So Florida -3
1st Half Under 51 So Fla/Wright St
I rarely, if ever play 1st half plays, but I have noticed something the past few times in Wright St games. First halves have been extremely slow pace wise, and point wise, therefore I am going to give the first half under a go, disregarding the laughably low number. In their past 4 games they have scored 36 points vs UALR, 41 Norfolk St, 41 Oral Roberts , and 60 Wake Forest. Obviously the Wake game was played at a much higher pace, but still only 60 points were scored. The other games were teams that play at the same pace of South Florida. Both teams play exceptional defense, and neither shoot at a high percentage and struggle to score on offense. Although Wright St has played much better as of late, and even got one of their better players, Troy Tabler back, I still don't see them winning this game. So Florida will have a huge advantage talent wise, and with each game they gain more chemistry after inserting 2 new starters, (Augustus Gilchrsit, Mike Mercer), into the starting lineup. Those 2 teamed with Jesus Verdejo, and Dominque Jones, make a pretty formidable scoring attack. While they have struggled to put it all together as of yet, there is no denying the talent. In a game like this where they will have a decided talent edge over Wright is a game where I think they can break out. Because they play such good defense, holding oppoents to 38.4%, and Wright St shoots so poorly 37.8%, they should be able to shut down the Raiders offense creating some points off their defense. Confidence is all this team needs, and if they can create some points off their defense that can be the kick start they need. This is a Wright St team in disarray and just won't be able to match up with So Florida's edge in talent