in this matchup as well as Tulsa will catch their defense on its heels more often than not.
NCAAB Free Score Prediction: East Carolina 71 – Tulsa 85
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