Get ready for a Southern Conference Tournament battle as the No. 8 seed ETSU Buccaneers and the No. 9 seed The Citadel Bulldogs will face off at 5 p.m. ET on Friday at Harrah's Cherokee Center. The Citadel is 12-17 overall, while ETSU is 15-16. ETSU closed the regular season with a 73-69 win at UNC Greensboro on Sunday.
The Buccaneers are favored by 5.5-points in the latest ETSU vs. The Citadel odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over-under is set at 151.5. Before entering any The Citadel vs. ETSU picks, you'll want to see the college basketball predictions from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
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- ETSU vs. The Citadel spread: ETSU -5.5
- ETSU vs. The Citadel over-under: 151.5 points
What you need to know about ETSU
ETSU lost seven games in an eight-game stretch between the end of January and beginning of February, but it closed the regular season with wins in two of its final three games. The Buccaneers notched one of those wins on the road at The Citadel, coming away with a 77-67 victory. They lost a thriller at home against regular-season SoCon champion Chattanooga last Wednesday before bouncing back with a 73-69 win over UNC Greensboro on Sunday.
Sophomore guard Jordan King leads ETSU with 14.7 points per game, while Ledarrius Brewer is adding 14.6 points and 5.3 rebounds. Senior guard David Sloan and junior forward Ty Brewer are both scoring in double figures as well. Sophomore forward Charlie Weber, who averages 5.5 points and 3.1 rebounds, has been out since mid-February with an undisclosed injury and is questionable for this game.
What you need to know about The Citadel
The Citadel picked up one of its most impressive wins of the season last Wednesday, going on the road and upsetting Mercer as a 6.5-point underdog. The Bulldogs followed that performance up with a clunker against Furman in their regular-season finale, getting crushed in a 94-59 final. They wound up losing four of their final five games down the stretch.
The Bulldogs did beat ETSU once this season though, picking up a 75-73 road win as 8-point underdogs in January. Senior forward Hayden Brown leads The Citadel with 18.5 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, while freshman forward Jason Roche is adding 13.3 points. They have covered the spread in 13 of their last 20 games against ETSU.
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