The VMI Keydets will look to pick up a win while covering the spread when they take on the Bulldogs in UNC Asheville at Justice Center on Thursday in college basketball action.

UNC Asheville will face the 7-7 Keydets, who own a 0-2 ATS mark on the season. In totals betting, the Bulldogs are 2-2 favoring the UNDER so far this season while the Keydets are 1-1 favoring the OVER.



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Power Rankings / Prediction:
The Bulldogs sit at No. 58 in the current college hoops power poll here at Odds Shark, while the Keydets sit at No. 258 on the same chart. The computers running our scores simulations have concluded that the Bulldogs will win this game 90-79.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up UNC Asheville's No. 18 nationally ranked offense (79.9 points per game) against a Keydets defense that sits as the No. 345 at 87.5 PPG. The Bulldogs have been averaging 47.4% from the field, more than the Keydets have managed so far this season (46% on average).

Defensively, VMI features the nation's No. 345-rated defense on the road, allowing 95.9 points per game. UNC Asheville, meanwhile, comes in at No. 1 nationally in scoring at home.

Last time out for VMI, they were a 76-72 Sportsbook as they battled Gardner-Webb at home. Stan Okoye went off for 25 points and added 7 rebounds, leading VMI over Gardner-Webb, 76-72, on Monday at Cameron Hall.

UNC Asheville was a 66-56 Sportsbook in its last match on the road against Radford. UNC Asheville got 33 points from Chris Stephenson en route to a 66-56 victory over Radford on Monday at Dedmon Center.

Next up:
VMI at Winthrop, Saturday, January 7
UNC Asheville home to Liberty, Saturday, January 7