North Carolina Tar Heels vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons Prediction, 1/22/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Carolina Tar Heels vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Date: Saturday, January 22, 2022

Location: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, NC

TV: ACCN

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons (15-4) will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels (12-5) at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday.

The North Carolina Tar Heels faced off with Miami and ended up losing by a score of 85-57 in their last contest. In relation to personal fouls, the Tar Heels walked away with 18 and Miami recorded 13 personal fouls. They converted 13 of their 28 shots from beyond the arc. Miami ended up shooting 63.6% at the charity stripe by making 14 of 22 tries. Furthermore, Miami snagged 35 rebounds (5 offensive, 30 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Miami distributed 16 assists and had 10 steals for the matchup. In reference to defense, North Carolina let their opponent shoot 46.0% from the field on 29 of 63 shooting. They also doled out 13 assists in this contest in addition to creating 4 turnovers and getting 1 steal. In regard to getting rebounds, they earned 41 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Tar Heels knocked down 7 of their 11 shots for a rate of 63.6%. North Carolina walked away from the contest having earned a 33.8% field goal percentage (22 out of 65) and knocked down 6 out of their 30 shots from distance.

Armando Bacot is one player who was a major factor in this contest. He finished 66.7% from the floor and dished out 1 assist. He played 27 mins and collected 12 boards. He walked away with 15 points on 6 of 9 shooting.

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North Carolina will enter this matchup with a mark of 12-5 for the year. They are averaging 78.0 pts per game (49th in Division 1) while hitting 47.2% from the floor. The Tar Heels are connecting on 38.1% on shots from downtown (136 of 357) and 75.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, North Carolina is grabbing 40.2 boards per game and is sitting with 255 dimes on the season, which has them ranked 90th in the country in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession by turning the ball over 12.4 times per game and as a basketball team they commit 14.4 personal fouls per contest.

When they are on defense, the Tar Heels are forcing 9.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.6 personal fouls. They are 273rd in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 234 relinquished this year. The Tar Heels defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 43.1% (463 of 1,075) and they concede 31.2 boards per game as a basketball team. They give up 33.3% on shots from beyond the arc and they are ranked 248th in D-1 in PPG allowed (71.1).

When they last stepped on the court, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons got the win with a final of 80-64 against Georgia Tech. In regard to how they rebounded, Wake Forest permitted Georgia Tech to snag 28 in total (9 on the offensive glass). They finished shooting 25.0% from beyond the arc by going 5 out of 20 and finished the game at 9 of 15 at the free throw line (60.0%). The Demon Deacons allowed Georgia Tech to make 25 of 65 attempts from the field which gave them a rate of 38.5% for this contest. When this game wrapped up, the Demon Deacons walked away from this one shooting 33 out of 58 from the floor which had them at 56.9%. In regard to shooting from 3-point land, Wake Forest made 8 out of 26 attempts (30.8%). They were able to make 6 of those for a clip of 85.7%. Georgia Tech earned 10 fouls for the contest which got the Demon Deacons to the free throw line for 7 attempts. They turned the ball over 18 times, while earning 9 steals for this contest. The Demon Deacons were able to corral 28 defensive boards and 4 offensive boards totaling 32 for this game.

Alondes Williams pitched in for the Demon Deacons in the game. He converted 8 out of 13 in the game for a field goal rate of 61.5%, and totaled 7 rebounds. He earned 19 points in his 37 mins on the court and had 9 assists in this contest.

Wake Forest has a mark of 15-4 so far this season. The Demon Deacons are committing 14.8 fouls per contest and they go 73.2% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 14.8 times per contest (89th in college basketball) and they cough up possession 13.5 times per game. Wake Forest has totaled 1,487 pts on the season (78.3 per contest) and they average 36.8 boards per game. As an offense, the Demon Deacons are hitting on 48.0% from the field, which is ranked 28th in the nation.

The Demon Deacons are ranked 163rd in college hoops in PPG surrendered with 68.1. They are forcing 13.2 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.9% from the floor (84th in the nation). The Wake Forest defense surrenders 31.8% on shots from 3-point land (136 of 428) and opponents are converting on 70.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They concede 12.5 assists and 33.5 boards per contest, which ranks them 173rd and 117th in college basketball.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take North Carolina

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