Many eyes in the college basketball world will be on SHM Memorial Center Saturday as host South Carolina State looks to handle the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats in NCAAB action.

Supporters of the Wildcats have watched them go 12-14 and 1-1 ATS on the year, while the Bulldogs are at 5-20 and 0-0 ATS. In totals betting, the Bulldogs are 0-0, while the Wildcats have a 1-1 mark.



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Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 313 (Bulldogs) and the No. 301 (Wildcats) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 66-54 result in favor of the Wildcats has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up South Carolina State's No. 256 nationally ranked offense (64.2 points per game) against a Wildcats defense that sits as the No. 151 at 66 PPG. The Bulldogs have been averaging 39.5% from the field, less than the Wildcats have managed so far this season (42% on average).

Comparing how these foes stack up statistically, Bethune-Cookman owns the country's No. 76-rated mark, allowing 65.4 points per game on the highway. South Carolina State, on the other hand, rates No. 252 in scoring at home.

Bethune-Cookman was a 73-67 Sportsbook in its last match on the road against Howard. Bethune-Cookman got 19 points from Kevin Dukes en route to a 73-67 victory over Howard on Monday at Burr Gymnasium.

South Carolina State lost its last outing, a 71-56 result against North Carolina Central on February 13. Joe Ikhinmwin scored 21 points in a futile effort to lead the Bulldogs to a win (they lost 71-56 to North Carolina Central at McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium on Monday).

Next up:
Bethune-Cookman at Savannah State, Monday, February 20
South Carolina State home to Florida A&M, Monday, February 20