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The Citadel Bulldogs @ Cent. Arkansas Bears
Current records: The Citadel 5-4, cents. Arkansas 2-8
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What you should know
The Citadel have played eight games at home but will have to take off their away kits soon. They will leave their homeland to challenge the penny. Arkansas Bears on Monday at 7:00 p.m. ET at the Farris Center. Both teams will be hoping for an upturn after significant defeats in their previous games.
The Citadel is coming off a wild two-game stretch: After rising to 94 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Campbell on Thursday. It will take some time to recover from the 86-58 loss the Fighting Camels suffered on Thursday. The duel was the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
The Citadel struggled to work together and finished the game with just eight assists. That's the fewest assists they've posted since February.
Meanwhile, Cent has. Arkansas' recent rough patch got a little tougher Saturday after its fourth straight loss. They ended up on the wrong side of a painful 82-57 loss to Arkansas. The Bears were certainly aware of their disadvantage in scoring, but prior knowledge did nothing to prevent the outcome.
The Citadel's defeat dropped their record to 5-4. As for cents. Arkansas, their loss dropped their record to 2-8.
Rebounding will likely be a big factor in this contest: The Citadel has been the best this season, averaging 40.6 rebounds per game. However, it's not like cents. Arkansas struggles in this regard, averaging 37. With both teams struggling to contain misses, we'll see if one team can gain an advantage.
Opportunities
Cent. According to the latest college basketball odds, Arkansas is a 3.5-point favorite against The Citadel.
The oddsmakers in this case were exactly in line with the betting syndicate as the game started with a spread of 3.5 points and stayed right there.
The over/under is 139.5 points.
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